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The National Lottery It is known by all, after all, whether you play or not, everyone knows it. Everyone has seen, entered or passed through a State Lottery and Gambling Administration and from time to time and frequently, we read in the news where it has fallen and who has received a prize from this very popular raffle. What is not so well known by everyone is the origin of this game, Do you know the history of the Draw of the National Lottery of Spain?
Origin of the National Lottery
More than 250 years ago, on December 10, 1973, King Carlos III established the 'Royal Lottery', this was the name of this popular game of chance. Although it was this monarch who is behind the origin of our lottery, it was not his own invention, because what he did was bring this game from Naples (Italy).
Words of Carlos III: "(...) I have deemed it opportune and convenient to establish a Lottery in Madrid... so that it becomes a benefit for Hospitals, Hospices and other Pious and public Works, in which many flows of my Royal Treasury are consumed annually".
At that time, the National Lottery was not as we know it today, since a 5-figure number was not bought, it was a kind of Primitiva in which numbers were chosen (from 1 to 90). The draw was carried out with a single bag containing 90 numbered balls, and in which a blindfolded child drew 5 balls.
Much has happened since then National Lottery draw and a lot has changed. The modern lottery, as we know it today, dates back to 1811. It was in Cádiz when Ciriaco González Carvajal, a Spanish jurist and politician, thought of holding a national draw in order to raise money for the State. After the War of Independence, the country needed to rebuild itself, and that is how it was conceived, as a means of «a means of increasing the revenue of the public treasury without penalizing taxpayers».
On March 4, 1812, the first Draw of this new National Lottery took place., and it is this date that is considered as the birth of this. A very important day for us and that we do not forget to celebrate every year.
Composition of the National Lottery
The National Lottery consists of tickets, which in turn are made up of ten tenths of the same number, with a series and a fraction. The series is each of the sequences of bills numbered from 00000 to the last. The fraction is used to identify each of the tenths that are part of the same bill, so each tenth is unique, even if it belongs to the same bill, number and series.
It is important to point out that the National Lottery tickets are State securities, so their falsification is prohibited by the penal code. The tenth is the document with which we play the draw, and which we must present to collect the prize if this were the case, so it is important not to lose or damage it.
Lottery Collection
Currently, the collection of the National Lottery can reach 190 million euros, as is the case with the draw for the Christmas lottery, since it is the one that generates the most participations, since everyone plays with enthusiasm to win the great prize, El Gordo. Today the Treasury takes 20% for prizes over 40.000 euros.
The Lottery generates income for the State of 2.636 million a year
As an example, if you win El Gordo of the Christmas Lottery with a single tenth, €400.000, first the €40.000 tax-free is subtracted and on the remaining €360.000 20% is applied, which gives €72.000 . So the winner would keep €40.000 added to the remaining €288.000 after removing that 20%, a total of €328.000.
ADDITIONAL DATA of the Draw
The origin of the Lottery in the world
The lottery as a game of chance is older than we can imagine, although our history dates back more than two centuries, in the world the oldest evidence dates from between 205 and 187 BC, with the Chinese Han dynasty. .
First Draws
The Christmas Lottery Draw originated in 1818, although it did not begin to be held regularly annually until 1839.
In 1924, one of the most emblematic and recognized draws of the National Lottery was born, the Red Cross draw, which continues to be one of the most popular.
SELAE
The National Lottery depends directly on the SELAE (Sociedad Estatal Loterías y Apuestas del Estado), which in turn depends on the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It is the company that manages not only the state lottery but also all the draws belonging to it, such as the Primitiva, Bonoloto, El Gordo de la Primitiva, Euromillones, the Quiniela, Quinigol, Lototurf and Quintuple Plus.
Dream about the lottery It is something that we have ever done, because after all, this prize is a way of investing in projects or in some whim, what would you invest the prize in if you win it?
