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How The El Gordo Lottery Differs From The UK lotto

By: Gavin WJ Evans Click author's name for more of his/her articles

The goal of this piece of writing is to point out some of the important differences between common traditional national lottery games and the world famous El Gordo lottery.

In a conventional lotto game a player is usually required to select a series of numbers from a particular number range as well as an additional bonus number. For example, in the UK lottery a player if required to choose 6 main numbers from 1-49 inclusive and then a further bonus number from the same range. To win the top prize, a player must 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 top prize is rolled forward to the subsequent week growing in size as it does so.

The Christmas El Gordo draw is significantly different in this area; there are only a certain number of tickets made available for this draw and because of this, winners are guaranteed in every draw.

The cost of buying an entire El Gordo ticket (Billete) is also hugely different from purchasing a ticket in a typical lotto game, such as the UK National lottery. Buying a ticket for one UK lottery draw costs a UK citizen just 1 pound. El Gordo lotto tickets will, on the other hand, cost you 200 Euros each. Due to the considerable cost of playing this lotto game, complete tickets are broken down into ten parts (Decimos) costing a more reasonably priced 20 Euros. It is as a result rather common for groups of friends or family members to split the cost of an entire El Gordo ticket in order to make the game a more feasible proposition.

In the UK National lottery a miniscule percentage of individuals ever win large quantities of money, with the majority left disappointed on a weekly basis. The El Gordo on the other hand gives that winning sensation to a much larger percentage of people. In the 2006 El Gordo draw, 3 million Euros were paid out to each of the 180 winning billetes. In the El Gordo draw of 2005, the winning number was sold in the town of Vic in Catalonia (population 37,825), whose residents scooped in the region of 500 million Euros.

The El Gordo lotto also delivers significantly better odds of collecting a cash prize compared to that of the UK lottery; with the El Gordo lotto you have a very good 1 in 6 chance of picking up a cash win compared to 1 in 52 when partaking in the UK National lottery.

When playing lotto games such as the UK National lottery, extra lottery tickets are created every time a pound is spent which means that tickets never run out for any of the weekly draws. The El Gordo lottery is completely different because only a certain number of tickets are ever printed and once they are all sold no more will become available.

The El Gordo not only creates massive excitement in its native Spain but now all around the world owing to the ever increasing number of internet-based lottery ticket sales agents. It is therefore very important that you secure your desired amount of tickets as soon as they are released, to avoid missing out.

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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.