November 18, 2009
The Authoritative Guide to the Elgordo Lotto
The Elgordo Loteria is a part of the Euromillions Euro lottery, but if you don’t know anymore than that that’s definitely not enough. Known for featuring one of the world’s biggest jackpots, this game of hazard offers payouts of between eighty-four million and two point six billion Euros. This is not the lottery’s only claim to fame. This lottery makes available more than 13,000 prizes, which works out to a prize winner for every six contestants. When you consider prizes being offered by other lottos, you’ve got to admit that Elgordo’s offerings are really extremely good!
There is one draw each month under the banner of the Euromillions Euro lottery. Three months each year see special lotteries promising still more substantive prizes. These special drawings are hosted in January, summer, and at Christmas: in order, they are El Nio, San Ildefonso and Elgordo, literally meaning: “fat cat”.
Unlike typical lottery draw systems, the Elgordo lottery utilizes balls sporting five digits apiece ranging from 00,000 to 84,999. One ball will be drawn from each of two bowls; the first bowl determines the winner, the second the prize value.
To enter the draw, your first choice is a full ticket, called a “serie”. The other option is cheaper; called a “décimo” which is worth one-tenth of a full ticket. Neither option is especially cheap, however, and of course neither has a better chance of being one of the one in six winning tickets. As a result many people playing the Euromillions Euro lotto take advantage of the e-lottery scheme. Everyone is certain of winning a prize if play the e-lottery system. You just buy into the Euromillions Euro Lotto syndicate where you’re pooled into teams. Each team is assigned an identifying number from zero to nine, the last digit of the winning number in the draw identifying the team which wins the money. All members then receive their share of the prize. In anticipation of next month’s lottery, the syndicate once again takes subscriptions to continue the e-lottery.
It is natural to wonder whether it’s worth sharing the payoffs. But when you stop to think how much more than two and a half billion Euros is actually worth, there’s still plenty for everybody. With a guaranteed win once a month, the syndicate system is both less of a worry and more affordable. E-lottery is the smarter strategy…
