Overview
- The winning number was 79 432, with 117 tickets reported in La Bañeza for a combined €468 million.
- Many winning shares were sold through the local football club, which had backed the same number for years.
- Crowds celebrated in the club’s purple colors as new winners described shaking hands and disbelief on camera.
- El Gordo’s structure, with multiple copies of each number and décimo fractions, explains the widely shared jackpot.
- Nearby Villablino also recorded smaller prizes totaling several million euros.