If no one purchased the winning number of Christmas present and the millions of euros intended for the jackpot will remain unallocated would go into the state coffersspecifically to the Treasury. Even if it never happened that the Jackpot prize was deserted, in … In this hypothetical case, the State would benefit from keeping all of the prize money not distributed during the drawing.
East this is unlikely to happen due to the structure of the draw. There are 198 series for each number and each series is divided into tenths, giving a total of 1,980 tenths per number. This amount may increase if they are subdivided into usual shares.
An important source of revenue for the government
In addition to the enthusiasm it generates and the happiness of the winners, the National Lottery Christmas draw is aan important source of revenue for the Spanish government.
The margin between what is issued and what is allocated to prices, which generally amounts to more than a billion euros in potential terms, does not remain entirely in the public coffers. Part of this amount covers Lottery commissions for the sale of tenths and those they receive for the distribution of prizes. However, this difference gives an approximation of the profit that the State derives from the classic Christmas raffle. The State profits enormously from this business.
30 million euros unclaimed every year
According to State Lottery and Betting Society sources, the overall amount of unclaimed prizes in the Christmas draw This is usually around 30 million euros every year, “even if it varies greatly”, they emphasize. “In crisis years it is generally lower because people are more anxious to claim their prizes.”
Loterías places particular emphasis on the fact that the prizes have an expiry period of three months and therefore They must be claimed before March 22, 2026and also that to collect them, the ticket or receipt of purchase must be presented.
Prizes can be collected from the lottery administration if they are equal to or less than 2,000 euros and only from authorized financial institutions if they exceed this amount.
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