Which is the lottery game with the highest chances of winning?
Winning the lottery is the dream of many people and the reality of just a few. Do you imagine yourself winning a prize? It is difficult, but not impossible. To have success with our bets, let’s start by finding out which is the lottery game with the highest chances of winning.
Despite it being gambling and everything is about luck, it is a fact that, every day, in every draw, someone wins a prize somewhere around the country or around the world. Sometimes, the biggest prize is not given out if nobody bought that ticket. But one always has hope. What if I am the lucky one next time?
Which lottery game gives out the most prizes? - we are going to tell you
Luck, superstition and rituals with regards to the games of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado have been passing from generation to generation and prevail in history. A whole history of beliefs and rituals to increase the chances of our ticket being the winning ticket. But let’s be practical and start with the mathematics, which is an exact science. And after all these tips, you can continue putting the ticket upside down or rub it against a bald head. Horses for courses.
Lotería Berenguela wants to give you a hand with your retirement and tell you which lottery game gives out the most prizes, and how to increase your chances of getting the number right and winning the jackpot.
Some games put more or fewer tickets on sale. It depends on the prize that is at stake. The higher the amount to be won, the fewer tickets will be sold and the more difficult it will be to find the winning ticket.
Then, when considering the question “which lottery game gives out the most prizes“, we should bear in mind the lottery game that sells the most tickets, as the higher the number of tickets on sale, the higher the chances to win.
Christmas Lottery
The statistics regarding this game are not bad. For that reason, every year we turn green with envy watching El Gordo winners open their bottles of champagne.
In this game your odds of winning the first prize are 1 in 100,000. By having 5 big prizes and the “pedreas”, in the Christmas Lottery Draw, 15,304 numbers out of 100,000 win prizes, or in other words, 15.30% of the numbers.
El Niño Lottery
The draw on 6th of January is the draw that shares the most prizes nationwide. In El Niño Draw, 37,821 numbers out of the 100,000 in each series win a prize (almost 38%), while 62,179 numbers are unsuccessful. The odds of winning the first prize of El Niño Lottery are the same as El Gordo of the Christmas Draw, but because there are more smaller prizes, the chances of winning a prize are higher.
National Lottery
In the ordinary National Lottery draw, which takes place every Thursday and Saturday, the probability of winning is 1 in 100,000. A total of 35,841 greater and smaller prizes are awarded, including refunds. But, in addition, in the extraordinary draws, there is a special prize of up to €15,000,000 for a number that matches a certain series and fraction.
Bonoloto
Due to the game mechanics, the chances of being the maximum winner are 1 in 13,983,816. In other words, in the Bonoloto game there are almost fourteen million possible winning combinations arising from the many combinations of 6 numbers out of 49 possible numbers.
La Primitiva
The chances of winning the 1st Category prize in this draw are 1 in 13,983,816, in other words, the chances of matching the 6 numbers are one in 13.98 million. But if we also want to win the Special Category prize, the probability drops to 1 in 139.84 million, as we also have to match the refund number along with the other 6 numbers.
Although it is difficult to win, think about where you are going to travel for the rest of your life if you are the lucky one who will get the special prize of La Primitiva.
Gordo de la Primitiva
The chance of winning the first prize is 1 in 31,625,100, as you have to match 5 numbers out of 54 possible numbers plus the refund number out of another 10 numbers. The chance of winning at least the refund is 1 out of 10. El Gordo de la Primitiva draw takes place every Sunday.
EuroMillions
If you are wondering which lottery game has the highest jackpot, in terms of sum of money, it is certainly the EuroMillions. This draw offers the biggest prizes ever dreamed of. This is due to the fact that prizes are cumulative, in other words, if nobody wins the first prize, the Jackpot accrues for the next draw. This is the most difficult lottery game to win, because the odds of winning are 1 in 139,838,160.
Eurodreams
Finally, we have the newest game of Loterias y Apuestas del Estado, the Eurodreams. In this game you can win a super sallary of €20,000 every month for 30 years! The difference between this game and the rest of the draws is that the first and second prizes are always the same, and the pot is accumulated for the rest of the prizes in the next draw. The chance of winning the first prize is 1 in 19,191,900. It is the easiest lottery to win minor prizes.
From Lotería Berenguela, we hope that you found this post interesting and that you have learnt more about which lottery game gives out the most prizes and the highest chances to win. If you want to know more curious facts about lotteries and bets, tricks or interesting facts when playing, visit our blog. There are very interesting articles for all lottery lovers.