Why Is The El Gordo Lottery So Captivating?
By Rui Martin

During December 2008 e-Lottery will be adding the El Gordo to its syndicate system offering individuals worldwide a vastly improved prospect of sharing in this huge Spanish lottery prize fund.

If you are new to the El Gordo lottery, allow me to point out just how crucial this lotto is to the vast majority of the Spanish population. The El Gordo lottery has been a national obsession in Spain for a long time with massive interest generated by the Christmas draw every year. The excitement is such that, 98% of the population play this Spanish National lottery every Christmas.

There are several major reasons why so many Spanish nationals participate in the Christmas El Gordo draw. Firstly, there is the incentive of the biggest lottery prize fund of any worldwide lottery game - 2.20 Billion Euros! Secondly, there are 13,332 cash prizes on offer. Finally, the chances of collecting a cash prize in the Christmas draw are an excellent 1 in 6.

With the level of attention that is paid to the Christmas El Gordo lottery game, lots of people are oblivious to the fact that there are 5 further El Gordo draws each year as well. These games take place in January, March, May, July and November. Although these five draws don't enjoy the huge prize fund of the Christmas draw, they are sizable nonetheless, ranging from 78 million Euros to 655 million Euros. What's more, these games offer almost 3 times as many prizes as the Christmas draw and odds of picking up a cash prize of a hugely achievable 1 in 3.

The Spanish Christmas Lottery operates differently to most international lotteries. A whole 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 purchasing one decimo, a full ticket, or a share of a ticket. If you do not purchase the whole ticket, someone else will buy the remainder of your ticket. For example, if you obtain two decimos, someone else buys three and somebody else buys five and your ticket scoops 1000 Euros, then you will collect 200 Euros, 300 Euros and 500 Euros correspondingly. Due to the expense of purchasing a complete ticket, it is very common for families and friends to pool their lotto funds and each buy a separate 'decimo' (tenth).

The probability of winning a cash prize in the El Gordo lottery are superb but if you choose to play as a member of one of e-Lottery's El Gordo syndicates you will experience a 20 times improved prospect of sharing cash prizes in each draw.

Discover the range of benefits of playing the El Gordo as an e-Lottery syndicate member and revel in the excitement of this enormous Spanish National lottery.

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