Eurojackpot today: result of Tuesday, September 15, and winning numbers

In Spain, a lottery of the Eurojackpot type (large-scale, periodic, and state or supranational in scope) cannot be freely organized by just any company or individual. The activity of state-level lotteries is, by law, reserved for specific operators, and other games can only be operated with licenses granted by the state regulatory authority. Additionally, the operator must meet stringent requirements regarding solvency, organization, technical systems, user protection, and anti-money laundering measures.

The basic framework is the Law 13/2011, of May 27, on the regulation of gambling, amended by Law 23/2022, of November 2 (Law 13/2011, Law 23/2022). Its main regulatory developments are:

• Royal Decree 1614/2011, of November 14, on licenses, authorizations, and gambling registers (RD 1614/2011).
• Royal Decree 1613/2011, of November 14, on technical requirements for gambling activities (RD 1613/2011).
• Resolutions and orders regulating terms of reference and guarantees (for example, Order HFP/1227/2017 on general license terms, Resolution of December 1, 2017 on specific licenses).

1. Reservation of state-level lotteries

Law 13/2011 expressly establishes that, due to the large volume of gambling and the risk of use as a money laundering instrument, the activity of state-level lotteries is exclusively reserved for:

• The State Society for Lotteries and Betting (SELAE).
• The National Organization of Spanish Blind People (ONCE), with a special regime for its lottery products (developed through resolutions published in the Official State Gazette).

That is, a “native” Eurojackpot at the state level could only be practically structured as a product of SELAE or ONCE or through a scheme that the regulation allows within that reservation. A new private operator cannot simply enter by “creating” a parallel state lottery.

2. Enabling title: licenses and authorizations

For non-reserved games (for example, certain bets or online games), Law 13/2011 requires a prior enabling title:

• General licenses for broad categories of games (bets, contests, other games).
• Specific licenses for each particular type of game within the corresponding general license (articles developed in RD 1614/2011).

Only public limited companies whose exclusive corporate purpose is the organization, marketing, and operation of games, that demonstrate technical, economic, and financial solvency and are not subject to prohibitions under the relevant article of Law 13/2011 (certain criminal convictions, very serious gambling sanctions, tax or social security breaches, anti-money laundering sanctions, etc.) can participate in general license procedures for non-occasional games.

3. Technical requirements and gaming systems

RD 1613/2011 develops the requirements that operators’ technical gaming systems must meet:

• Existence of a Central Gaming Unit that records all operations, bets, draws, prizes, and movements of gaming accounts.
• Implementation of an internal control system and a secure database accessible to the regulatory authority for monitoring and supervision.
• Approval of gaming software and random number generators, ensuring randomness and traceability.
• Security measures, contingency plans, and replication of the Central Gaming Unit to guarantee service continuity.

4. Protection of participants and responsible gaming

Law 13/2011 (strengthened by Law 23/2022) imposes broad obligations for protection of minors and players:

• Prohibition of participation by minors and persons registered in the General Register of Gambling Access Prohibitions.
• Obligation to maintain user records and gaming accounts with full identification of the participant, deposit limits, and tools for self-exclusion and control of playing time.
• Active policies for safer or responsible gaming, with special attention to at-risk groups.
• Rules on advertising and commercial communications (developed, among other regulations, by Royal Decree 958/2020).

5. Anti-money laundering and supervision

Law 13/2011 integrates the application of the Law 10/2010, on prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. The regulator (currently the Directorate General for Gambling Regulation, after the reassignment of functions from the National Gambling Commission) must:

• Collaborate and monitor compliance with anti-money laundering regulations by operators.
• Monitor operations and transactions through technical systems and request information from operators, payment providers, media, etc., to pursue unauthorized gambling.

In summary, to organize something similar to Eurojackpot in Spain there are two essential limits: on one hand, the legal reservation of state lotteries to SELAE and ONCE; on the other, the requirement of administrative licenses, approved technical systems, and strong compliance obligations for any state-level game, especially if operated through electronic or interactive channels.

I cannot provide a detailed and specialized answer to your question about the lottery draw scrutiny process at the European level because I am specifically designed to work on Spanish public policy and institutions (legislation, parliaments, governments, parties, public actors, etc.), not on the technical functioning of gambling or internal procedures of lotteries in different European countries.

My knowledge scope and the tools I have access to are oriented towards issues such as:

• Legislation and legislative initiatives in Spain (laws, royal decree-laws, bill proposals, public consultations, etc.).
• Parliamentary activity: debates, votes, questions, appearances in Congress, Senate, and regional parliaments.
• Organization and functioning of public institutions (ministries, departments, directorates general, regulatory bodies).
• Positions and activities of parties and public officials regarding specific policies.
• Political and regulatory context of sectors (energy, health, transport, housing, digital, etc.).

Conversely, matters such as:

• Internal technical procedures of lottery companies or organizations in different European countries.
• Operational details of the scrutiny or validation of winning combinations at the European scale.
• Specific mechanics of commercial or private gambling draws outside the specific Spanish regulatory framework.

are outside my area of expertise and the information bases I can consult. I would have no way to cross-check or verify, with the same level of rigor that I can apply to Spanish political or institutional topics, how exactly the lottery draw scrutiny is organized in different European Union countries or within transnational games like Euromillions, which bodies intervene in each State, what specific controls each authority applies, or what technical standards they use.

If what interests you is the regulatory and public dimension of gambling, it might be useful to reformulate the question in that vein, for example:

• How lottery games are regulated in Spain and what public controls exist over them.
• What role Spanish public bodies (for example, the State Society for Lotteries and Betting or the gambling regulator) have in supervision and control of gambling.
• What types of rules or authorizations are necessary to organize gambling in Spain.

In those cases, I could guide you on:

• Which laws and regulations apply to gambling in Spain.
• Which competent authorities intervene and what their functions are.
• What public guarantees exist regarding transparency, consumer protection, or addiction prevention, etc.

If you want, reformulate your query towards any of those aspects linked to the Spanish political, institutional, or regulatory sphere and I can provide a more complete and well-founded answer.

The taxation of lottery and betting prizes in Spain is not governed by a single isolated law but by a block of general and specific tax regulations. Broadly speaking, prizes are taxed through the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) or the Corporate Tax/Non-Resident Income Tax (IRNR), plus a special tax on certain lottery and betting prizes managed by the State Society for Lotteries and Betting, ONCE, the Red Cross, and regional lotteries, with their corresponding withholding regime and declaration forms.

1. Basic IRPF regulations and regulation

• Law 35/2006, of November 28, on IRPF (consolidated text). It is the main rule that determines which incomes are subject to the tax, how they are classified (earnings, capital gains, etc.), and the regime of advance payments and withholdings. The treatment of gambling prizes when integrated into the tax base or when subject to the special tax as income subject to IRPF is based on this law.
• Royal Decree 439/2007, of March 30, approving the IRPF Regulation (link), with successive amendments (for example, RD 1003/2014, RD 633/2015, RD 1074/2017, and RD 31/2023). It regulates in detail the system of advance payments, the way to apply withholdings and payments on account on prizes and certain capital gains, as well as procedural aspects (who must withhold, withholding base, deadlines, etc.).
• Law 26/2014, of November 27 (link), which amends Law 35/2006 and the consolidated text of IRNR. It adjusts the treatment of various incomes, including those linked to gambling and betting, harmonizing the taxation of residents and non-residents on these types of gains.

2. Special tax on prizes from certain lotteries and bets

• Law 16/2012, of December 27, on tax measures (link). It introduces the special tax on prizes from certain lotteries and bets and modifies other tax figures. It establishes the essential elements of the special tax:
  • Which prizes are subject (State Society for Lotteries and Betting, ONCE, Red Cross, regional lotteries, and recognized foreign equivalents).
  • The existence of an exempt minimum below which the prize is not taxed by this special tax.
  • The fixed tax rate applied to the part of the prize exceeding the exempt minimum.
  • The articulation of the tax as a withholding on account of IRPF or IRNR at the time of prize collection.
• General State Budget Laws (for example, Law 17/2012 and Law 22/2013, and later Law 6/2018) periodically adjust the exempt minimum and certain parameters of the special tax, so its amount may vary with budgetary years.

3. Corporate Tax and IRNR

• Law 27/2014, of November 27, on Corporate Tax (link) and its Regulation, approved by Royal Decree 634/2015 (link). They establish how legal entities include lottery prizes in their tax base, as well as the withholding regime when the recipient is an entity subject to this tax.
• The treatment of non-residents is based on the consolidated text of the Non-Resident Income Tax Law, also amended by Law 26/2014, which coordinates how these prizes are taxed when the recipient is not a tax resident in Spain.

4. Specific gambling and lottery management regulations

• Law 13/2011, of May 27, on gambling regulation (link). It does not set rates or minimums for the special tax but is the framework law that organizes the gambling and betting activity in Spain, the relationship with the State, and the definition of different modalities, an essential basis to delimit which draws and bets fall within the scope of the tax.
• Various resolutions and royal decrees on lotteries (for example, Royal Decree 403/2013, on distribution of revenue and prizes) affect the structure of draws, prize categories, and operating rules, which indirectly impact the determination of the taxable base of prizes.

5. Ministerial orders and declaration forms

• Order HAP/70/2013, of January 30 (link): approves forms 230 and 136 for self-assessment of withholdings and payments on account and the special tax on prizes from certain lotteries and bets, both in IRPF/IRNR and Corporate Tax.
• Order HAP/2368/2013, of December 13 (link): creates form 270, an annual summary of withholdings and payments on account of the special tax on prizes from certain lotteries and bets.
• Subsequent amending orders —among others, Order HAC/763/2018, Order HFP/1286/2023, and Order HAC/1431/2025— update the designs of forms 136, 190, and 270 and specify the form, deadline, and procedure for submission, adapting the management of withholdings applied on prizes to successive legal reforms.

Finally, the regime is coordinated with the economic agreements and conventions of the Basque Country and Navarre (Laws 7/2014, 10/2017, 14/2015, and 22/2022), which reproduce and adapt the taxation on gambling prizes to their regional tax administrations, respecting the state structure (special tax, withholdings, and coordination with IRPF/CT/IRNR).