December 22 is one of the most anticipated days of the year. It is the date on which enthusiasm floods millions of Spanish homes, with the hope that the children of San Idelfonso will sing the “El Gordo” number And? … This coincides with your Christmas lottery tickets.
Although since the summer you have been able to buy tickets for the draw, today is when we face the final stretch to achieve this specific combination. This also results in long queues in the most emblematic administrations. There are many reasons to buy, although one of the most repeated is “just in case”.
The provinces where the most lottery tenths are sold
Not all provinces spend the same amount. State Lotteries and Betting publishes a file every year where you can see the allocation of lotteries in the different provinces and communities, in this case in 2025.
In Madrid, for example, there was allocated 596,456,600.00 euroswhich represents an average of 85.19 per capita, but it is not the one in which the most lottery is sold according to the shipment. However, it is not in the capital that the most money is spent on lottery. This is the ranking of the provinces, according to the per capita allocation in 2025.
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Soria: 285.09 euros
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Palence: 149 euros
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Burgos: 142.88 euros
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Segovia: 136.31 euros
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Teruel: 131.48 euros
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Huesca: 129.9 euros
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Cuenca: 126.9 euros
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Asturias: 119.67 euros
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Avila: 114.98 euros
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La Rioja: 113.96 euros
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Léon: 113.79 euros
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Lleida: 112.17 euros
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Zamora: 110.49 euros
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Biscay: 109.2 euros
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Lugo: 106 euros
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Cantabria: 101.98 euros
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Ciudad Real: 98.73 euros
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Valladolid: 94.18 euros
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Salamanca: 93.98 euros
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Zaragoza: 91.65 euros
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Caceres: 90.76 euros
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Valencia: 90.04 euros
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La Coruña: 89.77 euros
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Albacete: 87.32 euros
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Madrid: 85.19 euros
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Jaén: 82.34 euros
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Castellón: 80.95 euros
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Alicante: 79.86 euros
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Grenada: 77.93 euros
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Almeria: 77.57 euros
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Toledo: 75.67 euros
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Pontevedra: 74.91 euros
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Murcia: 73.24 euros
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Cordoba: 68.84 euros
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Gipuzkoa: 65.18 euros
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Guadalajara: 63.74 euros
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Ourense: 61.43 euros
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Alava: 60.95 euros
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Malaga: 60.29 euros
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Seville: 59.21 euros
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Badajoz: 58.87 euros
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Navarra: 58.62 euros
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 55.51 euros
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Cadiz: 55.2 euros
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Barcelona: 55 euros
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Tarragona: 52.79 euros
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Girona: 46.07 euros
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Huelva: 43.24 euros
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Balearic Islands: 42.94 euros
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Las Palmas: 39.55 euros
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Ceuta: 19.1 euros
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Melilla: 17.32 euros
As you can see, the provinces of Castilla y León are those that occupy the first positions in the ranking. In fact, this community is the one with the highest number of submissions per inhabitant at 121.28 euros.
In the queue are the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, where the per capita allocation does not reach a tenth (respectively 19.1 and 17.32 euros compared to the 20 that the ticket costs).