The game of Lotería Nacional

What is the National Lottery

National Lottery is one of the most popular games in Spain and one of the most important prize games. It is a passive game, with a centenary tradition and it is one of the most popular games. In each draw, two five-digit numbers are drawn to determine two winning prizes of different amounts. In addition, a fraction and a series of the ticket are drawn to determine the Special Prize. There are 3 reinstegros.

Price

It depends on the draw. For Thursday draws the price is always 3 Euros, for Saturday draws the normal price is 6 Euros, except for special and extraordinary draws.

• Jueves: 3 Euros.
• Sábado: 6 Euros.
• Especial: 12 Euros.
• Extraordinario: 15 ó 20 Euros.

Sweepstakes to participate in and schedules

National Lottery drawings are held on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Drawings are held every Thursday at 9:30 pm and Saturday at 1:20 pm.

How to play

It is played by buying one or several National Lottery tickets, it consists of matching 5 numbers plus the series and the fraction. The tenth is the necessary document to participate in the draws. In each drawing the numbers from 00.000 to 99.999 are played. The drawings are held on Thursdays and Saturdays, with the largest prize amounts on Saturdays. Each one of the numbers is divided in series, depending on the type of drawing, for the Saturday drawing 10 series, for the Thursday drawing 6 series. These series are divided into 10 tenths, the fraction identifies each of the 10 tenths of the same ticket.

Where you can play

There are two main options to participate in Loteria Nacional:

• Se pueden adquirir en una administración de lotería oficial: Loterías y Apuestas del Estado tiene una red de más de 10.000 puntos de venta físicos.
• Play through a lottery management service: there are several online lottery managers through which you can participate. These lottery managers charge a small fee for the service they provide. The service consists of stamping the indicated bets, managing the slips and delivering the prize via bank account. You should only participate in trustworthy services that offer all kinds of guarantees. From Lottoster.com we recommend the service offered by Hispaloto.es since 2004

Drawing script

The raffle can be held by the traditional system consisting of one drum for numbers and another one for prizes. By the system of multiple drums, which consists of five or more drums, with the designation of units, tens, hundreds, etc. Each drum contains 10 balls, from 0 to 9, except for the one corresponding to the higher order units, which will contain as many balls as necessary according to the total number of tickets to be drawn. Drawings are held weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays, and exceptionally several extraordinary drawings are held each year.

Where is it issued

TVE offers the results of the weekly draws, every Thursday at 9.30 p.m. and Saturday at 1.20 p.m