The La Primitiva lottery is a Spanish lottery that has a very long history. The La Primitiva lottery was founded in 1763. The game was cancelled in 1862. In 1985 it was reintroduced in its current format. The La Primitiva lottery in its modern form is a 6 from 49 game. This means players must select 6 out of the numbers 1 to 49 to play the game. The game is part of the Loteria Nacional (National Lottery) and is administered by Loterias y Apuestas del Estado.

 

La Primitiva is a great paying lottery. US$6.5 million is paid out weekly and US$1.4 billion every year. The lottery is run twice a week, on Thursday and Saturday nights at 21:30 local time. Tickets can be purchased on the SpanishLotteries.com website for either both draws or only one weekly draw. You need to define this when making your purchase. If you purchase a one draw ticket between Saturday and Thursday, you will be entered into Thursday night’s draw. Purchasing a ticket for the lottery on Friday or Saturday enters you into Saturday night’s draw. Of course, the more draws you enter the better your chances of winning a substantial prize in the La Primitiva lottery.

 

Those lucky enough to win the jackpot receive a tax free lump sum payment.

The jackpot for the lottery is won by matching all six numbers to those drawn on the night, plus matching the Reintegro number. The Reintegro number is a random number which is added to each ticket at the time of purchase. If your Reintegro number matches the one drawn after the six main numbers, and you match these as well, you win the jackpot.

The Complimentario ball is a seventh ball drawn by the lottery officials at each draw. While this ball has no relevance to winning the jackpot, it does provide the option of winning in the second prize breakdown.

 

It is always wise to understand the best way to approach choosing lottery numbers. While some lotteries require you to grasp specific number ratios that are more or less likely to give you a winning combination, in La Primitiva, it is all about knowing the most and least chosen numbers. The most often chosen winning numbers are 47,39,38,3,5,6,23,45. Of course knowing the numbers to avoid also will help.