The El Niño lottery’s winning number, 06703, has given prizes to six towns in the province of Alicante. People in Dénia, Alicante, Sant Joan, Benidorm, San Vicente del Raspeig, and San Miguel de Salinas could buy this number at lottery stores.
State Lotteries has confirmed that eight tickets with the winning number were sold in the province, each worth 200,000 euros, for a total of 1,600,000 euros. It is believed that the billing system was done by machine.
Every lottery office had one winning ticket, except for the one at number 2 Avenida de la Libertad in San Vicente, which is called “La del Mercado.” This office sold two tickets. It’s an award that has been given out to many people in Spain.
The lottery office on Avenida del Mediterráneo in Benidorm sold the winning ticket. This office also sold the top prize in the National Lottery in November and December of 2025, as well as two fifth prizes and a fourth prize in 2021 and 2023. The number 2 lottery office in San Vicente, on Avenida de la Libertad, has also sold a winning ticket, as indicated before. In 2019, this office sold the Christmas Lottery’s top prize, and in 2020, it sold the fifth prize. In 2023, the office on Calle la Huerta sold the fifth prize in the Christmas Lottery. Now, in 2026, it is selling the top prize in the El Niño Lottery.
The tobacco shop on 19 Calle de Abril in town sold a ticket that won the El Niño Lottery draw’s first prize, which was worth €200,000. It sold a ticket that won the second prize in the El Niño draw in 2020.
The store in the middle of this town with 8,000 people is still shuttered, and the owners still don’t know who won the prize. You get a lottery ticket electronically, or as they say, “by machine.” Sources at the State Lottery’s provincial office said that the tobacconist’s is a mixed retail store that sells both paper and electronic tickets.
The lucky sales outlet in Dénia that had the 06703 is on Calle Estrella 1. It located in Calle Doctor Gadea 9 in the town of Sant Joan. And in the city of Alicante, it was sold at the sales point at Avenida de Jijona 28, at the intersection of Dagniol.
There were no tickets sold in the province of Alicante for the second prize, number 45875, or the third prize, number 32615. The multiple-drum mechanism was used for the drawing at the State Lottery and Betting Hall.
Total Amount Billed
According to Loterías y Apuestas del Estado’s preliminary data, this draw has brought in 122.9 million euros in the Valencian Community, which is a 2.05% drop in sales.
In Valencia, sales were €11.4 million, which is 3.91% less than the year before. Each person spent an average of €25.44. Sales in Alicante were €41.3 million, which is 1.10% more than the previous year. The average person spent €20.34. Castellón had €11.2 million in sales, which is a 1.41% drop, and each person spent an average of €17.92.
Alicante has charged 41.3 million euros, which is 1.10% more, and each person has spent 20.34 euros.
Valencia has the most lottery tickets for this year’s El Niño draw, with a total of €81,992,200. Alicante comes in second with €44,744,400. The province of Castellón has set aside €12,421,000.
For people living in Valencia, this is 30.26 euros per person, and for people living in Alicante, it is 22.47 euros per person. This year’s draw gave each person in the province of Castellón an average of 20.17 euros.
The province of Valencia has 409,961 tickets, Alicante has 223,722, and Castellón has 62,105.
The lottery in Spain made 864,682,360 euros in 2026, which is 1.24% more than what it made in 2025.
The public operator says that the rise in sales shows that gamers are loyal and that the January 6th tradition runs deep throughout the country.
In Spain, the average person spent €17.60. Castile and León saw the most increase in lottery expenditure (+7.32%), while Andalusia had the most money coming in (€128.1 million).
The Valencian Community comes next with 122.9 million people, and the Community of Madrid comes in third with about 116 million. Catalonia (92.6 million) and Castile and León (72.7 million) round out the list of regions with the most bets in this draw.
But not all areas saw growth. Sales fell by 2.20% in the Canary Islands and 2.05% in the Valencian Community. There were also small drops in the Basque Country, the Balearic Islands, and Murcia.
Loterías, which has been around for 263 years, says that it helps one million vulnerable individuals a year (elderly people, women who have been victims of gender abuse, migrants, or cancer patients) through the social organisations it works with.
It also helps sports for women, minorities, and anyone who play sports at the grassroots level. For instance, it helps Olympic and Paralympic competitors get ready for the Milano Cortina Winter Games, which will take place in a few months.
Lastly, the public firm wants to “make culture more accessible.” One of the things they are doing to do this is the “Loterías Award for short films with social themes,” which they are doing in partnership with the San Sebastián Festival, which is having its third edition this year.
The El Niño lottery draw started in 1941 and has its own name and style. It finally became the second most important draw in the Spanish National Lottery, according to the organisation. The official prize lists first used the current name in 1966.
Starting in 1942, these draws gave out refunds, and starting in 1946, they gave out rewards for matching the last digits and for refunding the winning numbers. Until 1965, all draws were held continuously using the old or traditional system. From then on, they were held using the modern or multi-drum system.
Author: Derek Appleton
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