Eurojackpot today: result of Tuesday, August 25, and winning numbers

Eurojackpot is a common European lottery whose draws are held in Helsinki (Finland), but in Spain it is integrated into the state-level gaming regime and marketed through ONCE. Its legal framework is based on Law 13/2011, regulating gaming, and the specific regulations on ONCE lotteries, while supervision is shared between the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling, the State Administration competent in social and gaming matters, the ONCE Protectorate Council, and the general financial control and fraud prevention mechanisms.

1. Basic legal framework of Eurojackpot in Spain

The central piece is Law 13/2011, of May 27, regulating gaming, which establishes the legal regime for state-level gaming activities. The law:

• Defines the objective and territorial scope of state-competent gaming, including state-level lotteries.
• Exclusively reserves these lotteries to two operators: the State Society for Lotteries and Betting (SELAE) and the National Organization of Spanish Blind People (ONCE), subject to strict public control (preamble and additional provisions of the law, as seen in the BOE).
• Creates a framework of licenses, authorizations, and technical control for all authorized operators, developed by Royal Decree 1614/2011, of November 14, on gaming licenses, authorizations, and registers (also linked to Law 13/2011 in the consulted legislative database).

Although the law does not mention “Eurojackpot” by name, it sets the scheme: state-level lotteries (including ONCE modalities, such as Eurojackpot) can only be operated by the reserved operators, under specific rules published in the BOE.

2. Specific regulations and "processing" of Eurojackpot

Eurojackpot is incorporated into the Spanish legal system as part of the ONCE lottery modality called “Active Game”. Various resolutions from the Secretary of State for Social Rights published in the BOE approve and update:

• The Regulation governing the products of the ONCE “Active Game” modality, which includes Eurojackpot.
• The quarterly draw calendars and characteristics of each product.

For example, the Resolution of April 30, 2025 and subsequent ones explicitly describe:

• The “Product marketed with other authorized gaming operators in third countries called Eurojackpot”.
• That the draw is held on Tuesdays and Fridays at the facilities of the Finnish state operator Veikkaus OY in Helsinki, within a game common to multiple countries.
• That 50 % of the joint revenue from all participating operators is allocated to prizes, as specified in the regulation appendices.

The legal “processing” of Eurojackpot in Spain, therefore, is not an ad hoc law but a set of:

• Government–ONCE agreements on lottery modalities and their stability, which require publishing calendars and conditions in the BOE as consumer guarantees (as indicated in the 2024 and 2025 calendar resolutions).
• The ONCE Active Game Regulation and its amendments, approved and published by the Secretary of State for Social Rights, pursuant to Law 13/2011.
• Periodic resolutions setting, for each quarter, the number of draws, schedules, product characteristics, and references to the common European regulation.

3. Who organizes and markets Eurojackpot in Spain?

According to multiple recent informative pieces from the newspaper Demócrata, Eurojackpot:

• Is a European lottery held simultaneously in up to 18 countries.
• “In Spain it is marketed through ONCE” and its official channels (sales points and the JuegosONCE platform) — see, for example, the article “Eurojackpot today, Tuesday, August 11: jackpot of 10 million, schedule and when the result is released.”
• Maintains harmonized game rules: combination of 5 numbers (1–50) and 2 “suns” (1–12) and 12 prize categories.

ONCE is therefore the Spanish operator of Eurojackpot, obliged to adjust its offer to Law 13/2011, its own specific regulations, and the agreements with the Government officially published.

4. Bodies supervising Eurojackpot and player protection

• Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) It is the state body that applies Law 13/2011 to state-level gaming operators. A 2024 resolution on the Global Betting Market Research Service (BOE-A-2024-13314) reminds that the DGOJ:
  • Combats fraud and manipulation in the gaming environment (art. 21 of Law 13/2011).
  • Issues development provisions and manages control and information exchange services.
  Although this service is mainly aimed at sports betting, it illustrates the role of the DGOJ as technical regulator and supervisor of the online and state-level gaming sector, including the framework in which Eurojackpot operates.
• Secretary of State for Social Rights Publishes in the BOE the resolutions approving calendars and regulations of ONCE lotteries (including Eurojackpot), verifying compliance with the General Government–ONCE Agreement and the “control procedures and criteria” approved by the ONCE Protectorate Council.
• ONCE Protectorate Council A mixed body involving the General State Administration that:
  • Verifies that ONCE’s product and calendar proposals comply with applicable regulations.
  • Supervises that gaming products, including Eurojackpot, comply with consumer protection criteria and the organization’s social purposes, as reflected in the 2025 calendar resolutions.
• Financial control and anti-money laundering bodies Although the clearest examples in the consulted documentation relate to SELAE, the pattern is extrapolable: the Court of Auditors audits prize control systems (see the Resolution of May 8, 2025 on SELAE) and systematic reporting to the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering of suspicious operations is required. ONCE must operate under the same prevention and traceability requirements.
• Autonomous communities Law 13/2011 recognizes their competence over in-person gaming of autonomous scope, but state lotteries such as Eurojackpot are reserved to the State. Their role focuses on coordinating addiction prevention and responsible gaming policies rather than authorizing the product itself.

Overall, Eurojackpot is integrated into a scheme where ONCE acts as the exclusive operator in Spain, Law 13/2011 and specific regulations set the rules, and the DGOJ, Secretary of State for Social Rights, Protectorate Council, and financial control bodies ensure the integrity of the draw, fraud prevention, and participant protection.

The State Society for Lotteries and Betting (SELAE) is the Spanish public operator of state-level lotteries, including European draws such as Euromillions and EuroDreams. Its functions and competencies in these games combine a strictly national legal basis with cooperation mechanisms with other European operators, but always limited to Spanish territory.

Legal basis and SELAE’s status

SELAE’s activity is primarily based on Law 13/2011, regulating gaming, which exclusively reserves the exploitation of state-level lotteries to operators designated by the State. Various official resolutions recall that this law “exclusively reserves the exploitation of these lotteries to operators designated by law,” so no private operator can organize or sell these lotteries on their own. Among these designated operators is SELAE, defined as the public company attached to the Ministry of Finance responsible for managing, operating, and marketing state-owned lotteries, including National Lottery, La Primitiva, Bonoloto, Euromillions, or La Quiniela (Demócrata article).

Additionally, SELAE is subject to control by the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) and the Court of Auditors. The Joint Commission for Relations with the Court of Auditors, for example, has approved specific resolutions regarding the “control system applied in prize management” of SELAE, urging it to strengthen its internal rules, IT systems, and anti-money laundering measures (BOE-A-2025-14671).

SELAE’s role in European draws

National operator of Euromillions

Euromillions is a game jointly organized by several European public operators. Various Demócrata articles detail that it is currently organized by the national operators of:

• Spain: State Lotteries and Betting (SELAE)
• France: Française des Jeux
• United Kingdom: The National Lottery
• Portugal: Jogos Santa Casa
• Belgium, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, through their respective national lotteries (example).

Within this scheme, SELAE acts as the only authorized operator in Spain to:

• Market Euromillions through the network of administrations and its online channels.
• Receive and validate bets placed in Spain.
• Apply the community game rules (combination format, prize categories, jackpot accumulation, etc.).
• Organize prize payments within Spain, including coordination with financial entities for major prizes.
• Publish the official result and Euromillions scrutiny on SELAE channels, which are the valid reference for Spanish players (daily record example).

Additionally, SELAE manages the national complementary draw “El Millón”, linked to Euromillions in Spain: each valid bet includes a code that participates in an additional prize of one million euros, exclusive to the Spanish market.

National operator of EuroDreams

EuroDreams is another European draw, with draws on Mondays and Thursdays, in which Spain participates through SELAE. Specialized press explains that:

• SELAE includes EuroDreams in its official programming and sets the result publication schedules for Spain (EuroDreams today).
• Official results must always be checked on SELAE channels or authorized administrations.
• SELAE applies the common game rules (combination of six numbers plus Dream number, monthly annuity structure, etc.) and manages payments in Spain.

Relationship with other European operators and the EU

European draws operate based on cooperation agreements between national operators. Available information shows that:

• Each operator (SELAE, Française des Jeux, etc.) organizes sales and prize payments in its country, but all apply common agreed rules for the community game (jackpot structure, prize categories, draw frequency).
• Funds for community prizes are proportionally fed from sales made in each State, but SELAE’s revenue and final profit distribution are integrated into its accounts as a state company, which in 2025 exceeded 10.5 billion euros in sales and more than 6.7 billion in prizes (billing analysis).

Regarding the European Union, there is no EU lottery as such: the game is transnational but basically regulated by national laws and by the European Commission’s control in State aid and competition matters. The Commission, for example, has analyzed and validated exclusive rights regimes for public lottery operators in other countries (such as Française des Jeux in France), provided they comply with State aid rules (Commission press release). SELAE operates within this same general framework: authorized national monopoly, but subject to EU legislation on the internal market and competition.

Limits of SELAE’s competencies

SELAE’s competencies are clearly delimited:

• Its territorial scope is Spain: it can only market Euromillions, EuroDreams, and other state lotteries within Spanish territory.
• It does not unilaterally set the basic rules of European games; it agrees them with other operators and must comply with DGOJ regulations and, where applicable, European supervision on competition.
• It is subject to administrative and financial control: it can be sanctioned by the DGOJ, as with other operators, and audited by the Court of Auditors and the General Courts.
• It does not hold general regulatory powers over gaming in Europe; its role is that of a designated operator-exploiter appointed by the State, not a regulatory authority.

In summary, SELAE is the operational arm of the Spanish State to participate in major European draws: it sells and validates bets, applies common rules, pays prizes, and channels profits to the Treasury, but always within the Spanish and European regulatory framework and in coordination with other national operators.

The basic regulations governing gambling and state-level lotteries in Spain, as well as their adaptation to European draws like Eurojackpot, are mainly structured around Law 13/2011, regulating gaming, and its regulatory development through several royal decrees. On this core, recent reforms have been incorporated mainly aimed at player protection and responsible gaming.

1. Basic legal framework for gaming and state-level lotteries

1) Law 13/2011, of May 27, regulating gaming (text in the BOE)

• It is the sectoral reference regulation for the exploitation of state-level games, especially those conducted through electronic, computer, telematic, and interactive channels.
• Its objective is to guarantee public order protection, fight against fraud, prevent addictive behaviors, protect minors, and safeguard the rights of participants.
• It maintains the reservation of state-level lottery activity in favor of the State Society for Lotteries and Betting (SELAE) and ONCE, as operators subject to strict public control.
• It defines the system of enabling titles (licenses and authorizations) necessary for other operators to exploit non-reserved gaming activities.

Regarding the competence distribution, Law 13/2011 expressly recognizes:

• State competence over state-level games and those provided by telematic or online means.
• Competences of the Autonomous Communities over in-person gaming in their territory. To respect them, the law requires the Autonomous Communities to issue reports on enabling titles that may affect their territory and demands autonomous authorizations for physical premises or gaming terminals.
• The creation of the Gaming Policy Council as a coordination body between State and Autonomous Communities.

2. Regulatory development: licenses, technical requirements, and registers

Law 13/2011 is developed, among others, by two key regulations:

• Royal Decree 1614/2011, of November 14, on gaming licenses, authorizations, and registers (BOE):
  • Regulates the procedure to obtain enabling titles for non-reserved gaming activities and authorizations for reserved activities (such as SELAE lotteries).
  • Details the regime of general and specific licenses, as well as guarantees required from operators, content of gaming contracts, user accounts and registers, and prize payments.
  • Develops the sectoral registers: General Register of Gaming Licenses, General Register of Gaming Access Prohibitions (self-excluded or banned), and Register of Persons Linked to Gaming Operators.
  • Provides that operators managing shared platforms where several operators pool the amounts played may be considered “co-organizers” of the game, a key figure for transnational games.
• Royal Decree 1613/2011, of November 14, on technical requirements for gaming activities (BOE):
  • Establishes the technical requirements of gaming systems (Central Gaming Unit, internal control system, random number generator, traceability, and security).
  • Aims to ensure the system allows permanent control by the regulator, including full transaction recording and proper application of access prohibitions.

Additionally, Law 23/2022, of November 2 (BOE) modifies Law 13/2011 to strengthen responsible gaming, consumer protection, and coordination against fraud and manipulation of sports competitions, including a new article 7 bis on responsible commercial communications.

3. Tax regime and consumer protection

Law 13/2011 configures the tax regime for state-level gaming activities and links tax obligations to license acquisition and gaming revenues. This tax framework has been adjusted by subsequent tax regulations, but the law remains the reference for the specific taxation of these activities.

Regarding consumer protection and responsible gaming:

• Law 13/2011 imposes information obligations on players, deposit limits, self-exclusion tools, and identity controls.
• The 2022 reform coordinates with general consumer regulations and strengthens the sanctioning regime against practices harmful to consumers, in line with EU law.
• The regulator (Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling) must evaluate the effectiveness of safe gaming measures.

4. Adaptation to transnational games like Eurojackpot

Spain’s participation in European games like Eurojackpot is integrated into this general framework:

• Eurojackpot is offered in Spain as a state-level lottery managed by SELAE, within the lottery reservation recognized by Law 13/2011.
• Its exploitation requires:
  • The corresponding state authorization and inclusion in the catalog of permitted games.
  • Compliance with the technical requirements of Royal Decree 1613/2011 (systems, internal control, traceability, randomness).
  • Adaptation to the rules of licenses and guarantees of Royal Decree 1614/2011.
• The figure of the “co-organizer” provided in Royal Decree 1614/2011 allows SELAE to participate in a common game with other European operators, pooling the amounts played by their respective users, as occurs in Eurojackpot.
• In fiscal and player protection terms, Eurojackpot is subject to the same Spanish gaming tax regime and the same rules on minors protection, self-exclusion, gaming limits, and responsible advertising as other SELAE games.

In summary, Spain does not have a specific “Eurojackpot” law; its participation in this European draw is articulated by applying the state-level gaming regulatory block (Law 13/2011, its 2022 reform, and the royal decrees of development), which flexibly adapts to transnational games through licenses, co-organization, and homogeneous technical and fiscal control.