Jan 19, 2026
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The winner has 90 days to claim the prize
They are looking for a 1.5 million store in Primitiva, a city of Valencia with 8,000 inhabitants.
The winner has 90 days to claim the prize
Surprise and disbelief in Canet d'En Berenguer after learning this Sunday that a neighbor (or guest) won almost €1.5 million (1,486,824.85) in Primitiva on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Canet d'En Berenguer is the only successful first Category Office ticket holder.City of Valencia. Plaza Castell, 1.
Fortunately for us, the card was validated at a small business in Kant, a tobacco shop that also sells tobacco, snacks and drinks, which also functions as a lottery.
At the moment, nothing is known about the speculator, lucky neighbor or visitor of this town of 8,297 people (mostly in the summer), who is going to pocket about one and a half million euros.
In Spain it is common to not know the identity of the winners of the big lottery prizes.Most prefer to remain anonymous and only a few are allowed to tell their story to the public.
90 days to claim prize
The €1,486,824.85 winner has 90 days to claim their prize or forfeit it.The collection of raffle prizes has an expiry date in Spain.
The Ministry of Finance also wins
In addition, he will have to pay almost €300,000 to the Treasury, so the net bonus will be just under €1.2 million.
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Since there are no special winning tickets (6 games + refund), one winner of the first division with a special division can win €77,000,000 in the next La Primitiva draw.
Check out the documents along with the prizes awarded at Primitiva this Saturday:
(Remember only official government lottery channels are valid to check prizes)
Stories of the winners
Millions of people around the world play lotteries, EuroMillions and other draws in search of a life-changing fortune.Many have won awards, but only a few have become millionaires.Most of them prefer to remain anonymous and only a few agree to tell their stories to the public.These are good and bad stories.For some it's a dream come true, for others it's the beginning of a nightmare.These are some of them.
He wins so many times that he is brought under investigation
Amelia Barnham is 69 years old, she is a financial worker, grandmother and mother of three, and her story is the strangest.He won the UK lottery so many times that he was investigated.On February 3rd, he gained 800 pounds and still hasn't managed to climb.
The new manager of the HotPicks game sent a detective to his house and demanded that he prove his identity."It really stressed me out and I'm angry at the investigation. "They made me feel like a criminal," laments Amelia.
The reason for the doubts is his repeated luck.Amelia spends £60 a week on the lottery and has won several small prizes totaling £23,600.
Make a million and keep working
There are people for whom the millionaire award did not change their lives.This is the case of 23-year-old Alex Best, who won one million pounds (€1.2 million) in the 2019 EuroMillions and decided to keep working.
"I kept looking at the screen, reading every letter and number over and over to make sure it was real. I was shaking like a leaf," he recalls.
The lucky boy worked at Leeds' Flamingo Land theme park for £10 an hour.The youngster showed a strong work ethic and decided to stay in the same profession despite receiving a million dollars.
You earn 35 million and left with nothing
Edwina and David Nylan won £35 million and had nothing left.This British couple usually play UK Lottomobile by checking their tickets through the app.In December 2015, they tried to bet, but after entering their numbers, they realized they had no balance.The couple threw their wallets at the app to confirm their bets.
After the draw, they couldn't believe their combination won the £35 million prize.When they inquired about the prize, they got the bad news that the top-ups and bets were not registered in the system, so they were not included in the draw winners.
"We tried to top up the account and we didn't realize it wasn't registered either," they said in an interview with The Sun newspaper."I'm devastated, but what can we do?" Edwina complained.
He won over five million and saw the tree
After winning the Gordo de la Primitiva, Ruffino became the most famous resident of the small town of Valyungo in Jerez.It was built for 5 million four hundred thousand euros.The most interesting thing is how he found out that he was a millionaire: in a bar and by accident.
Rufino had coffee at a regular bar.Among the customers was a story about someone from town winning the Primitiva jackpot.A local waiter offers to check Rufino's ticket: "You're Gordo's."And here, total disbelief.None of the people in the bar believed it, not even the winner himself.Rufino had an accident at the company he was working for, which left him with three fingers on one hand and a disability.
Killed after winning lottery
Vicente Sanchez, a 79-year-old resident of Hinojal (Cáceres), won a million-dollar lottery eight years ago.On 8 March 2024, his body was found in a rural area of the municipality with signs of violence.He had been missing since January 27.
In this case, money was the death sentence for Vicente.The local sheriff admitted to strangling him.The Guardia Civil accuses him of the crimes of murder, robbery with violence and fraud.The main motive for the crime appears to be economic, since the caretaker stole 2,000 euros that the victim had withdrawn from the bank on the day of his disappearance.
