National
Terrassa the winner in El Ñiño lottery
By h.b.
Jan 6, 2009 - 7:34 PM

The winning first prize in the El Niño lottery, the traditional follow-up draw to Spain’s famous Christmas EL Gordo, has sent a windfall of money into Terrassa near Barcelona, with the winning number of 28,920. One single office, ‘La Bona Sort’ – ‘Good Luck’ handed out more than 100 million € in prizes.

The second prize for 56,306 was sold in Llodio in Álava and the third prize for 67,893 sent 840,000 € to the Málaga town of Antequera.

Ticket sales for El Niño were 2% down this year on last with Spaniards spending 762 million €, that’s an average of 16 € 90 cents per person.