The Christmas El Gordo lottery is drawn differently from other lotteries. Most lotteries draw 5 or 6 balls, each with an individual number on them, making up a combination of winning numbers. But with El Gordo, each ball has a five-digit number printed on it. These numbers range from 00,000 to 84,999, therefore tickets are limited and once they are sold out, no more are made available.

When the draw takes place, a ball with a five-digit number printed on it is drawn from a bowl - this is the winning number. Another ball is drawn from a separate bowl displaying a prize amount. These 2 balls are combined to provide the winning number and prize amount.

Tickets for El Gordo can be purchased either as a whole ‘serie’, or, more commonly, as a less expensive ‘decimo’ (one tenth of a ticket/serie).

Prize Category	Total Amount per Category (EURO €)	Number of Winning Serie	Per "Serie" (EURO €)	Per "Decimo" (EURO €)
First Prize	€ 585,000,000.00	195	€ 3,000,000.00	€ 300,000.00
Second Prize	€ 195,000,000.00	195	€ 1,000,000.00	€ 100,000.00
Third Prize	€ 97,500,000.00	195	€ 500,000.00	€ 50,000.00
Fourth Prize	€ 39,000,000.00	390	€ 200,000.00	€ 20,000.00
Fifth Prize	€ 78,000,000.00	1,560	€ 50,000.00	€ 5,000.00
Sixth Prize	€ 345,930,000.00	345,930	€ 1,000.00	€ 100.00

And they’re just the ‘Main Prizes’! There’s also a whole host of secondary prizes on offer: 

• 2 x €20,000 for the numbers either side of the 1st prize
• 2 x €12,500 for the numbers either side of the 2nd prize
• 2 x €9,600 for the numbers either side of the 3rd prize
• 99 x €1,000 for matching the first three numbers of 1st prize
• 99 x €1,000 for matching the first three numbers of the 2nd prize
• 99 x €1,000 for matching the first three numbers that match the 3rd prize
• 198 x €1,000 for matching the first three numbers of the 4th prize
• 849 x €1,000 for matching the last two numbers of the 1st prize
• 849 x €1,000 for matching the last two numbers of the 2nd prize
• 849 x €1,000 for matching the last two numbers of the 3rd prize
• 8499 x €200 for matching the last number of the 1st prize

This all adds up to a massive 13,334 winning chances for every “decimo” ticket, and don’t forget, each decimo ticket can win multiple times…

That’s right, all ElGordo e-lottery syndicates are guaranteed to win a minimum of at least one cash prize. e-lottery has a strategy that spreads the numbers allocated to your syndicate, so that if the last digit printed on your ticket matches the last digit of the jackpot-winning number, then your syndicate wins a prize!

Each e-lottery El Gordo syndicate has a 35-strong team who together share 10 “decimo” tickets, each ending in 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. So no matter what the winning five-digit number is, your syndicate will match at least the last digit and therefore win a prize.

Each “decimo” ticket can win up to 9 times and there are thousands of different prizes to be won. You can be member of an El Gordo syndicate for just £20 per syndicate entry and you can join as many syndicates as you wish.

e-Lottery takes away the hassle and gives you the chance to play this massive lottery in a syndicate. We find all the other syndicate members, we collect all the money, we purchase all the tickets and we distribute all the winnings, just like we have been doing since 2002. It’s never been so simple, convenient, affordable and FUN to play El Gordo.