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Play El Gordo Online In Ireland

 El Gordo is a Spanish lottery organised by the state. Its full name is El Gordo de la Primitiva, which roughly translates as “the big one of the primitive lottery”. This lottery is big business in Spain and attracts a huge number of players every week, but it is also possible to play El Gordo in Ireland.

You don’t need to be Spanish, to speak the language or even to fly to the country to play El Gordo. You just need to be of legal age and have access to the internet and you can buy lottery tickets just as easily as any Spaniard can.

How Much is an El Gordo Ticket?

El Gordo tickets cost €2.50 each. This is the price per “grid”, which consists of five main numbers from 1 to 54 and a “key” number from 0 to 9. This key number also acts as a refund number and provides an additional way for players to get a return on their ticket.

Players need to match all five main numbers and the key number in order to win the jackpot. There are a total of 7 additional prize tiers beyond this jackpot, and payouts start when players match just 2 main numbers.

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Multiple bets can also be made on a single El Gordo ticket. There are a possible 462 bets to be made in total, with players opting to select as much as eleven numbers. However, when played online it typically becomes a standard 5/54 and 1/9 game, simplifying it.

Odds of Winning El Gordo

Every El Gordo ticket has a 1 in 31 million chance of winning the jackpot. These odds may not be as impressive as the Irish Lotto, but they are considerably better than many other major national and transnational lotteries. They are over ten times better than the Mega Millions for instance, and they are nearly five times better than the EuroMillions.

El Gordo odds are also more favourable than the jackpot odds on the New York Lotto and SuperEnaLotto, two games generally considered to offer very low odds. This is one of the main reasons so many players are flocking to play El Gordo and why it has become very popular outside of Spain in recent years.

  • Jackpot (5 + 1) = 1 in 31.625.100
  • Second Prize (5) = 1 in 3.513.900
  • Third Prize (4+1) = 1 in 129.082
  • Fourth Prize (4) = 1 in 14.342
  • Fifth Prize (3+1) = 1 in 2.689
  • Sixth Prize (3) = 1 in 299
  • Seventh Prize (2+1) = 1 in 172
  • Eighth Prize (2) = 1 in 19

These odds are respectable every step of the way, and the odds of any ticket being a winner on El Gordo are much better than they are on major European lotteries like the EuroMillions and Eurojackpot.

What is the Maximum Jackpot on El Gordo?

Not only does El Gordo have great odds, but it also has a very high minimum jackpot of €5 million. This is one of the highest minimum jackpots on any European national lottery and is only half the minimum jackpot of the Eurojackpot.

Of course, the low odds mean that rollovers are rare, so this jackpot doesn’t climb too high, but every week it provides a life-changing sum to one or more lucky winners and that’s good enough for most players.

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This is something that many lottery players often miss, assuming that a high jackpot is always a good thing and never quite understanding that a jackpot only rolls-over so often because the odds are so high.

Where to Find El Gordo Winning Numbers

If you play El Gordo every week then you'll want to connect to a lottery portal or app that updates you with the lotto results as soon as they come in. These days you do not need to wait until the next day’s newspaper until you see the El Gordo results—everything is instant and can be accessed more or less immediately. You can even setup email or push notifications to have the results sent to you as soon as they come in.

Play El Gordo Lotto In Ireland

If you are tempted by the big jackpots and the low odds, then get your tickets and play El Gordo today. This is a seriously underrated lottery that just doesn’t get the attention it deserves. The attention is often heaped on US lotteries, as they have the big jackpots and they grab the headlines. But if you want a lottery with low odds and generous jackpots, you can’t go wrong with Spanish lotteries and with the El Gordo in particular.

And as we said at the outset of this guide, if you’re above the age of 18 and have access to the internet then you have all you need to play El Gordo in Ireland.

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