The winning number for Thursday’s Lotería Nacional draw, 78.726, landed in Madrid’s administration 32, delivering the top prize of 30,000 euros per tenth to a single location while the second prize of 20.710 was dispersed across multiple regions, leaving Alicante without any major winners for the second consecutive week.
This Thursday’s draw, dedicated to the centenary of Gijón’s Club Deportivo Arenal, continued a pattern seen in recent weeks where major prizes have concentrated in Madrid and other northern regions, while southern and eastern provinces like Alicante have repeatedly missed out on the top two tiers. The second prize, worth 6,000 euros per tenth, was sold in towns across Catalonia, Andalucía, Murcia, Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha, the Balearics, Extremadura and the Canary Islands, underscoring the game’s national reach despite localized gaps in fortune.
The Lotería Nacional, one of Spain’s oldest gambling institutions dating back to 1811, operates under SELAE and distributes prizes across five tiers: the top prize of 30,000 euros per tenth, a second prize of 6,000 euros, four-digit extracts paying 75 euros, three-digit extracts at 15 euros, two-digit extracts at 6 euros, and refunds for matching the final digit. Thursday’s winning numbers were 78.726 for the top prize, 20.710 for the second, with four-digit extracts at 0980, 7223, 8282 and 9093; three-digit extracts at 051, 333, 382, 593, 799, 820 and 920; two-digit extracts at 12, 29, 51, 67, 68, 75, 85, 88 and 92; and refunds for digits 5, 6 and 7.
Unlike the Saturday draw, which uses higher-priced tenths and offers a top prize ranging from 60,000 to 130,000 euros, Thursday’s Lotería Nacional maintains a consistent 3-euro tenth price and a fixed 30,000-euro top prize, making it a steady fixture in weekly household spending across Spain. The special series and fraction prize, advertised at 1.47 million euros, remains unclaimed in this draw and rolls over to the next scheduled event.
While the game’s structure remains unchanged, the geographic distribution of prizes continues to fuel informal speculation among players about regional luck, even as officials insist each draw is random and independent. Last Thursday’s draw similarly saw no major prizes in Alicante, with the top prize going to Valencia and the second prize split between Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura, reinforcing a streak that has led some local vendors to advertise their tickets as “due” for a win — a belief unsupported by probability but persistent in player culture.
How much does a tenth of Lotería Nacional cost on Thursdays?
A tenth of Lotería Nacional costs 3 euros on Thursdays, a price that has remained stable for years and is significantly lower than the variable pricing used for Saturday draws, which range from 6 to 20 euros per tenth.
Can you claim a prize if you only matched the last digit?
Yes, matching the final digit — known as a reintegro — entitles the player to a refund of the ticket cost, which is 3 euros for a Thursday tenth, effectively returning the stake if the final digit matches 5, 6 or 7 as it did in this draw.
