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Spanish Lottery: Biggest Lottery in the World

Spain’s very own lottery is also known as La Primitiva. This lottery is held twice a week by the National Organization of Lotteries and Bets of Spain. The guarantee of a minimum prize and a jackpot amount in the region of €22 million make it a very tempting game indeed.

How to Play La Primitiva

The original La Primitiva lottery is played by selecting five numbers from a total of 54 and an additional number from 0 to 9. If all five numbers and the sixth match the winning combination, you win the jackpot. Draws are held at 9:30 pm every Thursday and Saturday. The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 13,983,816.

Adding to the attraction of the Spanish Lottery is the fact that besides the 18 years of age eligibility criteria, there are no restrictions on citizenship or taxes charged on winnings. However, there is More Than one version of La Primitiva existing in Spain and this can make first time players quite confused. There are three major draws of Spanish lotteries:

The San Ildefonso super draw held in July for prize money of €150 million.
The El Nino lottery held in January for a prize amount of €800 million
The Christmas El Gordo lottery draw which crosses €2.6 billion. This makes El Gordo one of the biggest lotteries in the world.

Spanish Lottery: Enter El Gordo

Of all Spanish lottery games, El Gordo is by far the most popular. About 98% of the entire Spanish population play this game as a matter of tradition. Numbers are collected, reserved and handed down in families for generations. The reason for this immense popularity is the fact that El Gordo has massive prizes that are well above €1 billion. The sheer surfeit of smaller prizes gives players a 1 in 3 chance of winning a prize. The inclusion of a religious scene printed on the lottery tickets has led to people collecting old lottery tickets as well.

Winning number combinations are drawn from two large spherical cages. In one, the numbers are printed on balls and placed, in the other sphere; balls are placed, representing the prizes. It takes the course of half a day for all numbers to be drawn.

The prize winning numbers are drawn by school children who sing out the numbers while the event is broadcast on radio and television.

There are 85,000 numbers in series to choose from. Each number is part of a series. Each series is further sub-divided into smaller divisions costing about €20 each. As the cost of buying an entire lottery ticket is much higher than that of smaller ‘decima’ or one-tenth divisions of the entire ticket, it has led to the common practise of entire families buying tickets by pooling their money. El Gordo draws are held around December 22 each year and this association has undoubtedly led to its popularity. Figures show that the Spanish spend more on gambling per head than any other country in the world.

For more information regarding online lottery visit www.thelotter.com.

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