Nation waits for El Niño lottery results whilst Montserrat Caballé 'horrified' by her appearance in Christmas draw TV advert
Monday, January 6, 2014 @ 3:40 PM
TODAY'S El Niño lottery draw at noon will see over 560 million euros in prizes dished out to holders of winning tickets or décimos – tenths of a ticket.
Castilla y León, Valencia, Madrid, Catalunya and Andalucía residents – in that order – have spent the most on tickets with the maximum average thought to be 22.44 euros and the minimum, 7.96 euros.
A décimo costs 20 euros, or a full ticket, 200 euros.
The numbers said to be most likely to win are those containing a zero, having drawn the top prize 20 times in previous years, followed by the numbers seven and nine, which have won the jackpot on 13 occasions and number six, on 10 occasions.
Number three has only won first prize on six occasions to date.
So far, the cities of Madrid and Barcelona have seen the most lottery winners.
The El Niño lottery has existed in its present format since 1966, and the numbers will be drawn at noon today (Monday, January 6).
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