Lotería Nacional: results for Saturday 14 November draw
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Spain's Lotería Nacional, one of the country's oldest and most popular lottery games, held its draw on Saturday 14 November. The results brought good news to two shopping centres in the Canary Islands, where the first and second prizes were sold.
A draw is the moment when winning numbers are chosen, and millions of Spaniards check their tickets every week hoping to win a jackpot, the biggest prize in the game. This time, the top two prizes both landed in the Canary Islands, giving an extra boost to local shoppers who had bought tickets there.
The Lotería Nacional is different from other popular Spanish games such as La Primitiva and Bonoloto, which also held draws earlier in the week, on Thursday 12 November. ONCE, a well-known organisation that runs a lottery to support people with disabilities, and EuroDreams, a newer European game, also announced their results that day.
Spain has a long tradition of national lotteries, and these draws are followed closely by the public. People check results in newspapers, on television, and increasingly online, matching their ticket numbers against the official results.
While the exact prize amounts were not detailed in this report, winning the first or second prize in the Lotería Nacional typically brings a very large sum of money, which is why such wins are widely reported in the news.
For now, the winners from the two Canary Island shopping centres can celebrate, while the rest of the country waits for the next draw.
Vocabulary8 words
- Lotería Nacional
- a famous Spanish lottery game
- shopping centres
- big buildings with many shops
- draw
- the event when winning numbers are chosen
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a lottery
- La Primitiva
- a popular Spanish lottery game
- Bonoloto
- a popular Spanish lottery game
- ONCE
- a Spanish group that runs a lottery to help people with disabilities
- EuroDreams
- a newer lottery game played in Europe
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1. In two shopping centres in the Canary Islands 2. ONCE 3. False
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Spain's Lotería Nacional held its _____ on Saturday 14 November.
The results brought good news to two shopping centres in the _____ Islands.
Millions of Spaniards check their tickets hoping to win a _____.
The top two prizes both landed in the Canary _____.
La Primitiva and Bonoloto also held draws on _____ 12 November.
ONCE is a well-known organisation that runs a lottery to support people with _____.
EuroDreams is a newer _____ game.
People check results in newspapers, on television, and increasingly _____.
Winning the first or second prize typically brings a very large sum of _____.
The winners from the two Canary Island shopping centres can _____.
Discussion questions
- Do you have a national lottery in your country? How popular is it?
- Why do you think people enjoy playing lottery games?
- What would you do if you won a large lottery prize?
- Do you think lotteries that support charities, like ONCE, are a good idea? Why or why not?
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