ONCE
Lottery
The Organizacion
Nacional de
Ciegos
Españoles (Spanish
National Blind
Organisation),
also runs a
regular
lottery.
Tickets are
sold at green
kiosks and in
the street.
Non-residents
can also play
this lottery
which is a
daily game of
five digits
and a series
of three with
a special
coupon for
larger
jackpots on
Friday and
Sunday.
Tickets can be
bought for
1.50€ each and
2.00€ for
tickets for
the Friday and
Sunday draws.
On the first
Friday and
Sunday of
every month
there is a
special coupon
that costs
2.50€ for the
monthly large
jackpot.
Prizes begin
when one to
five numbers
(with the
series or not)
match up with
prizes ranging
from 2.50€
(when only the
last digit
matches), to
300,000€ (when
the five
digits and the
series match).
While smaller
prizes can be
claimed at the
kiosks, larger
prizes must be
claimed at the
Banco de
España.
Tickets can be
checked with
the street
sellers, at
the kiosks and
by watching
Antenna 3 TV
after the news
every evening.
Football
Pools
The football
pools in Spain
is known as La Quiniela and is also a
state
sponsored
lottery.
Tickets can be
bought at the
various
lottery shops
and cost a
minimum of 60
cents for the
initial bet
and 30 cents
for any
further bets
made on the
same coupon
for the same
draw.
Lottery
Scams - see
samples here
It has been
brought to the
attention of
Idealspain
that numerous
email scams
are
circulating
the world,
referring to
lotteries in
Spain and
claiming that
the email
recipient has
won.
We have
undertaken a
great deal of
research into
this matter
and would like
to make our
readers aware
of the
following
points:
The national
lottery NEVER
sends out
emails
notifying
winners
The scams
normally work
like this:
-
You receive
an email
claiming
that you
have won a
large prize
in a Spanish
lottery. In
order to
claim the
prize you
need to call
a Spanish
number.
-
You call
this number
and it is
likely to be
a premium
rate number
on which
they keep
you talking.
It is often
a mobile
number (all
mobiles in
Spain begin
with a 6). A
lottery
office would
not use a
mobile
number. When
you call the
number it is
likely that
they will
ask you for
a legal fee
to process
the claim.
It can be
anything
from
600-3,000
euros.
-
If you send
them money –
forget it.
You will
hear no more
from them.
We did
however hear
of a case
whereby
someone sent
them money
and they had
the nerve to
call again 2
weeks later
and ask for
another
processing
fee.
-
If you
receive an
email about
a lottery
win,
consider the
following.
-
Does the
contact
phone number
begin with a
‘6’ or is it
a landline
beginning
with ‘95’
-
Are they
asking for a
processing
fee to claim
the prize
-
Has the
company got
a CIF Nº.
(All
registered
companies
have to have
one – if in
doubt, call
them and ask
for it)
-
Never give
them your
bank details
Report scams
to Metropolitan
Police |
