The Ways In Which The El Gordo Differs From Normal Lotteries
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In a standard lottery game a player is usually required to choose a line of numbers from a specific number range as well as an additional bonus number. For example, in the UK National lotto 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 selected 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 El Gordo draw is very different in this area; there are only a certain number of tickets made available for this draw and as a result, winners are guaranteed in every draw.
The cost of purchasing a full El Gordo ticket (Billete) is also vastly different from acquiring a ticket in a typical lottery game, such as the UK lotto. Purchasing a ticket for a single UK lottery draw costs a United Kingdom resident precisely 1 pound. Elgordo tickets will, on the other hand, cost you 200 Euros each. Owing to the considerable expense of partaking in this lotto game, complete tickets are broken down into ten parts (Decimos) costing a more affordable 20 Euros. It is consequently fairly common for groups of friends or family members to divide the cost of an entire El Gordo lotto ticket in order to make the game a more feasible proposition.
In the UK lottery a miniscule percentage of individuals ever win large amounts of cash, with the majority left disappointed on a weekly basis. The El Gordo on the other hand gives that winning sensation to a much larger number of individuals. In the 2006 El Gordo Spanish lottery draw, 3 million Euros were paid out to each of the 180 winning billetes. In the El Gordo lottery draw held in 2005, the winning number was sold in the town of Vic in Catalonia (population 37,825), whose residents collected in the region of 500 million Euros.
The El Gordo lottery also offers up significantly improved odds of collecting a cash prize compared to that of the UK lotto; with the El Gordo you have a very good 1 in 6 chance of picking up a cash prize compared to 1 in 52 when partaking in the UK lotto.
When partaking in lotteries such as the UK National lotto, new tickets are generated every time a pound is spent meaning that tickets never run out for any of the weekly draws. The Elgordo is vastly different because only a specified number of tickets are ever printed and once they are all sold no more will become available.
The El Gordo lottery not only creates huge excitement in its native Spain but now all around the world due to the ever increasing number of internet-based lottery ticket sales agents. It is therefore crucial that you buy your preferred quantity of lottery tickets as soon as they are released, to avoid disappointment.
About the Author
Gavin Evans is an affiliate marketer who lives in South Wales, UK. Gavin is also a leading affiliate for the e-Lottery Syndicate System. If you are looking for a considerable odds advantage in some of the world’s biggest lotteries then you must play the Euro Lottery and the El Gordo as a member of an e-Lottery syndicate.
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