Baloto, is the most popular lottery in Colombia which has already 102 winner since this popular game operates in the country, come to add a significant amount to the value of prizes that by lotteries and raffles Colombians earn each year, an amount that has also been depressed in a pandemic year.
Coljuegos data show that between January and August Colombians have won a little more than 91,151 million Colombian colombian pesos in bets and, of this total, the majority (66,418 million Colombian colombian pesos) have been between dry prizes and others, since in prizes Higher or large accumulated have been delivered this year 24,733 million colombian pesos.
In dry prizes, the value awarded this year is 12,168 million Colombiancolombian pesos and in the category of others the sum exceeds 54,249 million Colombiancolombian pesos.
However, the entity's figures show a 46 percent drop in the first eight months of the year, since in the first eight months of last year the prizes won by those who buy the Ballot or the lottery reached 167,769 million colombianpesos .
The figure does not include the month of April because in that month all the draws were suspended the sales of lotteries, chance and Baloto, but even, without taking into account that month of general closure, the decrease in the value earned is 43 percent , since without counting the fourth month, the amount delivered last year totaled 158,569 million colombian pesos.
According to Coljuegos, this year has seen negative variations in the values delivered with respect to the same month last year.Thus, in January, when the prizes won totaled 15,275 million Colombian colombian pesos, the figure was 66 percent lower than the 45,591 million Colombian colombian pesos awarded in the same period of the previous year.
In February there was a small growth of 4 percent in the winning values by the thousands of bettors throughout the country (they won 20,208 million colombian pesos), but in March the fall in the prizes was 29 percent, month in which the value of these totaled 9,885 million colombian pesos.
But the strongest falls occurred in May and June, months in which no jackpot fell, much less the accumulated Baloto.
In May, the prizes registered by Coljuegos totaled 3,864 million colombian pesos, with a drop of 72 percent compared to the fifth month of 2019, while in June, when the value earned was located in 9,154 million colombian pesos, the fall was of 70 percent when compared to the same month of 2019.
In July, the prizes won by Colombians who seek by chance the solution to their problems and needs totaled 13,131 million colombian pesos, but with a 19 percent drop compared to the seventh month of 2019. Last August, meanwhile, the value reached 19,630 million colombian pesos, growing 3 percent annually.
According to Coljuegos' figures and missing the four-month data, with the 56,500 millioncolombian pesos that will be delivered to the Cali winner, 101,730 million colombian pesos are missing in prize money to equal the value won by Colombians in 2019, which totaled 249,382 millions of colombian pesos.
