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August 30, 2009

The Authoritative El Gordo Primer

Category: Bets + Lotteries — admin @ 8:38 am

When you first come across the part of the Euromillions Euro lotto that is the El Gordo Lottery, you’ll definitely want to learn more. This lottery is well known for payouts that can match the richest wherever in the world you look – payouts as high as two point six billion Euros. And yet there’s more. The El Gordo Lottery puts more than thirteen thousand prizes up for grabs, consequently giving you a winner per every six tickets. When compared with the prizes given by other lotteries, that’s certainly not bad!

There is one draw per month held by the Euromillions Euro lotto. But three months each year play host to bigger lotteries for larger prizes. Richest (and the most popular) of all the drawings is the Xmas lottery “El Gordo“, while the two other special drawings take place in January – “El Nio” – and the summer (“San Ildefonso”). Unlike other lottery systems, the El Gordo Lottery employs balls sporting five digits apiece ranging from 00,000 to 84,999. The system requires two bowls, one being used determining a winner, the second the amount. Should you want to get in on the action there is an entire ticket known as a “serie”. You can also go for a more affordable option called a “décimo”, which is worth one-tenth of a full ticket. Neither choice is particularly cheap, however, and of course neither has better odds of being a winner. Because of this the Euromillions Euro Lotto also offers an e-lottery system. The e-lottery system can guarantee a prize to every participant. You’re automatically assigned a team when you buy in to the El Gordo Lottery syndicate. Each team is assigned a number from zero to nine when the draw is held, the final number on the winning ball determines which team receives the prize. A fair distribution of the prize among the members comes next. Everyone then subscribes again for the next month’s lottery and it starts all over again. Some players are hesitant when they hear that they would have to share these jackpots. But when you consider how much 2.6 billion Euros is actually worth, there’s still plenty to go around. There’s no need to worry with this system – you’re guaranteed to win your share in a prize each month, and on top of that a place in the e-lottery is a most cost-effective approach to playing. E-lottery is the smart way to play…

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