Overview
- A significant number of top-prize winners live in wildfire-hit León province, according to Reuters’ reporting from the draw.
- The event was briefly interrupted inside the Teatro Real by protesters shouting pro-Palestinian slogans before proceedings resumed.
- The first prize pays €4,000,000 per series, with a décimo of El Gordo worth €400,000; the second and third prizes are €1,250,000 and €500,000 per series.
- Lottery prizes under €40,000 are tax-exempt in Spain, while amounts above that threshold are taxed at 20%, leaving a first-prize décimo winner with €328,000 after a €72,000 withholding.
- Official data show 2,760,254 décimos sold in Andalucía, with average spending of €60.29 per person in Málaga, €64.05 regionally, and €76.08 nationally.