Why The El Gordo Stands Out From Conventional Lotteries

The aim of this piece of writing is to highlight some of the key differences between normal lottery games and the world famous El Gordo.

The aim of this piece of writing is to point out some of the important differences between common traditional lottery games and the world famous Spanish lottery, El Gordo.

In a typical lottery game a player is usually required to select a batch of numbers from a specified number range as well as an additional bonus number.  For example, in the UK National lottery a player must choose 6 main numbers from 1-49 inclusive and then a further bonus number from the same range.  To win the jackpot, a player needs to match all of their six main chosen numbers with those numbers drawn.  If no ticket holder matches all the drawn numbers in a given week, the jackpot is rolled over to the following week growing in size as it does so.

The December Spanish El Gordo draw is vastly different in this area; there are a maximum number of tickets printed for this draw and because of this, winners are guaranteed in every draw. 

The cost of buying a complete El Gordo ticket (Billete) is also very different from purchasing a ticket in a normal lotto game, like the UK lotto.  Acquiring a ticket for one UK draw costs a United Kingdom inhabitant just 1 pound.  El Gordo tickets will, on the other hand, cost you 200 Euros each.  Due to the considerable price tag of playing this lottery game, complete tickets are broken down into ten parts (Decimos) costing a more reasonable 20 Euros.  It is consequently fairly common for groups of friends or family members to split up the cost of an entire El Gordo ticket in order to make the game a more workable proposition.

In the UK National lotto a miniscule percentage of people ever win considerable quantities of money, with the majority left disappointed week in week out.  The El Gordo on the other hand gives that winning experience to a greater number of individuals.  In the 2006 El Gordo draw, 3 million Euros were paid out to each of the 180 winning billetes.  In the 2005 draw, the winning number was sold in the town of Vic in Catalonia (population 37,825), whose residents collected somewhere in the region of 500 million Euros.

The Elgordo also delivers considerably enhanced odds of picking up a cash prize compared to that of the UK lotto; with the El Gordo lotto you have a very nice 1 in 6 chance of securing a cash prize compared to 1 in 52 when playing the UK lottery.  

When participating in lotteries like the UK lotto, fresh lotto tickets are created every time a pound is spent meaning that tickets never run out for any of the weekly draws.  The El Gordo is completely different because only a specific amount of tickets are ever printed and once they are all sold no more will become available.

The El Gordo lottery not only generates huge joy in its native Spain but now all around the world owing to the ever increasing number of online lottery ticket sales agents.  It is therefore imperative that you pick up your chosen quantity of lotto tickets as soon as they are released, to avoid missing out.