Lotería del crimen

Lotería del crimen (English: Crime Lottery) is a Mexican thriller detective drama television series produced by Adrián Ortega Echegollén and Rodrigo Hernández Cruz for TV Azteca in 2022. The series centers on a group of detectives attached to a police intelligence unit where they have to solve clues to find the criminals. The series premiered on Azteca 7 on 10 October 2022. It stars an ensemble cast, including Claudio Lafarga, Julieta Grajales and Sara Maldonado.

In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season that premiered on 6 November 2023. In January 2024, the series was renewed for a third season that premiered on 10 June 2024.

Plot
Police detectives Bruno Barraza and Victoria Vargas, belonging to the UNIC (Unidad de Inteligencia Criminal; i.e: Criminal Intelligence Unit), try to uncover several murderers who are still on the loose in Mexico City and continue to commit more murders, and whom they must arrest.

Cast

 * Claudio Lafarga as Bruno Barraza
 * Julieta Grajales as Victoria Vargas (season 1)
 * Arnoldo Picazzo as Eligio Enciso
 * Francisco Vázquez as Ricardo Romero "El Recio"
 * Tamara Niño de Rivera as Sofía Salabeth
 * Lupita Sandoval as Marieta "Mari" Martínez
 * Jerry Velázquez as Jonathan Yáñez (season 1)
 * Jorge Fink as Tito Tavares
 * Tatiana del Real as Luisa López (seasons 1–2; guest star season 3)
 * Angélica Lara as Nancy Delfina (seasons 1–2; guest star season 3)
 * Sara Maldonado as Ariel Aragón (season 2–present)
 * Alejandra Herrera as Guadalupe "Gigi" González (season 2–present)

Production
On 2 February 2022, Sandra Smester, then vice president of Azteca Uno and general director of content and distribution of TV Azteca, announced in an interview the new programming for the main channels of said broadcaster, which included Lotería del crimen as one of the fiction productions. The production of the series began filming on 27 June 2022. The stage direction and cameras are in charge of filmmaker Carlos Carrera and the photography is in charge of Ricardo Garfias. The first season has 24 episodes contemplated for broadcast.

On 18 January 2023, TV Azteca renewed the series for a second season. In February 2023, Sara Maldonado joined the cast as a new main character, Ariel Aragón, for the second season. Production of the season began in May 2023. On 23 January 2024, TV Azteca renewed the series for a third season.