The El Gordo Spanish National Lottery

If this is the first time you have heard about the El Gordo lottery, let me point out 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 huge appeal generated by the Christmas draw each year. Believe it or not, 98% of the population play this Spanish National lottery every Christmas.

There are a number of fundamental reasons why so many Spaniards participate in the Christmas El Gordo draw. Firstly, there is the incentive of the largest lotto prize fund of any international lottery - 2.20 Billion Euros! Secondly, there are 13,332 cash prizes available. Finally, the odds of scooping a cash prize in the Christmas draw are a very generous 1 in 6.

With the level of interest that is paid to the Christmas El Gordo lottery draw, lots of people are not even aware that there are 5 extra El Gordo draws each year also. These games take place in January, March, May, July and November. While these 5 draws don't have the massive prize fund of the Christmas game, they are sizable nonetheless, ranging from 78 million Euros to 655 million Euros. In addition, these games offer roughly 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 differently to most lottery games. A complete ticket 'billete' is very expensive, costing 200 Euros. However, these tickets are divided up into ten 'decimos' (tenths) costing 20 Euros each. When acquiring your tickets you have the choice of buying a single decimo, a complete ticket, or a portion of a ticket. If you do not purchase the complete ticket, somebody else will buy the rest of your ticket. For example, if you obtain two decimos, someone else purchases three decimos and somebody else buys five and your ticket collects 1000 Euros, then you will secure 200 Euros, 300 Euros and 500 Euros in that order. Owing to the price tag of buying a whole ticket, it is not uncommon for families and friends to pool their lottery money and each purchase a single 'decimo' (tenth).

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

Gavin Evans is a full time internet marketer living in the market town of Cowbridge in South Wales, UK. Gavin is also a leading affiliate for the e-Lottery Syndicate System. Discover the advantages of playing the Euro Millions and El Gordo lottery as an e-lottery syndicate member.