El Gordo

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In December 2008 e-Lottery added the El Gordo to its syndicate system offering players globally a much greater opportunity of sharing in this gigantic Spanish lottery prize fund.

If you are new to the El Gordo lottery, let me point out just how big a deal this lottery is to the Spanish population. The El Gordo lottery has been a national obsession in Spain since 1812 with massive appeal generated by the Christmas draw each year. The excitement is such that, 98% of the population play this Spanish National lottery every Christmas.

There are a few fundamental reasons why so many Spanish people partake in the Christmas El Gordo draw. Firstly, there is the incentive of the biggest lotto prize fund of any international lotto game - 2.20 Billion Euros! Secondly, there are in excess of 13,000 cash prizes available. Lastly, the odds of grabbing a cash prize in the Christmas game are a very generous 1 in 6.

With the level of attention that is paid to the Christmas El Gordo lottery draw, a lot of people are oblivious to the fact that there are five further El Gordo draws each year as well. These draws take place in January, March, May, July and November. Even though these 5 draws do not give rise to the huge prize fund of the Christmas draw, they are considerable nonetheless, ranging from 78 million Euros to 655 million Euros. Furthermore, these draws offer almost 3 times as many prizes as the Christmas draw and odds of collecting a cash prize of a hugely achievable 1 in 3.

The Spanish Christmas Lottery works in a different way to the majority of other international lotteries. A complete ticket 'billete' is very expensive, costing 200 Euros. However, these tickets are split up into ten 'decimos' (tenths) costing 20 Euros each. When buying your tickets you have the option of buying 1 decimo, a complete ticket, or a portion of a ticket. If you do not buy the complete ticket, somebody else will purchase the remainder of your ticket. For example, if you purchase two decimos, somebody else buys three decimos and somebody else buys five decimos and your ticket scoops 1000 Euros, then you will win 200 Euros, 300 Euros and 500 Euros respectively. Owing to the expense of purchasing a complete ticket, it is typical for families and friends to amalgamate their lottery cash and each individual buy a single 'decimo' (tenth).

The likelihood of collecting a cash prize in the El Gordo lottery are tremendous but if you opt to play as a member of one of e-Lottery's El Gordo syndicates you will experience a 20 times better chance of winning cash prizes in every draw.

Unveil the range of advantages of playing the El Gordo as a member of an e-Lottery syndicate and revel in the excitement of this monstrous Spanish National lottery.