The Ways In That the El Gordo Differs From Normal World Lotteries
- Filed under: Poker
- Date: Aug 22,2009
The goal of this article is to point out some of the significant differences between traditional lottery games and the world famous El Gordo lottery.
In a standard lotto game a player is typically required to pick a line of numbers from a particular number range as well as an additional bonus number. For example, in the UK National lotto 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 jackpot, a player needs to match all of their six main chosen numbers with those numbers drawn. If no player manages to match all the drawn numbers in a given week, the top prize is rolled over to the subsequent week increasing in size as it does so.
The December El Gordo lottery draw is very different in this area; there are a maximum number of tickets printed for this draw and as a result, winners are guaranteed in every draw.
The price you have to pay for an entire El Gordo ticket (Billete) is also very different from buying a ticket in a typical lotto game, like the UK National lotto. Purchasing a ticket for a single UK lotto draw costs a UK inhabitant just 1 pound. Elgordo tickets will, on the other hand, set you back 200 Euros each. Owing to the considerable price tag of playing this lottery game, whole tickets are broken down into ten parts (Decimos) costing a more reasonably priced 20 Euros. It is as a result quite common for groups of friends or family members to divide the cost of an entire El Gordo ticket in order to make the game a more workable proposition.
In the UK National lotto a tiny percentage of individuals ever win considerable quantities of money, with the majority left disappointed every week. The El Gordo lotto on the other hand gives that winning feeling to a much larger percentage of individuals. In the 2006 El Gordo 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 citizens scooped approximately 500 million Euros.
The El Gordo lotto also presents considerably improved odds of collecting a cash win compared to that of the UK National lotto; with the El Gordo lottery you have a very nice 1 in 6 chance of grabbing a cash win compared to 1 in 52 when partaking in the UK National lotto.
When partaking in lotteries such as the UK lotto, extra lottery tickets are made available every time a pound is spent meaning that tickets never run out for any of the weekly draws. The El Gordo is vastly different because only a certain number of tickets are ever printed and once they are all sold no more will become available.
The Elgordo not only creates enormous excitement in its native Spain but now all around the world due to the ever increasing amount of web-based lottery ticket sales agents. It is therefore imperative that you pick up your chosen amount of lotto tickets as soon as they hit the market, to avoid disappointment.