The big day has arrived and it is time to have things clear. Tomorrow the Christmas Lottery Draw distributes prizes to dozens of places in Spain and you may be one of the lucky ones. If this has been the case, you should know the guidelines to follow when collecting your prize of the Christmas Lottery.
If the goddess fortune has come to you and you have a winning tenth, you should know that You can collect the amount from tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. approximately, when State Lotteries and Betting Check the tables and see that all winning numbers are correct. But does the amount matter?
It does not depend. If our prize is less than 2,000 euros, we can collect it at any administration lottery On the contrary, if the prize we are going to receive is equal to or greater than 2,000 euros – the so-called major prizes, which are the Grand Prize, the second, third, fourth, fifth and some approximation – you have to go collect the money from a bank.
Authorized banks
But not just anyone: you have to go to one in the banking entities authorized by the State Lottery and Betting Society of the State (Selae). And this year, Selae has reduced just two -before there were eight- the entities in which to collect the prize: BBVA and CaixaBank.
An important issue is that you do not need to be a client of either entity to be able to collect the prizes.
There is also the option of collect the prizes in a territorial delegation of State Lotteries and Betting. In that case, only the DNI and the winning tenth will be needed to be able to collect the prize, regardless of the amount received.
Deadline
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The speed to collect the prizes of the Christmas Lottery is a common gesture of all the winners. However, the most clueless should be careful, since the maximum period for collecting prizes is 3 months. After that time, the payment expires and cannot be made effective. Thanks to such carelessness, Treasury ends up pocketing every year a significant amount unclaimed prizes.
How much does the Treasury take?
The treasury takes in a good chunk every year for taxes for the prizes of this extraordinary Lottery draw. In 2023 the 20% retention of the portion of each prize that exceeds the exempt amount of 40,000 euros.