What are quinielas in Spain?

Quiniela is the most popular football pools game in Spain. It consists of predicting, in a coupon of 15 football matches (since the 2019–20 season), which team will win, which will lose and which will draw. If the prediction is correct, the player wins a prize, the amount of which depends on the number of successful predictions and the number of people who have won the same number of prizes.

Quiniela was created in 1946 and is organised by the National Sports Council of Spain (CSD). The game is very popular in Spain and it is estimated that more than 15 million people play it every week.

The quiniela coupon has 15 football matches, each with three possible outcomes: 1 (home team wins), X (draw) or 2 (away team wins). The player can choose one of these outcomes for each match, or he can leave the match blank if he does not wish to predict the result.

If the player predicts the correct outcome of a match, he earns one point. If he predicts the draw, he earns half a point. If he leaves the match blank, he earns no points.

The prizes are awarded to the players who earn the most points. The first prize is awarded to the player who earns 15 points. The second prize is awarded to the player who earns 14 points, and so on. There are also prizes for the players who earn 13, 12, 11 and 10 points.

The amount of the prizes depends on the number of people who have won the same number of points. The first prize is usually around €1 million, but the amount can be much higher if there is a large number of winners.

The quiniela is a very popular game in Spain and it is a great way to win some money if you are lucky enough to correctly predict the results of the football matches.