Lotteries of today, Sunday, August 16: schedules, jackpots, and draws of Bonoloto, El Gordo, and the ONCE

The process for validating and claiming prizes in Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE) and ONCE is similar in the basics — always starting from the original ticket or coupon and the official verification of the result — but differs in expiration deadlines and in some payment channels and thresholds by amount.

1. SELAE (Loterías y Apuestas del Estado)

a) Prize validation

• Result verification: results are checked on the official Loterías y Apuestas del Estado website using their bet checker, or by presenting the ticket/décimo at an authorized administration or point of sale. This is indicated, for example, for Bonoloto, La Primitiva, or Lotería Nacional.
• Essential document: it is essential to keep the original receipt or décimo in good condition. News about Bonoloto, La Primitiva, and Lotería Nacional reiterate that a photo does not replace the physical document when the purchase was made in person.
• Authenticity verification: the point of sale or, if applicable, the financial institution, enters the ticket into the SELAE system to verify that it is authentic and that it has not expired or been previously claimed.

b) Payment channels and thresholds by amount

• Prizes under €2,000: considered minor prizes. They can be claimed at lottery administrations and authorized points of sale. This is repeated in multiple references to Bonoloto, La Primitiva, and Lotería Nacional.
• Prizes equal to or greater than €2,000: considered major prizes. They must be paid exclusively through SELAE’s collaborating financial institutions. The winner must identify themselves and present the original receipt; the money is deposited into their bank account once the ticket is verified.
• Internet bets: when the bet has been placed on the official SELAE website, the payout is processed through the user’s own account, according to its conditions; from there it can be transferred to the bank.

c) Deadlines and expiration

• In SELAE, the right to claim prizes (Bonoloto, La Primitiva, Lotería Nacional, etc.) expires after three months, counted from the day after the draw. The consulted sources emphasize checking and claiming “as soon as possible” to avoid missing the deadline.

2. ONCE

a) Prize validation

• The results of the different products (Daily Coupon, Sueldazo, Cuponazo, extra draws, etc.) are checked on the official JuegosONCE website, in its results history, or at authorized points of sale.
• As with SELAE, the original coupon in good condition is the necessary document to claim the prize when the purchase was made in person.

b) Payment channels and thresholds

• Minor prizes: news about the Daily Coupon, Cuponazo, and Sueldazo indicate that smaller prizes can be claimed at authorized ONCE points of sale.
• Major prizes: the winner must follow the procedure indicated by ONCE, which includes presenting the original coupon and personal identification. In practice, large prizes are channeled through the offices and collaborating entities designated by the organization.
• Online purchase: if the coupon was purchased on the JuegosONCE website, the prize is paid into a virtual account of the user and from there can be transferred to their bank account, as explained, for example, by ABC for the Father’s Day Extra.
• Taxation: ONCE prizes are subject to the same regime as state lotteries: minimum exemption of €40,000 and 20% withholding on the amount exceeding that figure, as detailed in an analysis about Sueldazo.

c) Deadlines and expiration

• ONCE coupons (Daily Coupon, Sueldazo, Cuponazo…) have a 30 calendar day expiration period counted from the day after the draw. Various sources recommend not waiting until the last moment and going to claim early.

3. Main practical differences

• Claim period: SELAE generally grants three months; ONCE sets a much shorter period of 30 calendar days.
• Clear operational threshold: in SELAE the cutoff of €2,000 between minor prizes (administrations) and major prizes (collaborating banks) is clearly established. In ONCE, the distinction between “minor” prizes (points of sale) and “major” prizes (special procedure/collaborating entities) appears, but without such a visible numerical threshold in the consulted news.
• Online channels: both allow playing online and pay the prize first into a user-associated account (SELAE or JuegosONCE) before transferring it to the bank.

In both systems, the key operational rule is always the same: keep the ticket or coupon, verify the result through official channels, respect the expiration deadline, and go to the payment channel that corresponds according to the amount and the form of purchase.

The National Organization of Spanish Blind People (ONCE) is, according to Royal Decree 358/1991 and its Statutes (Order SCB/1240/2019), a public law corporation of a social nature that is mainly financed through the exploitation of various state-level lottery modalities. This gaming activity is not incidental: it is a specific public authorization granted by the State to support its social purposes and is subject to intense public control.

Law 13/2011, regulating gaming, and Law 5/2011, on Social Economy, position ONCE as one of the two designated operators authorized to market state-level lotteries. Recent resolutions from the Secretary of State for Social Rights (for example, BOE-A-2024-12936 and BOE-A-2025-9379) recall that: “state-level lotteries have been reserved for the operators designated by the law itself, which has materialized… by designating ONCE as one of the two operators”.

General framework of competencies

From the consulted regulations (Royal Decree 358/1991, Royal Decree 1336/2005, and successive resolutions published in the BOE), it follows that, regarding draws and games of chance, ONCE essentially has these functions and powers:

• To hold state-reserved lottery modalities (coupon, active game, and instant lottery), whose exploitation is attributed to it to finance its social purposes, under the terms set by Law 13/2011, the twentieth additional provision of Law 46/1985, and the 2022-2031 General Government–ONCE Agreement.
• To direct, organize, and exploit the authorized modalities: setting product characteristics, prize structure, draw calendar, and marketing conditions, always within the quantitative and qualitative limits established by regulation and subject to prior verification by the Protectorate Council.
• To finance its social purposes with net gaming income, destined to services of educational inclusion, employment, rehabilitation, personal autonomy, accessibility, culture, sports, etc., as defined by Royal Decree 358/1991 and the Statutes.
• To guarantee responsible gaming and consumer protection: resolutions on the “ONCE Coupon” and “Instant Lottery” require publication in the BOE of regulations, calendars, and modifications as a guarantee of transparency and legal security for players.

Specific competencies by game types

ONCE Coupon and other periodic lotteries

Resolutions such as that of April 30, 2025 (BOE-A-2025-9379) detail the calendar and characteristics of the “ONCE Coupon” products (Daily Coupon, Cuponazo, Weekend Coupon, and extraordinary draws). They show that ONCE:

• Proposes the issuance (number of series and numbers per draw) and the percentage of the issuance allocated to prizes.
• Sets the unit price of the coupon within permitted margins.
• Designs the prize structure and, if applicable, the use of “accumulated prizes” from previous draws.
• Plans ordinary and extraordinary draws (for example, the “Christmas Extra Coupon” or the 11/11 draw), which are published in the BOE after verification by the Protectorate Council.

Instant or pre-drawn lottery

Royal Decree 1336/2005, of November 11 (BOE-A-2005-19153), expressly authorizes ONCE to exploit an instant lottery throughout the national territory. Regarding it, the decree establishes that:

• Direction, organization, and exploitation of this modality are attributed to ONCE.
• The ONCE General Council may set the price of each ticket, with a maximum price linked to that of the coupon.
• Each issuance program must allocate a prize amount between 45% and 80% of the issuance value.
• Annual sales and issuance limits are set, and the Protectorate Council controls that ONCE respects these limits.
• Net income is destined to the same purposes and subject to the same obligations as other ONCE gaming modalities.
• The regulatory regulation of the instant lottery (design, format, series, prize reveal system, etc.) is prepared by ONCE but requires verification by the Protectorate Council and publication in the BOE.

Subsequent modifications (such as Royal Decree 1127/2021, BOE-A-2021-21110) and the 2024 and 2025 resolutions on “ONCE Instant Lottery tickets” update appendices, products, and mechanics, but always within this framework: ONCE designs and manages the products, while the State supervises and authorizes the general framework.

Role of the State and control by the Protectorate Council

All these competencies are exercised under the State Protectorate, articulated through the ONCE Protectorate Council. According to recent resolutions:

• ONCE must communicate product conditions in advance to the Protectorate Council.
• This body verifies that proposed regulations, product calendars, and modifications comply with the terms of the state concession and the 2022-2031 General Agreement.
• Once verified, it orders the publication in the BOE of those regulations, calendars, or extraordinary draws, as a guarantee for consumers.
• In the case of instant lottery, the Protectorate Council controls management (volume of issuances, collection, prizes paid and expired, and income destination), being able to request all necessary information from ONCE.

Overall, ONCE acts as a public operator of state-level lottery: it designs and exploits its draws (coupon, active game, instant lottery), but does so within a very detailed legal framework and under permanent State control, ensuring that the exploitation of these games serves its primary purpose: to finance and sustain the social and inclusion model for blind people and those with severe visual impairment.

The information you request — participation (number of bets, collection, etc.) and prize distribution in the Bonoloto and El Gordo de la Primitiva draws during the last year — is statistical in nature and specific to the games of chance managed by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado. That specific type of data (sales volume per draw, actual prize structure paid, number of winners per category on each date, etc.) is beyond the scope for which I am designed, which focuses specifically on Spanish politics and institutions, not on the operational details of gaming products.

Consequently, I cannot provide you with numerical data or a real breakdown of participation and prize distribution in those draws during the last year. It would be easy to “invent” tables with prize categories, amounts, or approximate collections, but that would give an appearance of precision not backed by verified sources and, therefore, would be misleading. I prefer to be transparent and not offer figures or historical series that I cannot substantiate in this context.

That said, I can explain the institutional and regulatory framework of games like Bonoloto and El Gordo de la Primitiva within the Spanish public system, because that clearly belongs to the political–institutional field:

• Public ownership: Bonoloto and El Gordo de la Primitiva are games managed by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE), a state-owned commercial company dependent on the public sector. Although it is a corporation, its capital is entirely public and it reports to the Government through the Ministry responsible for Finance.
• Basic regulatory framework: the organization of these games is based on legal and regulatory norms on state-level gaming. Among others, it is framed within general gaming legislation and specific provisions that approve or modify the rules of each modality (bet price, prize categories, percentages allocated to prizes, etc.).
• Collection and public function: part of the collection from these draws is allocated to prizes and another part is paid into public coffers (Treasury). The “public monopoly” model of lottery gaming is traditionally justified by two ideas: controlling a potentially addictive sector and, at the same time, generating public revenue without raising direct taxes.
• Supervision and control: SELAE’s activity is subject to various controls:
  • Financial and legality control (Court of Auditors, public intervention).
  • Political control through parliamentary questions and hearings on gaming advertising, prevention of gambling addiction, income destination, etc.
  • Compliance with responsible gaming regulations and, if applicable, coordination with consumer and health authorities due to the social impact of gaming.
• Political and social debate: in recent years, the growth of gaming offerings (especially online gaming, but also public lotteries and bets) has generated political debate about:
  • Limits on gaming advertising, especially aimed at young people.
  • The advisability of increasing or reducing the offer of chance products managed by the State.
  • The balance between the revenue these games offer and the social costs associated with gambling addiction.

If you wish, I could help you with issues such as:

• Which regulations generally govern gaming and state-level lotteries in Spain.
• How SELAE is institutionally organized and what parliamentary control mechanisms exist over its activity.
• What positions different parties or parliamentary groups have defended regarding gaming advertising, protection of vulnerable people, or taxation associated with lottery prizes.
• What role the State has vis-à-vis private gaming and how competence is shared with autonomous communities.

In summary, I cannot provide you with participation figures or the actual prize distribution of Bonoloto and El Gordo de la Primitiva in the last year, but I can provide context about the public, regulatory, and political framework in which those draws are inserted. If you are interested, we can delve into that institutional dimension or the parliamentary and regulatory debate around publicly owned games of chance in Spain.