The president of State Lotteries and Gambling, Jesús Huerta, has indicated that "the possibility" of increasing the cost of tickets has been considered: "At some point it will have to go up"

The increase in inflation could directly affect the Christmas Lottery. The president of State Lotteries and Gambling, Jesús Huerta, said that the price of tickets "will have to go up at some point."

"At some time, and we have discussed it with the associations of points of sale,  we have considered the possibility of making an increase , even if it was testimonial," Huerta said at the presentation of the advertising campaign for the Extraordinary Christmas Draw at the Real Casa de the currency in Madrid.

However, the president indicated that they had decided "not to further tax the possibilities of society", but insisted that, sooner or later, "it will increase".

How much is a tenth of the Christmas Lottery worth?

Currently, the amount for each issue purchased is 20 euros, a figure that has not changed since 2002.

"During the last 22 years, the only thing that hasn't gone up has been the price of that, maybe the only thing, I don't know, there is another example, not just Christmas Lottery, but Primitiva, etc. Huerta added

Evolution of the price of the tenths of the Christmas Lottery

• 1966: 500 pesetas (3 euros)
• 1966 -1967: 1,000 pesetas (6 euros)
• 1977 -1979: 2,000 pesetas (12 euros)
• 1989: 2,500 pesetas (15 euros)
• 1990 -2001: 3.00 pesetas (18 euros)
• 2002 -present: 20 euros

This 2022, the Christmas lottery comes with some changes. The main novelty is that the number of series has increased due to the sales record reached in 2021. There is therefore a total of series this year, that is, 8 more than during the draw of 100,000 numbers each. This assumes that there are also more tenths. Specifically, 180 million tenths are available from official administrations. "We are confident that we can move on the figures of the last campaign," said Huerta.

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