Loteria Nacional Ecuador

In 1894, the law and lottery branch of the Guayaquil Charity Board was established. Because of this, all the proceeds from the sale of the charity board are channeled to the benefit of Ecuadorians. The Charity Board of Guayaquil was itself created in 1887 following the passing of the Reformatory Law, which allowed municipalities to form Boards of Charity. The Council of Guayaquil thus went ahead to form the Charity Board of Guayaquil. This board is in charge of administration of a number of public facilities such as the Civil Hospital and General Cemetery.

Out of the struggle for resources brought about by insufficient donations, the charity resolved to find funding alternatives. In 1894, a law was passed which enabled the charities to form lotteries. This is how the National Lottery which offers Loteria Nacional came into being.

The Loteria Nacional is the first game launched in the National lottery market in Ecuador. It boasts of 123 years of transparent and professional engagements with players from across the globe. Draws are currently held on Wednesdays and Fridays as from 1800 hrs.

How to Play Loteria Nacional

Playing Loteria Nacional is much simpler. All you need to do is to visit the official website so as to create your account. Fill in the information requested on the form and within a few minutes, you will be fully registered. After the registration, use the user name and password to access your account. Remember the user name is simply your identification card number.

Once in the account, press the upload button so as to load your balance. This is necessary because you have to buy your ticket online. There are various payment options available including Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. After loading your balance, you can now play.

From your Smartphone, computer, or tablet, you can buy Loteria Nacional. There are 5 winning numbers which you have to select. The numbers will appear on your ticket and it is against these numbers will you be rewarded following the draw. The selection of the 5 numbers can be done through a Quick Pick system where the lottery system does the selection for you. While this system is convenient, it must be noted that it will not give you any special consideration or any higher chance of winning. The Loteria Nacional is purely a chance game and winning and losing are a matter of chances.

The other option when picking your numbers is through the manual selection. In this case, you pick the 5 numbers on your own. This has to do with your personal preferences or analysis based on the past winning numbers. Again, you do not have an upper hand simply because of picking your numbers manually.

After picking the numbers and making the payment, you will be printing a ticket which will be the evidence for your participation in the respective draw. The beauty with playing through the system is that you can always revisit and have your ticket reprinted in case you lose the physical one.

Second Chance Play

This is an online promotion activity which allows you to buy National Lottery scratch cards. The reason why this is a special feature of Loteria Nacional is because the scratch cards are dedicated to the non-winning tickets so as to give them an opportunity as well to win prizes. All the promotional scratch cards are sold at $1 per card. The Scratchcards games available are Scratch Bingo, Triple 7, Five in 1, Super 9, Salute, Slots, Line of Fire, Roulette, and Quarreling. It is important for you to save all your scratch offs until the last row is conducted. If you win in the draw, the scratch card is the only proof when claiming your prize.

Draws and Winning

The Loteria Nacional has one draw every Wednesday and another one every Friday. On Wednesday except the last Wednesday of the month, there is the Special Wednesday draw. The last Wednesday also has a draw, but it is called the Extraordinary Wednesday. The draws are done on the Fridays are known as San Francisco. The cost per play is $1. The prizes in the Extraordinary Wednesday are double that of the Special Wednesday. The draws take place at 1800 hrs.

During the draw, the lottery uses a machine that pops up numbers at random. The machine has 6 outlets and the ball mixture inside. During the mixing, one ball pops up per slot. They do a mix for the first prize, second prize, third prize, and all the other prizes such that each prize has its own match of numbers. This is unlike the conventional lottery where just one set of numbers is drawn and from it the jackpot, second, third, and the other categories of prizes are determined.

The drawing event is attended by the public, general director and inspector of the lottery branch, attorney JBG. This ensures transparency at every end. The sweepstake prizes are usually instant.