Daily ONCE Coupon today: result of Wednesday, September 23 and winning number

The validation and prize payment process in ONCE draws follows a fairly standardized scheme, designed to guarantee the security of participants and the correct economic and fiscal management of the prize. Still, there are always particularities depending on the product (Daily Coupon, Cuponazo, Sueldazo, Eurojackpot, etc.), so the official rules of each draw are the definitive reference.

1. Initial ticket check

The first step is always to check if the number, series, or combination played has won a prize:

• Checking the draw on the official ONCE website or app.
• Verifying the ticket at an authorized sales point (vendor terminal or kiosk).
• Consulting the results published in media outlets.

Although the player can perform this check on their own, the legal and economic validation only occurs when the ticket is processed through the official ONCE system (sales terminal or electronic channel).

2. Ticket validation

To be able to claim the prize, the ticket or receipt must be:

• Original and legible (not a photocopy or screenshot).
• Intact, without manipulations, erasures, or tears that prevent reading.
• Within the expiration period established in the game rules (each product sets its own deadline to claim prizes).

The vendor or operator inserts the ticket into the terminal. The central system:

• Checks that the ticket exists in the registered bets database.
• Verifies that the corresponding draw has already taken place.
• Determines if it has a prize and the exact amount.
• Ensures the ticket has not been previously paid, canceled, or declared invalid.

If the ticket is very damaged or there are doubts about its authenticity, the sales point may temporarily retain it for examination by ONCE's technical service, delaying payment until a resolution is reached.

3. Identification of the winner

The method of identification varies depending on the prize amount:

• Small prizes: usually paid in cash at the sales point itself, without needing to provide more data than strictly operational for payment.
• Medium or large prizes: an identity document (DNI, NIE, or passport) is usually required to record the beneficiary and comply with tax and anti-money laundering regulations.
• Online channels: if the game was played through the website or app, ONCE already has the user's data and the identification process relies on that registered information.

4. Prize payment

Once the ticket is validated and identity confirmed, ONCE proceeds with the payment:

• In cash at the sales point for small amounts, within established internal limits.
• By bank deposit or transfer for large prizes, usually managed through ONCE's delegations or offices.
• Automatic credit to the gaming account when the bet was made online; the balance is available for withdrawal to the user's bank account or to continue playing.

In the case of products with periodic payments (for example, monthly “salaries”), after the initial prize recognition, specific documentation is signed that sets the payment method (periodic transfers, terms, reversal conditions if requirements are not met, etc.).

5. Tax withholdings and obligations

Game prizes are subject to the current Spanish tax regulations. For amounts exceeding established thresholds:

• ONCE applies the withholding at the time of payment, subsequently paying it to the Tax Agency.
• The player receives the net amount after taxes, and the entity provides the necessary documentation for income tax declaration, when applicable.

The responsibility to report the prize in the personal income tax return, if applicable, lies with the taxpayer, although the withholding has already been applied at source.

6. Practical recommendations

• Always keep the ticket in good condition and without annotations that could be interpreted as manipulation.
• Check the results through several channels (website, sales point, app).
• Go to validate the ticket as soon as possible to avoid expiration issues.
• For large prizes, request detailed information at the ONCE delegation about payment methods, withholdings, and documentation to be signed.
• Always consult the official rules of each game, where deadlines, limits, and payment particularities are precisely regulated.

ONCE has a unique legal regime regarding gambling in Spain: it is one of the two operators to which the law exclusively reserves statewide lotteries, but it is subject to very intense State control and limited to specific modalities and conditions. Its competences are not general over “gambling”, but limited to those lotteries and always under governmental authorization.

1. Basic sector regulation: Law 13/2011 on gambling regulation

The Law 13/2011, of May 27, on gambling regulation (text in the BOE) is the “main law” of the sector:

• It defines the scope of application as the organization, operation, and development of gambling activities of state scope, essentially through electronic means, but also with in-person support when it comes to state-reserved lotteries.
• It maintains the exclusive reservation of state lotteries in favor of the State Society of Lotteries and Bets (SELAE) and ONCE, “as gambling operators who have been controlledly exploiting these lotteries to date.”
• In its first, second, and third additional provisions it specifies ONCE's unique regime: it is formally designated as a statewide lottery operator and referred to its specific regulations and the Protectorate Council for control and supervision of its activity.

Law 13/2011 also establishes the Gambling Activities Tax and the general regime of guarantees, advertising, consumer protection, and operator requirements, which apply to ONCE with the particularities set in its specific rules.

2. Specific regime of ONCE as lottery operator

The Royal Decree 358/1991, of March 15, which reorganizes the National Organization of Spanish Blind People (BOE), and the ONCE Statutes approved by Order SCB/1240/2019, of December 18 (BOE), configure its competences in gambling matters:

• ONCE is a public law corporation of social character, with its own legal personality, which exercises delegated functions of public administrations throughout Spain and is largely financed by the profits from its authorized lottery modalities.
• The royal decree and statutes describe it as a public gambling operator of recognized prestige, subject to strict public control, holder of several state-reserved lottery modalities, whose exploitation is destined to finance its social purposes.

The article on “authorization regime in gambling matters” of Royal Decree 358/1991, in its current wording, is key:

• It establishes that ONCE is subject to a specific authorization regime in gambling matters, also linked to the General Agreement between the Government and ONCE.
• The Council of Ministers is responsible for granting authorizations related to the coupon prociegos draw regime and any other gambling modality defined in the General Agreement (coupon, active games, instant lottery, etc.).
• These agreements set maximum limits on issuance and sales, prize percentages, maximum coupon prices, special draws, and other essential parameters. Within these margins, ONCE manages and commercially adjusts its products.
• It is expressly foreseen that ONCE will operate a state-wide lottery modality called “instant or pre-drawn lottery”, under the terms of Royal Decree 1336/2005, of November 11, modified and extended, among others, by Royal Decree 1706/2011, of November 18 (BOE).
• ONCE is authorized to enter into joint marketing agreements of common lottery products with other foreign operators, always within its authorized modalities and with prior control by the Protectorate Council and, in some cases, the Council of Ministers itself.

3. Regulatory development and authorization registry

Royal Decree 1614/2011, of November 14, which develops Law 13/2011 regarding licenses and registries (BOE), contains a specific additional provision:

• It declares that ONCE will continue to be governed, for reserved lotteries, by its specific legal regime, under the terms of the second additional provision of Law 13/2011.
• The authorizations held by ONCE to develop lottery games are registered, for publicity purposes, in a Special Section of the General Gambling License Registry.

4. Competence distribution between State and Autonomous Communities and control

Law 13/2011 clearly distinguishes between:

• Statewide gambling (including SELAE and ONCE lotteries and online gambling), which is the competence of the State.
• In-person gambling of autonomous scope (casinos, bingo halls, B machines, etc.), which corresponds to the Autonomous Communities.

To respect autonomous competences, the law requires Autonomous Communities to issue a mandatory report when state authorizations may affect their territory, and that opening in-person venues requires an autonomous license. But the statewide lotteries of SELAE and ONCE, both in their draws and in the basic design of products, remain under state jurisdiction.

In ONCE's case, control of its reserved gambling activity is exercised:

• By the Council of Ministers, through authorizations and their possible renewals.
• By the ONCE Protectorate Council, which verifies game regulations, controls issuance parameters, prizes, legal compliance, and monitors the use of resources.

5. Destination of income and material limits

Specific rules (Royal Decree 358/1991, ONCE Statutes, and regulations of each modality) and Royal Decree 1706/2011 establish that:

• The net income from ONCE lotteries (after prizes, vendor commissions, and management expenses) must be allocated to the social purposes of the organization and are subject to the same usage obligations as other authorized gambling modalities.
• Minimum and maximum prize percentages, limits on issuance and sales volume, and other parameters condition how much gambling ONCE can offer and under what conditions.
• ONCE bears the specific gambling taxation (Gambling Activities Tax and associated fees), in addition to a reinforced regime of fraud and money laundering prevention common to all operators.

Overall, ONCE's legal competences in gambling focus on the operation of certain state-wide lottery modalities (coupon, active games, and instant lottery), reserved by law and exercised under Government authorization, strict public control, and obligation to allocate profits to its social purposes.

To claim a prize from the ONCE Daily Coupon in Spain, it is necessary to meet a series of legal and practical requirements related to the winner's identification, coupon validity, claim deadlines, and prize taxation. Below are the key points that ONCE practically requires and that derive from both official information and that disseminated by specialized media and the Demócrata newspaper itself.

1. Prove the winner's identity

The first basic requirement is to be able to identify oneself reliably as the person claiming the prize. In practice, this means:

• Presenting an official identity document: usually DNI for Spaniards, or NIE/passport for foreign residents or non-residents.
• For high-value prizes, also providing tax and bank details (IBAN of an account in the winner's name) for prize payment and correct application of the IRPF withholding.
• If the coupon belongs to a minor or incapacitated person, the claim must be made by their legal representative (parent, guardian, curator…), proving such status with the corresponding documentation.

2. Be the legitimate holder of the coupon

ONCE requires that the person claiming be the legitimate holder of the winning coupon:

• It is essential to present the original coupon in good condition when purchased from a vendor or authorized sales point. As ONCE draw chronicles remind, “it is advisable to always keep the original coupon, as it will be necessary to claim any prize.”
• If the physical coupon is torn, significantly damaged, lost, or stolen, it is generally not considered valid for claiming according to the draw rules; without the ticket, the right to the prize cannot be proven.
• For coupons purchased online at JuegosONCE, the system itself records ownership and, if the coupon wins, the amount is automatically credited to the user's virtual account, which can then be transferred to their bank account.

3. Present the coupon at authorized locations

The method of claiming varies depending on the prize amount, but in all cases, it is required to use the channels provided by ONCE:

• Smaller prizes: can be claimed at authorized ONCE sales points (kiosks and vendors).
• Larger prizes: the winner must follow the procedure indicated by the organization, presenting the original coupon in good condition at ONCE Centers and/or collaborating banks authorized for prize payment.
• In all cases, it is advisable to verify the result beforehand on the official JuegosONCE website or at an authorized establishment to avoid errors.

4. Respect the legal claim deadline

Daily Coupon tickets have an expiration period:

• As repeatedly reminded by Demócrata in its draw chronicles, ONCE coupons have a 30 calendar day period to claim the prize.
• The count starts the day after the draw date.
• After this period without presenting the coupon, the right to claim expires and the prize can no longer be claimed.

5. Tax obligations and prize treatment

Lottery prizes like the Daily Coupon are subject to the state taxation applicable to authorized games:

• Prizes exceeding the exempt threshold (in recent years, 40,000 euros) bear a 20% withholding on the amount exceeding that figure; this withholding is directly applied by the prize-paying entity.
• Below that amount, the prize is received in full, without withholding, according to the general regime in force for official lotteries.
• The winner does not have to perform a specific procedure to apply the withholding: it is automatically deducted at the time of payment.

6. Final recommendation

Although these are the requirements practically applied to claim a prize from the ONCE Daily Coupon, the specific conditions of each draw are detailed in the ONCE Coupon regulations, in resolutions published in the Official State Gazette, and on the JuegosONCE website itself. For legal security, before managing a significant prize, it is advisable to consult those current rules or directly contact an ONCE Center or a collaborating bank to verify the specific case.