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A Christmas draw

Christmas tradition, joy, hope, something that is reflected in a Christmas Raffle, not only in the time that elapses while the Children of San Ildefonso school with that sound sing special numbers and prizes, but along throughout the year with so many preparations to make sure nothing goes wrong in your special day.

Everything begins around February and March, with the decision on the amount of the awards to be overcome, the number of Series to be put on sale, that date is going to start selling. After choosing the design of the tenth, always with an item on Christmas, the National Mint and Stamp made the first tests for printing tickets, under some sophisticated techniques and a very rigorous security measures, like paper money is involved.

The distribution of tickets to the Lottery Administration for sale is made through a computer program that randomly distributes the tickets depending on the previous year's sales and the needs of each outlet. Marketing began in July.

In a press conference with the media show, after a careful design and implementation, the advertising campaign, both as to Press Radio and Television.

Curiosities

• of 195 Christmas sweepstakes held, first prize known as "El Gordo" has corresponded in sixty-one occasion a number between 0 and 10,000, seventy one occasion a number between 30,000 and 10,001 and the sixty-four numbers from 30,001 and 66,000.

• have not yet obtained the first prize in the thousands following: 27, 37, 39, 41, 44, 51, 54, 62 and 64.
• On four occasions the "Gordo" has fallen to three-digit numbers ending in the same: the 25,444, the 25,888, the 35,999 and 55,666.
• never completed the number of first prize in 09, 10, 13, 21, 25, 31, 34, 41, 42, 43, 51, 54, 59, 67, 78 and 82.
• As the final figure 5 has been the number one most often was awarded: 30 times but never finished at 25. Followed by 4 to 6 with 26 appearances.

• less repeated the final figure was 1. It is followed by 2 and 9.

• In 1812 the fare was 40 real and the fat of 8,000 pesos. Frequency

  31

  reinstatement Christmas Sweepstakes

  	NUMBER NUMBER OF TIMES
  5
  4	26
  6	26
  3	20
  8	20
  0	19
  7	18
  9 16
  2	13
  1	7