The game of Lotería del Niño

What is the "El Niño" lottery?

The "El Niño" lottery is one of the most popular lottery draws held in Spain and the second one held during the Christmas season after the Christmas Draw. It is traditionally held on January 6, coinciding with the feast of the Three Wise Men.

The lottery consists of the distribution of numbers between 00,000 and 99,999 and the subsequent drawing of different prizes among these numbers. As of 2014, each number is divided into 40 series, which in turn are subdivided into 10 tenths each. In this way, the final number that the participant can acquire is composed of the number itself, the serial number and the fraction. The tickets are called tenths because the bettor plays the "tenth" part of the amount of each series.

Price

The price of each ticket is 20 Euros.

Sweepstakes to participate in and schedules

There is only one "El Niño" draw per year, and this is held every January 6 at 12:00 noon.

How to play

It is played by buying one or several tickets of the draw, and can be purchased either by the traditional tenth, or by the so-called tenth slip, similar to the slips of the Primitiva, Bonoloto etc... The tenth is the necessary document to participate in the draw. In each draw the numbers between 00.000 and 99.999 are played.

Where you can play

There are two main options to participate in the El Niño raffle:

• They can be purchased in an official lottery administration: Loterías y Apuestas del Estado has a network of more than 10,000 physical points of sale, where you can find your official ticket to play and where you can stamp it. These tickets can be either pre-printed tickets, or ticket stubs, similar to the Primitiva or Bonoloto lottery stubs.
• 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

Where is it issued

TVE offers the results of the draw on January 6 at 12:00 noon.