Precisely why The El Gordo Lottery. from Douglas Fields's blog

If this is the first time you have heard about the El Gordo lottery, ok, i'll highlight just how crucial this lotto is to the Spanish population. the El Gordo lottery has been a national obsession in Spain for a long time with enormous interest generated by the Christmas draw each year. Contrary to popular belief, 98% of the population play this Spanish National lottery every Christmas.

There are a few major reasons why a lot of Spaniards join in the Christmas El Gordo draw. First of all, there is the incentive of the biggest lottery prize fund of any global lotto - 3. 20 Billion Euros! Secondly, you will find more than 13, 000 cash prizes to be had. Lastly, the chances of scooping a cash prize in the Christmas draw are a highly achievable 1 in 6.

With the level of attention that is given to the Christmas El Gordo lottery draw, lots of individuals are not even aware that we now have five additional El Gordo draws every year also. These games happen in January, March, May, July and November. While these 5 games don't boast the huge prize fund of the Christmas game, these are sizable nonetheless, ranging from 81 million Euros to 655 trillion Euros. In addition, these games offer roughly 3 x 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 operates in a different way to the majority of other lottery games. a whole ticket 'billete' is extremely pricey, costing 200 Euros. However, these tickets are divided in place into ten 'decimos' (tenths) charging 20 Euros each. When buying your tickets you have the option of buying a single decimo, a whole ticket, or a share of a ticket. If you do not purchase the complete ticket, somebody else will buy the rest of your ticket. For instance, if you obtain two decimos, somebody else buys three and another buys five and your ticket scoops 1000 Euros, then you will secure two hundred Euros, 300 Euros and 500 Euros respectively. Due to the price tag of purchasing a whole ticket, it's not at all uncommon for families and friends to amalgamate their lottery money and each person purchase a single 'decimo' (tenth).

The likelihood of scooping a cash prize in the El Gordo is excellent and you no longer have to reside in Spain to participate. You can now purchase your El Gordo tickets from a selection of reputable internet based lottery ticket sales agents regardless of where you reside globally. As a result, anyone can now revel in the excitement of this colossal Spanish National lottery.