I have a winning tenth from the Christmas Lottery: where to collect it and deadlines

With the 2023 Christmas Lottery draw over, doubts arise from those who have a winning ticket in their possession. The first advice that experts always give is to be discreet and the second is not to wait until the last minute to do it because the winning tickets have an expiration date.

The expiration of a Christmas Lottery tenth

Does a tenth of the Christmas Lottery expire? The answer is yes, that is why you have to collect the prize before three months have passed because it is the period in which you can enjoy the prize without any setbacks. If you have been one of the lucky ones, run and cross out March 23 on the calendar in red.

Who keeps the money from an expired prize tenth?

If it is not collected before this three-month period, the money goes to the Treasury. This is stated in article 22 of the Treasury regulations: “The right to collect prizes expires after three months, counted from the day following the draw to which they correspond. After this period, the importation of unclaimed prizes will be subject to Treasury Benefit. This Period will be extended by one day if the last day of the period is a holiday in the locality in which the payment is processed. As a consequence of the provisions of the two previous articles, the expiration period will be Interrupted until the resolution or sentence is issued. firm in the respective procedure.”

Where can seventeenth earn?

If the prizes are less than 2,000 euros for each tenth or receipt, they can be collected exclusively at one of the 0,902 points of sale of the Lottery commercial network, starting on the afternoon of December 22. In this case, the prize can be collected in cash or through the Bizum system, since Lottery points of sale were the first physical businesses in Spain to incorporate this system as a method of payment for your bets and collection of your minor prizes. If the import is greater than or equal to 2,000 euros, it will be charged at the authorized financial entities: BBVA and Caixabank.

Where can I collect a tenth collected online?

In the event that the winning ticket has been purchased online, the prize arrives by bank transfer to the account communicated by the player in their Game account, once the number is verified after the draw. Minor prizes will be credited directly to the Gaming account if it does not exceed the established limit, in which case they will be paid by bank transfer to the current account that has been communicated.