El Gordo | The Biggest Prize Fund Lotto Game

If this is the first time you have come across the El Gordo lottery, allow me to point out just how big a deal this lottery is to the Spanish population. The El Gordo lottery has been a national obsession in Spain since 1812 with enormous appeal generated by the Christmas draw every year. In fact, 98% of the population play this Spanish National lottery each Christmas.

There are a few fundamental reasons why so many Spanish nationals play a part in the Christmas El Gordo draw. Firstly, there is the incentive of the biggest lottery prize fund of any international lotto game - 2.20 Billion Euros! Secondly, there are in excess of 13,000 cash prizes on offer. Lastly, the chances of winning a cash prize in the Christmas game are a very generous 1 in 6.

With the level of interest that is given to the Christmas El Gordo lottery game, many individuals are not even aware that there are five additional El Gordo draws each year as well. These draws take place in January, March, May, July and November. While these five games don't exhibit the huge prize fund of the Christmas game, they are sizable nonetheless, ranging from 78 millio
Euros to 655 millio
Euros. What's more, these games offer approximately three times as many prizes as the Christmas draw and odds of collecting 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 pricey, 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 whole ticket, or a share of a ticket. If you don't acquire the entire ticket, somebody else will purchase the rest of your ticket. For example, if you buy two decimos, someone else buys three and another buys five decimos and your ticket collects 1000 Euros, then you will secure 200 Euros, 300 Euros and 500 Euros in that order. Owing to the price tag of purchasing an entire ticket, it is not uncommon for families and friends to combine their lotto money and each individual purchase a single 'decimo' (tenth).

The likelihood of winning a cash prize in the El Gordo is superb and you no longer have to reside in Spain to participate. You can now buy your El Gordo lottery tickets from a number of reputable internet based lottery ticket sales agents regardless of where you live globally. As a result, anybody can now revel in the excitement of this mammoth Spanish National lottery.