Christmas El Gordo Draw

Later in December 2008 eLottery will be providing the El Gordo to its range of lotteries offering players all over the world a very much improved occasion of sharing in this colossal Spanish lottery prize bank.

If this is the initial occasion you have heard about the El Gordo lottery, let me highlight just how important this lotto is to the large greater part of Spaniards. The El Gordo lottery has been a native passtime in Spain for a long time with massive appeal generated by the Christmas draw each year. In fact, 98% of the inhabitants play this Spanish National lottery each Christmas.

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

With the level of awareness that is given to the Christmas El Gordo lottery game, a good numberpeople are oblivious to the fact that there are five extra 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 mammoth prize fund of the Christmas game, they are considerable 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 lottos. A complete ticket 'billete' is very expensive, costing €200. However, these tickets are split up into ten 'decimos' (tenths) each costing €20. When purchasingyour tickets you have the choice of buying a single decimo, a full ticket, or a share 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 cost of purchasing a whole ticket, it is very common for families and friends to combine their lotto money and each person buy a separate 'decimo' (tenth).

The chances of winning a cash prize in the El Gordo lottery are excellent 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.