When you first come across the part of the Euromillions Euro lotto that is the El Gordo Lottery, you absolutely need to know more. Boasting payouts that can be as high as 2.6 billion Euros, the lottery offers one of the richest jackpots in the world. And yet there’s more. The El Gordo Lottery puts more than 13,000 prizes up for grabs, making for a prize winner for every six contestants. Astonishing odds when looked at in context with other international lotteries.

Once per month the Euromillions Euro lotto holds its draw. Even more substantial prizes can be won at special drawings held during three months around the year. The most substantial of all these drawings is the Christmas lottery, “El Gordo”, while the other two bigger draws are in January - “El Nio” - and in the summer (”San Ildefonso”). Balls with numbers in a range between 00,000 and 84,999 are not typical in lottery systems, but the El Gordo lottery employs an unusual approach taking full advantage of them. In this system, one ball is selected from a bowl to find the winning number while a second is drawn from the second bowl to decide the prize value.

Wondering how you enter this draw? There are two basic choices; first, you can get a “serie” or a full ticket. Also available for purchase is a “décimo”, which is worth one-tenth of a full ticket. This is your other option. Sadly, both both of these choices are comparatively costly ways to play nor will either upmark your chances of a win anyway. As a result many players of the El Gordo lotto take advantage of the e-lottery scheme. Everyone’s guaranteed to win a prize if participating in the e-lottery system. You are automatically sorted into a team following your choice to buy into the El Gordo Lottery syndicate. These teams are assigned a number from 1-9, the last number on the winning ball in the draw identifying the team which wins the money. Every member will receive their share of the money. Everyone then renews their subscription for the next month’s draw and the cycle begins again. It is natural to feel some concern as to whether it’s worth sharing these pots. What you have to remember is that when the amount being divided is over two and a half billion Euros, a share works out at a significant sum of money. There’s no need for concern with this system because you’ll win a prize during each draw, and on top of that a place in the syndicate is a cheaper way to play. E-lottery is the smartest strategy.