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By Remedios Maronas FakesDecember 22, 2019 | 4 min reading ![](\\" LOTERIA-NAVIDAD-BALLESTEROS-EFE-20191212-1920x520.jpg?x95607\\") Source: EFE By Remedios Maronas FakesDecember 22, 2019 | 4 min reading * Hoaxes * State Lotteries and Betting * Christmas With the arrival of the extraordinary Christmas Lottery draw, which celebrates this December 22, hoaxes multiply. Many of them carry on the Internet for years and although the media, institutions and Police have denied, they continue to be shared. ## They are not going to return 10 euros for every tenth not won in the Lottery Christmas A WhatsApp viral claims that due to an error in the draw, 10 will be returned euros of each tenth not won in the Christmas Lottery 2019. From Newtral We have contacted the State Lottery and Betting Society of the State. They have confirmed to us that there was no error in the draw and that all numbers were included in the hype. You can read our verification here. ![\\"\\"](\\"\\") ## Hoaxes and lottery: the owner of Bruixa D’Or is not an independentist In mid-October 2017, a message was spread encouraging not to buy lottery in the administration of Bruixa D’Or (The Golden Witch), which together with Doña Manolita is one of the administrations with the highest turnover in the Christmas, because “on October 12th”, Hispanic Heritage Day, the people in the one that was founded, Sort, in Lleida, “they stated that they had nothing to celebrate” because they “are not Spanish.” But this is FALSE. own owner of Bruixa D’or, Xavier Gabriel, wrote a message on social networks in the one who explained that he is not in favor of the Catalan independence movement and that if the management opened it is not due to lack of respect but business. Likewise way he explained that he is not the father of CUP member Anna Gabriel. > I think the same as Ella. pic.twitter.com/16QZGtmCME > > — Xavi Gabriel (@XaviGabriel) October 15, 2017 ## State Lotteries and Betting has never forgotten to include 3,000 balls or return money for it In 2015, a message was spread online saying that Loterías y Apuestas del State had forgotten to include 3,000 numbers in the great Christmas draw and that would return to anyone who did not have a winning ticket “50% (€10) of every tenth” between December 22 and 28.” But this is also FALSE. The hoax spread so much that the administration itself explained that it was “a very serious joke.” evident". The hoax was widely shared again in 2017. And, again, after the 2019 Christmas Lottery draw. ![\\"Videos](\\"\\") Videos and images out of context: the hoaxes of the conflict between Israel, Lebanon and other countries in the region ## Hoaxes and Lottery: 00000, the number that the Administration does not give to the King Since 2011, every year it is reported that State Lotteries and Betting gives the Royal House one or several tenths with the number 00000. The institution confirmed to the ABC in 2011 that it was “a baseless rumor” and that “Institutionally, no tenth is given away.” This 2019 the number 00000 can be acquired in five administrations different, each one in an autonomous community. ![\\"disinformation](\\"\\") Elections in Venezuela: verifiers overcome blockages and propaganda of the Maduro Government ## Quintanar de la Orden, the town that did not get the Fatso in a club alternate In 2013 it was shared that in Quintanar de la Orden, a town in Toledo, had hit the jackpot, 4 million euros at number 62,246, but The winners did not dare to collect it because it had been bought in a club alternate This is FALSE. Just like its own mayor, the first prize did played in the municipality, but the ten winning tenths were sold by the corresponding administration and not in a hostess club.” Three years later, in 2016, the film Villaviciosa next door was made. ## The Christmas basket that was not raffled off by a hostess club and won by a priest In 2017, the humorous website Hay Noticia published an article in which it explained that a priest had won the Christmas basket raffled at a hostess club. Don Nemesio, the supposed priest, would have gone to the brothel in the morning to discuss the possible baptism of the owner's newborn. Nevertheless, everything was FALSE. As the website explains in its legal notice, “the content of HN is fiction and does not correspond to reality.” ## Hoaxes and Lottery: you can't win a raffle if you don't buy a lottery If you receive a message indicating that “your cell phone has earned 1,856,432 euros with the lottery number 3268133044 45” and they ask you to receive the alleged prize contact the email address “m276ik@gmail.com”, don't believe it. This hoax has been circulating online since 2015 and It's a scam. The National Police itself denied it on its Twitter in November of that year. On their website they also explain that “not even the lottery Spanish nor those of other countries hold free raffles between people selected at random or by computer” and remember that “to participate in a raffle it is essential to have purchased previously.” > NOOOO! It would be great, but NO. Neither your phone nor you have won anything. > #NOPIQUES #fraud Do not answer that email pic.twitter.com/aSxxYBiz3p > > — National Police (@policia) November 16, 2015 ## And no, there was no 'tongo': only a ball fell You have asked us in various ways about a video that has gone viral and which shows an operator of the Christmas Lottery's Gordo draw introducing something into one of the Lottery drums. We have consulted with Lotteries and Betting of the State through its press service, and they have sent an explanatory note in which they state the following. One of the “foreseen circumstances” in the draw is that when the balls are introduced on the drums, previously arranged on the wires to confirm that they are all the numbers and all the prizes, some of them may “bounce outwards” and fall to the ground”. We explain it to you here. Sources * National Police, Citizen Advice, Lottery Prize Scam * National Police tweet, November 16, 2015 * “The owner of the Bruixa d’Or is leaving Catalonia: ‘I have no desire to continue investing’”, October 2017, El Confidencial * Tui Xavi Gabriel, October 15, 2017 * “Mari Carmen: 'I thought that, due to a mistake in the draw, they would give me €10 for each tenth not won and I found out in Hablar por Hablar that it was a hoax', Cadena Ser, December 24, 2015 * “They are not going to give you money back for your unpaid tenths from El Gordo”, Verne, December 20, 2017 * “The King's number, which was not such”, ABC, December 22, 2011 * “A hoax about El Gordo de la Lotería revolutionizes Quintanar”, abc, December 26, 2013 * Legal Notice HayNoticia.es 128 Likes More in Newtral * ![\\"Videos](\\" STR-EFE-20240110-672x672.jpg?x95607\\") Videos and images out of context: hoaxes about the conflict between Israel, Lebanon and other countries in the region * ![\\"\\"](\\" jpg?x95607\\") The Madrid Court ratifies the conviction of Guillermo Rocafort for interference in the honor of Ana Pastor * ![\\"origin](\\"\\") Someone who heard from a neighbor who had read it somewhere: the origin of the hoax about Haitians eating pets * ![\\"hoaxes](\\"\\") Beyond Mocejón: the other hoaxes that attributed crimes to migrants in Barcelona, ​​Tenerife or Getxo * ![\\"Los](\\"\\") The old and new hoaxes that resurface with the mpox outbreak * ![\\"Venezuelans](\\"\\") The crisis in Venezuela after the presidential elections unleashes a wave of misinformation * ![\\"disinformation](\\"\\") Elections in Venezuela: verifiers overcome the blockades and propaganda of the Maduro Government * ![\\"hoaxes](\\"\\") From manipulated photos to videos taken out of context: hoaxes and misinformation about Kamala Harris * ![\\"Podcast](\\"\\") Podcast Why we like conspiracy theories: podcast with Pepe Tesoro * ![\\"hoaxes](\\"\\") False images of the shooter and conspiracies without evidence: the hoaxes about the attack against Donald Trump * Hoaxes * State Lotteries and Betting * Christmas 128 Likes More in Newtral * ![\\"Videos](\\"\\") Videos and images out of context: hoaxes about the conflict between Israel, Lebanon and other countries in the region * ![\\"\\"](\\"\\") The Madrid Court ratifies the conviction of Guillermo Rocafort for interference with the honor of Ana Pastor * ![\\"origin](\\"\\") Someone who heard from a neighbor who had read it somewhere: the origin of the hoax about Haitians eating pets * ![\\"hoaxes](\\"\\") Beyond Mocejón: the other hoaxes that attributed crimes to migrants in Barcelona, ​​Tenerife or Getxo * ![\\"Los](\\"\\") The old and new hoaxes that resurface with the mpox outbreak * ![\\"Venezuelans](\\"\\") The crisis in Venezuela after the presidential elections unleashes a wave of misinformation * ![\\"disinformation](\\"\\") Elections in Venezuela: verifiers overcome the blockades and propaganda of the Maduro Government * ![\\"hoaxes](\\"\\") From manipulated photos to videos taken out of context: hoaxes and misinformation about Kamala Harris * ![\\"Podcast](\\"\\") Podcast Why we like conspiracy theories: podcast with Pepe Tesoro * ![\\"hoaxes](\\"\\") False images of the shooter and conspiracies without evidence: the hoaxes about the attack against Donald Trump Following * Start * Legal notice * Privacy * Cookies * Contact * Twitter *Facebook * Instagram * YouTube *Telegram
State Lotteries and Betting has forgotten to include 3000 balls and does not return money for it