El Gordo

[blingy]

El Gordo International Lotto

has anyone ever played the El Gordo international lottery held in Spain annually?

I noticed an ad in a UK paper while I was in London and the odds are pretty good given that only 80 000 tickets are sold world wide and the top prize is something incredible at 2.5 euros i think.

I'm thinking about getting a few tickets!

 

[blingy]

anyone? surely someone must have heard about it on here!

 

[kosteczki]

Sorry never heard of i

top prize is something incredible at 2.5 euros i think.

Million right???

 

[red0412303609]

I played it once

yes I played it once . I paid 25 dollars australian for a one eight share of a ticket-- thats how it is done and it was fun but apparently I hear its a dubious scam at times0 ==== best check it out with spains lottery officials.

 

[PAB]

Hi blingy,

has anyone ever played the El Gordo international lottery held in Spain annually?

I have seen Conflicting Stories ( Google ) in Regard to the "El Gordo" International Lottery. The General Opinion Appears to be that it is a Scam. Does Anyone Know Any Different?.
Have you Managed to Find Out Any More Details.

All the Best.
PAB

 

[liveemerald]

El Gordo is also a proper lottery, called "El Gordo de la Primitiva".
You need to pick 5 numbers from 1 to 54 and 1 key number from 0 to 9.
Draws are on Sundays and the Jackpot reaches millions of Euros.

I got a free online tool to get unique lottery combinations here: http://www.liveemerald.com/elgordo

 

[tomtom]

<Jackpot reaches millions of Euros.>

just millions with these odds????? ... ...wow.....whata odds...

 

[liveemerald]

Odds are indeed 1 in 31.6 millions

 

[blitzed]

I thought El Gordo was once a year, more like a holiday in Spain...tickets are expense, but lotsa people buy in for a shot...sounds more like a raffle.

El Gordo is 1 in 31.6 million? I'd play that over other big lotteries such as:
MegaMillions 1 in 175,711,536 har har!

blitzed

 

[lottomaniac649]

Hello blingy;

As far as I know, El Gorda is not a lotto game, it's a paper lottery with the smart odds of 1 in 8. Little bit costlier compared to lotto games. Once I played and further abandoned by FEMA.
LM649

 

[liveemerald]

Hello Blitzed,
You are partly correct. The "El Gordo" you are referring to is a raffle type of draw.

However there is also an "EL Gordo" number pick lottery, drawn every Sunday at 1pm. See official pages info here: http://onlae.terra.es/gordo/comojugargo/enqueconsiste.htm

 

[tomtom]

Odds are indeed 1 in 31.6 millions

well, whatever are odds in one game in my opinion is ok if there are many good quality games available at same place, at various ticket prices and various odds, so a player can choose.
don't know much about that game, but usually about quality and variety of games offered in some area I would compare to a really good example considering variety of odds, good prizes and ticket prices, like http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/index.php ....