632The Dummy’s Smart El Gordo Lotto 101
posted on November 8th, 2009
The first time you hear about the el gordo primitiva Lottery, part of the Euromillions Euro lotto, you will certainly want to know more. Promising payouts up to more than two and a half billion Euros, the El Gordo Lottery offers one of the richest jackpots in the world. And yet there’s more. This lottery offers up more than thirteen thousand prizes, which ultimately gives you a winner for every six contestants. Astonishing odds when compared with the majority of other competing lotteries. With the Euromillions Euro lottery, one draw is held every month. Bigger prizes can be won from bigger draws held three months a year. These three special lotteries take place in January, summer, and at Christmas; they are, respectively, El Nio, San Ildefonso & El Gordo, literally “the fat cat”.
Unlike other Euro lottery systems, the El Gordo Lottery utilizes balls sporting five digits apiece in a range from 00,000 to 84,999. One ball apiece is drawn from two bowls; the first bowl determines the winner, while the second determines the prize value. Interested in entering this drawing? There are two options; first, you can get a “serie” or a full ticket. You can also go for a more affordable option known as a “décimo”, valued at one tenth of a full ticket. Neither alternative is especially cheap, though, and equally neither has a better chance of being one of the one in six winning tickets. Because of this the Euromillions Euro Lotto also offers an e-lottery system.
Everyone is assured of winning a prize if they participate in the e-lottery system. Just buy into the El Gordo Lottery syndicate and you’ll be pooled into teams. Each team is assigned a number from zero to nine, the last digit of the winning number in the draw identifying the team which wins the payoff. A fair division of the prize amongst the team follows. Everyone then renews their subscription for the draw the following month and the cycle begins again. The concept of sharing the prizes causes a little concern for some people. The thing is, there’s still a lot of money to share out when the total prize was over two and a half billion Euros. With a guaranteed win each month, the syndicate system is both less of a worry and more affordable. E-lottery is the best way to play…
