El Gordo meeting the Fat One

10/11/2008 by admin.

There are a few main reasons why so many Spanish people play a part in the Christmas El Gordo draw. Firstly, there is the enticementof the biggest lottery prize fund of any worldwide lotto - €2.20 Billion! Secondly, there are 13,332 cash prizes to be enjoyed. Finally, the odds of graspinga cash prize in the Christmas draw are a very generous 1 in 6.

With the level of attention that is given to the Christmas El Gordo lottery game, manypeople are oblivious to the fact that there are five bonus El Gordo draws every year as well. These draws take place in January, March, May, July and November. Even though these 5 games do not boast the massive prize fund of the Christmas game, they are substantial nonetheless, ranging from €78 million to €655 million. Furthermore, these draws offer approximately 3 times as many prizes as the Christmas draw and odds of collecting a cash prize of an amazing 1 in 3.

The Spanish Christmas lottery functions in a different way to the majority of other worldwide lotteries. A whole ticket ‘billete’ is very expensive, costing €200. However, these tickets are divided into ten ‘decimos’ (tenths) each costing €20. When purchasingyour tickets you have the choice of buying a single decimo, a full ticket, or a stake of a ticket. If you don’t buy the whole ticket, someone else will buy the rest of your ticket. For example, if you obtain two decimos, somebody else buys three decimos and someone else buys five and your ticket collects €1000, then you will secure €200, €300 and €500 respectively. Due to the expense of purchasing a whole ticket, it is very common for families and friends to pool their lotto money and each person buy a separate ‘decimo’ (tenth).

The chances of winning a cash prize in the El Gordo lottery are first-rate but if you opt to play as a member of one of e-Lottery’s El Gordo syndicates you will have a 20 times better prospect of sharing cash prizes in every draw.

Come and discover the full advantages of playing the El Gordo as an e-Lottery syndicate member and revel in the excitement of this mammoth Spanish National lottery.

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