The euromillion lottery was founden by national lotteries of France, from Spain and from Great Britain and it was presented in February 2004. Great Britain, France and Spain were the unique European countries which took part in lotteries, then she has started to extend in Austria, in Belgium, in Ireland, in Luxembourg, in Portugal and in Switzerland since October 2004.
The Christmas lotto El Gordo is the most respectable lottery in which plays the majority of the population of Spain. While it occurs, this national activity makes 98 % of inhabitants playing Spain. She is really remarkable, if you find out, that the lottery El Gordo is the biggest prize-winning capital of a lotto.
The average Spaniards turns about 73 euros in Christmas lotteries. Here are some basic qualities of the lottery El Gordo:
More than 13.000 prizes are paid.
She is developed by the Spanish government.
There is a remarkable probability of 6 prizes cash.
All prizes are paid at once and released from the tax for the Spanish inhabitants.
70 % from all sales of cards are paid in price money.
As the wise party has stopped this Spanish lottery in December 1812, the precisely same this process occurs every year. 2 big spherical containers are used; one of them contains 10 thousand small wooden spheres which represent all numbers of cards; another contains a few wooden spheres which represent prizes which they represent. In the National hall of a lottery in Madrid, students of school the Dignity-ildefonso (befor it was the school for orphans of employees) represent numbers and corresponding prizes and loudly sing results before the public while Spanish state TV- and radio station lead conversation on this event.
Because of small weight of numbers and prizes, this process occupies approximately 3 hours. For the last few years more than 4.800 separate numbers have a minimum 1,000 for the ticket in Christmas removed lotteries. Individual persons who are unhappy after reception of one of many prizes, often leave predicted note, where is written something. Persons who repeatedly bring just their admission fee, regularly put profits in the ticket.
The system with 2 containers is a process of drawing of numbers existing for a long time in the Spanish lotteries, but now this system is used only for the well-known Christmas lottery. In the end of the weekly newspaper and other 5 annual newspapers the lottery is drawn, 5 containers with 10 spheres use there where attractive numbers are extended.
After lotto occurrence in Spain sell mostly only tickets for one or 2 numbers, so winners of the greatest prizes often live in the same city or in area or work for the same firm. In 2005 the attractive number in Vick’s city in Catalonia (the population 37.825) which inhabitants have divided approximately 500 million was on sale.
Within long years you could take part only in the lottery El Gordo, if you were the citizen of Spain. However, now you have a chance to take part in this lottery online!
