Draws for today Tuesday, September 8: schedules for Euromillions, Eurojackpot, Bonoloto, and ONCE Daily Coupon

In Spain, the organization of "lottery" type draws is heavily regulated and, to a large extent, reserved for the public sector. For private entities (companies, associations, etc.), there is some leeway, but usually through raffles, tombolas, or promotional random combinations, never as a standard state lottery, and always with administrative authorization.

1. Basic regulatory framework

• Law 13/2011, on the regulation of gambling, which establishes the general regime for gambling at the state level, reservation of lotteries, and the system of enabling titles (licenses and authorizations). Text in the BOE.
• Royal Decree 1614/2011, which develops Law 13/2011 regarding licenses, authorizations, and gambling registers. Text in the BOE.
• Royal Decree 1613/2011, on technical requirements for gambling activities. Text in the BOE.
• Regulations of autonomous communities regarding in-person gambling (raffles, tombolas, bingo, etc.), very relevant if the draw is regional or local in scope.
• Tax laws regulating the Gambling Activities Tax and the special tax on prizes from certain lotteries and bets (Law 16/2012 and implementing regulations).

2. Reservation of lotteries and who can organize them

• Law 13/2011 reserves state-level lotteries to operators designated by law, in practice:
  • The State Society for Lotteries and State Bets (SELAE).
  • The ONCE, with its own special regime.
• An individual or company cannot operate a state “lottery” (such as National Lottery, Primitiva, etc.): this activity is reserved and private offers without an enabling title are considered illegal gambling.
• What private entities usually can organize, according to state and regional regulations, are:
  • Raffles and tombolas with a specific purpose (usually charitable, social, or associative).
  • Random combinations for advertising or promotional purposes, linked to the purchase or use of a product/service, without surcharge or additional fees.

3. Enabling titles and authorizations

• At the state and online level, any gambling activity regulated by Law 13/2011 requires an enabling title (general license + specific licenses or specific authorization), according to the scheme developed by Royal Decree 1614/2011.
• For draws of regional or local (in-person) scope, the competence and authorization correspond to the autonomous community (competent department in gambling/finance/interior, depending on the case). They usually require:
  • Prior application with a report of the draw (date, prizes, ticket prices, destination of funds).
  • Identification of the organizer and, if applicable, municipal authorization.
  • Sometimes, deposit or prior identification of the prizes.
• Without authorization, organizing raffles or draws that fit the definition of gambling may be classified as a serious administrative offense according to Law 13/2011 and regional regulations.

4. Information to participants and advertising

• Law 13/2011 requires operators to guarantee transparency and participants' rights:
  • Clear and accessible draw rules (how to participate, deadline, prizes, awarding criteria, taxes, method of communication to winners, etc.).
  • Respect for subjective prohibitions (minors, self-excluded persons, etc., in regulated games).
• Advertising of gambling activities is subject to additional limits (Law 13/2011 and regulatory development: recently, Royal Decree 176/2023 on safer gambling environments, which partly replaces RD 958/2020 regarding commercial communications).
• In promotional combinations, the General Advertising Law and consumer regulations also apply: there must be no deception about probabilities, real cost, or prize conditions.

5. Basic taxation of prizes

• Prizes from public lotteries subject to the special tax (SELAE, ONCE, and similar) are taxed by withholding above the exempt minimum; the public organizer pays this tax to the Treasury.
• In private draws (raffles, promotions, etc.):
  • For the individual winner, the prize is usually taxed in the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) as capital gain or income, with withholding if applicable.
  • For the organizer, the activity may be subject to the Gambling Activities Tax or specific fees on raffles/combinations, in addition to ordinary taxation in Corporate Tax or IRPF.
• The tax situation is complex: in practice, specific tax advice is highly recommended for each draw.

6. Control and sanctioning authorities

• At the state level, the Directorate General for Gambling Regulation is the main regulatory, supervisory, and sanctioning authority.
• At the regional level, the competent gambling departments and, if applicable, regional or local tax authorities.

In summary, a private entity can organize draws, but usually not as a state “lottery,” rather as a raffle or promotion, always with prior authorization, clear rules, respect for advertising regulations, and proper tax management. The practical key is to determine the scope (state/regional) and the exact legal figure (gambling, raffle, promotional combination) to correctly apply the legal requirements.

The operation of ONCE and, specifically, its daily coupon is supported by a “block” of regulations that govern its legal nature, the reservation of state-level lotteries, gambling authorizations, and the specific regulations of the Coupon. Below are the basic pieces, differentiating between the general framework of ONCE and the specific regulation of the coupon.

1. General framework of ONCE as a public law corporation and lottery operator

• Royal Decree 358/1991, of March 15, which reorganizes the National Organization of Spanish Blind People (text in BOE). Defines ONCE as a public law corporation of a social nature, with its own legal personality, purposes of personal autonomy and inclusion of blind and severely visually impaired people, its self-organization regime, and the State protectorate. Regarding gambling, it establishes that it is financed through public authorizations on lotteries, subject to control by the Protectorate Council.
• This royal decree has been amended, among others, by:
  • Royal Decree 1200/1999, of July 9 (BOE-A-1999-16374).
  • Royal Decree 1146/2012, of July 27 (BOE-A-2012-11211).
  • Royal Decree 1152/2015, of December 18 (BOE-A-2016-4).
  • Royal Decree 369/2021, of May 25 and Royal Decree 1127/2021, of December 21, which further adjust aspects of its statute and gambling regime.
• Order SCB/1240/2019, of December 18, which publishes the consolidated text of the ONCE Statutes (BOE-A-2019-18390). Develops the internal organization, membership status, governance structure, and recognition of ONCE as a public gambling operator subject to strict administrative control, as well as linking the exploitation of lotteries to its social purposes.
• Law 5/2011, of March 29, on Social Economy, third additional provision. Declares ONCE a singular social economy organization, reinforcing its specific treatment.
• Law 46/1985, on the General State Budgets for 1986, twentieth additional provision (DA 20), amended by Law 55/1999. Part of the legal framework that reserves to ONCE the exploitation of certain lottery game modalities, under conditions of public control.
• Law 13/2011, of May 27, on the regulation of gambling, first and second additional provisions. Reserves state-level lotteries to certain operators (including ONCE) and recognizes that, due to its singularity, ONCE continues to be governed, for its reserved lotteries, by DA 20 of Law 46/1985, the General Government–ONCE Agreement (currently 2022–2031), and Royal Decree 358/1991.

2. Specific regulations on ONCE games and the daily coupon

• Royal Decree 1336/2005, of November 11, authorizing ONCE to operate an instant or pre-drawn lottery (BOE-A-2005-19153), amended by Royal Decree 1706/2011 and the aforementioned Royal Decree 1152/2015. It does not regulate the daily coupon but completes the framework of authorized games (instant lottery), their issuance limits, prize percentages, and control by the Protectorate Council.
• Regulation governing the lottery modality called “ONCE Coupon”, approved by:
  • Resolution of April 4, 2023, from the Secretary of State for Social Rights, publishing the approval of a new Regulation governing the products of the lottery modality called "ONCE Coupon" (BOE-A-2023-9031). This regulation is currently the central norm on the daily coupon and other “Coupon” products: it defines the different modalities (Daily Coupon, Cuponazo, Weekend, etc.), their design, price, prize structure, draw conduct, issuance, prize expiration, and sales channels. It also explicitly links these products to the cited legal framework (Law 13/2011, DA 20 of Law 46/1985, General Agreement 2022–2031, RD 358/1991, and ONCE Statutes).
  • Resolution of December 23, 2025, from the Secretary of State for Social Rights, publishing the amendment of the Regulation governing the lottery modality called "ONCE Coupon" (BOE-A-2026-774). Introduces specific adjustments (for example, in an appendix to the regulation) affecting certain characteristics of the coupon, maintaining the general scheme of the 2023 regulation.
• Various previous resolutions from the competent State and General Secretariats (2004–2013 and later years) approved and modified earlier versions of the Coupon Regulation and its appendices (Daily Coupon, Cuponazo, Weekend, sales and prize conditions). Although many have been repealed or superseded by the 2023 Regulation, they are relevant for following the historical evolution of the modality.

In summary, the institutional and economic operation of ONCE is mainly governed by Royal Decree 358/1991 (and its reforms), its Statutes (Order SCB/1240/2019), and the legal framework of lottery reservation (Law 13/2011, Law 46/1985, and the General Government–ONCE Agreement). The daily coupon, as a specific product, is detailedly regulated by the “ONCE Coupon” Regulation approved in 2023 and amended in 2025, which sets rules on issuance, draws, prizes, marketing, and consumer guarantees.

State Lotteries and Bets, today structured as the State Society for Lotteries and State Bets, S.M.E., S.A. (SELAE), is a public company attached to the Ministry of Finance whose central competence is to manage, operate, and market state-owned lotteries in Spain. These lotteries include products such as the National Lottery, Christmas Lottery, Niño Lottery, La Primitiva, Bonoloto, Euromillions, or La Quiniela, among others.

Basic legal framework

The regulatory environment of SELAE is based, according to consulted sources, on two main pillars:

• Law 13/2011, on the regulation of gambling, which establishes the general regime for gambling and state-level lotteries. This law exclusively reserves the operation of state lotteries to operators designated by the State, so that other private operators cannot organize or sell this type of draws. Within this framework, SELAE is positioned as one of the reference operators for state lotteries.
• Its status as a state company, subject to the general regime of the public business sector, as well as specific regulations on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, and to the guidelines of the Court of Auditors and the General Courts regarding its internal functioning and prize controls.

A resolution from the Joint Commission for Relations with the Court of Auditors (BOE, 07/15/2025, fiscal year 2022) shows how Parliament controls SELAE’s actions, especially in prize management and in fraud and money laundering prevention.

Main functions of SELAE

Based on official and journalistic sources analyzed, the main competencies and functions of SELAE can be summarized in several blocks:

1. Operation and management of state lotteries

• Organize the draws of the different state lottery modalities (National Lottery, Primitiva, Bonoloto, Euromillions, Quiniela, etc.), setting their schedule and basic characteristics (calendar, ticket prices, prize structure, etc.).
• Publish official results of the draws and ensure their dissemination through its own channels (State Lotteries and Bets portal) and the network of authorized sales points.
• Manage prize payments, both minor and major, coordinating with lottery administrations and collaborating financial entities, and applying internal procedures that guarantee correct identification of recipients.

2. Regulation of the sales network and relationship with lottery administrations

SELAE not only operates the games but, as a public operator, sets the operating conditions of the official sales network. Its competencies include:

• Establish commercial conditions applicable to administrations and sales points (commissions for selling each product, service obligations, use of corporate image, etc.).
• Define participation requirements in the games and access prohibitions, developing general gambling regulations through internal rules that must be applied to all products.
• Regulate and supervise the online sales channel for state lottery, as well as possible integration or coordination with digital platforms used by physical sales points.

3. Internal control, fraud prevention, and anti-money laundering

The cited parliamentary resolution urges SELAE to strengthen its control systems, which allows identifying other relevant functions:

• Design and implement a prize control system that guarantees registration, documentation, and traceability of payments, including claims to financial entities when they do not provide all supporting documentation.
• Maintain an Operational Unit for the Prevention of Money Laundering, with organizational and functional independence, responsible for analyzing suspicious operations related to prize collection and promptly informing the Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses.
• Approve and update the Manual for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, specifying which bodies are competent to approve risk analyses and how to act in cases of relevant indications (e.g., repeated collection of high prizes).
• Implement official registers of incoming and outgoing documentation and improve IT systems to better assess fraud risks and detect them early.
• Develop training plans for the sales network and collaborating financial entities on anti-money laundering and prize payment matters.

4. Commercial strategy and digital channel

Finally, institutions urge SELAE to boost online sales and negotiate with sales points so that their own telematic platforms comply with participant identification requirements and other legal demands. This places among its functions:

• Define the commercial and digital strategy for state lotteries, ensuring balance between direct sales on the official website and the administration network.
• Ensure that marketing, both physical and online, complies with regulations on gambling, consumer protection, data protection, and fraud prevention.

Overall, SELAE acts as the exclusive public operator of state lotteries, with competencies ranging from game design and management and its sales network to prize control, anti-money laundering, and adaptation to the digital environment, all under the umbrella of Law 13/2011 and parliamentary and Court of Auditors supervision.