Meet Lottoland's Biggest El Gordo Winner

Every year on the 22nd of December the people of Spain gather to watch the famous Spanish Christmas Lottery draw take place live on TV. It's more than a lottery in Spain, it's a national institution and a big part of the yearly festivities, with around 90% of the population taking part.

At Lottoland we give our customers the chance to bet on the outcome, even if they live outside of Spain, making the world's biggest prize pool accessible to everyone!

Lottoland Customer Wins El Gordo

In 2015 one of our Lottolanders from Germany banked the top prize ("El Gordo") by betting on Lottoland's Spanish Christmas Lottery jackpot, and received an incredible early Christmas present of £3 million!

Although he chose to remain anonymous, he was kind enough to share a few details about himself and his big win.

He'd been shopping around online for a way to enter the Spanish Christmas Lottery online, outside of Spain, and opted to bet with us.

He formed a syndicate with his wife and three friends and together they pooled their money to purchase a full bet share, giving them the chance to take home the biggest prize. Each member of this mini syndicate chose a number, and they sat back and waited for the big draw.

"When I got the win notification I had butterflies in my stomach. I simply could not believe it." He told us. In a state of disbelief, our lucky winner patiently waited for his wife and friends to finish work before telling them the good news.

Despite pledging to keep celebrations modest, we did get him to reveal what his first major purchase might be. In true German style it was a BMW racing bike! Of course, he wasn't the only Lottolander to claim a prize from the El Gordo Christmas Lottery.

Big UK Christmas Lottery Winner

In Christmas of 2016 a Lottolander from the UK won £422,000 by betting on the outcome of that year's Christmas Lottery draw. 

Our lucky Lottolander bagged the second biggest prize available on the draw, which would normally have been worth £211,000. Fortunately, when purchasing their Betslip our anonymous punter decided to take advantage of our DoubleJackpot feature, meaning that they walked away with twice the prize money!

Our winner made three separate bets on that year's draw, and his winning line was a 1/5 bet share, which cost £64.99. We allow all our winners to remain anonymous if they choose, so all that we can tell you about our Christmas Lottery winner is that he hails from the West Midlands and that he enjoyed an extremely Happy Christmas in 2016!

Why Bet on El Gordo Online?

Here are four very good reasons to bet on one of the oldest lotteries in the world:

• £2.3 BILLION prize pool
• Awesome jackpot odds – over 450 times easier to win than the UK lotto!
• 1-in-7 chance of winning a prize
• A chance to be a millionaire on Christmas day!

It couldn't be simpler to make a bet. Pick a 5-digit number, and if you match the winning number, you win the jackpot.

You can even choose exactly how much you want to stake – and win! Remember that a bigger stake means a bigger discount as well as bigger potential prizes.

Want to follow in the footsteps of our lucky winner? Then head on over to our El Gordo page and start betting today. With bets starting at just £4.99 and the potential to win millions of pounds, you won't want to miss out. The draw is part of a live extravaganza on Spanish TV but generally the El Gordo draw takes place around 1pm Spanish time (12pm UK time) on the 22nd of December. 

From all of us here at Lottoland, we wish you good luck and a very Merry Christmas!

Last updated: November 2019