Among the things you should never do with a tenth The lottery is entrusting it to someone or leaving it lying around and forgotten, whether at home, in the car or in the pocket of a coat or bag, since you run the risk. … risk forgetting it and losing it. It may also be stolen. If it ultimately turns out to be a non-winning number, it may not matter.
But what happens if it turns out that the tenth you lost or was stolen from is “El Gordo” from the Christmas lottery? You would have just lost 400,000 euros (if you had only bought one, of course).
How to avoid having a tenth stolen from the Christmas lottery
But ABC gives you the solution so that this doesn’t happen to you and if it has already happened to you, so that you can fix it. As soon as you buy the lottery ticket and once you have it in your hands, the first thing to do is keep it in a safe place.
And before that comes a step that is perhaps the most important of the entire tenth guarding process, as you will see later: take a photo of it and/or note the number and series so you can claim it to the authorities in the event of loss or theft. These are some of the many prevention tips from the National Police for the extraordinary Christmas lottery draw on December 22.
Now if you share with anyone, whether it’s friends, family, colleagues or your partner – you never know who you can trust with money – don’t ignore the tenth either: sign it, make a photocopy of it and keep it.
Thus, your participation will be recorded, whether you contributed 2, 3, 5 or 10 euros.
What to do if a tenth of the Christmas lottery is stolen
What happens if it has already been stolen or lost? Don’t panic. Report it immediately as soon as you discover it because, remember, you took a photo of it as soon as you bought it from the Lottery administration – right? -, and you can attach proof of the theft to the police station or Civil Guard station.
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