How to play Australian lotteries?
High stakes and high probability
winnings rivet the attention of not only citizens to Australian lotteries
Australia and neighboring countries like New Zealand or small states
Oceania, but also Americans, Europeans, Russians. More and more people are asking
the question of, how to play Australian lotteries
The main requirement for participants in gambling
games in Australia - coming of age. In most states, you can play lotto with
18 years old, and in the state of Western Australia, even with 16 years old. But get a paper ticket
only a person can participate in the game, resident in Australia. For
foreigners are left with a rather risky path - to play the Australian lotteries
online or use the services of intermediary structures.
Sure, many Russians ask, as
play Australian lotteries without intermediaries. Alas, if you do not live in
Australia and not a citizen of the country, it is impossible. To
participate in the australian lottery, you either need to physically be on
Australian territory, or use the services of intermediary sites. But
the latter is a very risky path, which we will analyze below.
As for the ability to play
Australian lottery for Russians, it will not be superfluous to note, as the Russian
the state creates certain barriers to the participation of citizens in foreign
gambling. for instance, The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation back in 2016 year
a number of foreign sites, selling tickets for gambling,
was included in the register of prohibited resources. Activities were also banned
official sites of Australian lotteries.
Those lucky ones, who still managed
buy a ticket for one of the Australian lotto, often asked, how to get the
Australia lottery win. To do this, you need to guess the proper number of digits from
basic combination, and an additional number. If you are lucky and you
guessed the required set of numbers, then you can get your winnings in the company -
lottery organizer.
Each game holds
draws at a strictly allotted time - it can be Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Saturday, in general - any day of the week. It all depends on the specific lotto.
Information about the results of the drawing is broadcast on national television,
besides, it can be read on the official websites. Information is also published
and resources, providing intermediary services for the sale of tickets.
Prizes "Oz lotto"
In the first stage of the lottery, you can hit the minimum jackpot in 2 million Australian dollars, but besides the main prize there are six additional nominations for winning. If two players guessed the cherished seven numbers, then the winnings will be divided equally between them. There are additional balls, which allow you to hit the biggest jackpot among the consolation prizes.
The drawing takes place once a week, on Tuesdays at 19:30 Australian time.
The sum of the main win is 40% of the entire circulation, and the rest is divided into consolation prizes for participants. If none of the participants guessed everything 7 cherished numbers, then the capital goes to the next circulation, thereby increasing the fund to incredible sizes, reaching an amount over 50 000 000 AUD. The largest capital of this lottery was the amount of 100 million Australian dollars. This jackpot hit in November 2012 years immediately 4 human, thereby dividing the winnings among themselves. Families from the city of Victoria became the lucky ones, families from New South Wales and Queensland. Each family divided the total and took home 25 million Australian dollars.
Important to remember, that there is an age limit when participating in this lottery. The participant must fulfill 18 years old, since this type of entertainment is a gambling
Die, resurrect and win the lottery
While some break the laws of fate, winning lotteries twice or even three times, others die, come back to life and first thing… also win the lottery. It may sound incredible, but, at least, one such case is documented. Indeed, it is because of such stories, like this, Australian lotteries continue to be so popular.
Bill Morgan was a simple trucker, and one day, delivering valuable cargo, he got into a traffic accident. Critically ill Morgan was given medicine, which caused a negative reaction of the body, provoking a heart attack, which ended with clinical death for the trucker. It lasted, true, Total 14 minutes.
He later spent 12 days in a coma, then woke up, filled with an unprecedented thirst for life and new achievements. He immediately proposed to his girlfriend, and she agreed, making Bill the happiest person in the world. In honor of this, he decided to buy a lottery ticket…
When Morgan won a new car in the lottery, local news showed an unprecedented interest in him. They asked him to repeat the purchase of a lottery ticket, and Morgan agreed, after which he immediately won a huge amount of 250 000 dollars – and it all got on camera!
How lotteries appeared and developed in Australia
Australian lotteries have quite
impressive and glorious history. On funds, received from ticket sales, at
the construction of many social facilities was financed in due time - from
the famous Sydney Theater to the Royal Women's Hospital in Queensland.
As elsewhere in the world, in Australia, the government used people's gambling interest to replenish the state budget, especially in terms of funds, dedicated to social needs. A significant part of the funds, received from ticket sales, at the same time was spent and is spent on replenishment of the prize fund. Lotteries in Australia have high jackpots and a fairly high probability of receiving at least some cash prize.
There are currently a number of popular games in the country. Let's list the most famous lotto in Australia. Primarily, this is Oz Lotto (Oz lotto), existing with 1994 of the year and currently covering the entire territory of Australia. In this popular game, the jackpot cannot be less than 2 million Australian dollars. There have been cases, when the lucky ones won in OzLotto more than 100 million Australian dollars.
Powerball AU (Powerball Australia) competes with Oz Lotto in terms of jackpot scale. By autumn 2019 year the maximum winnings in Powerball increased to 150 million Australian dollars. Despite the same name, Powerball Australian lotto has significant differences from the American lottery of the same name.
Saturday Lotto (Saturday lottery) one of the most popular lotto types in Australia. As the name suggests, draws are held on Saturdays. The minimum jackpot in Saturday Lotto is 4 million Australian dollars (AUD), and the greatest gain is up to 30 million dollars.
Monday & Wednesday Lotto (Lotto on Mondays and Wednesdays) has a minimum jackpot - 1 million AUD, and if the lottery 2 winner, then each of them receives their million AUD. Play this lottery on Mondays and Wednesdays, which is also clear from the name.
Another lotto, SA Lotteries Keno, assumes the ability to play using all numbers - from 1 to 10, and the minimum jackpot in this game is also 1 million AUD.
There are others in Australia, lesser known games - as a national, and regional scale. Also worth noting, that there are several key gambling operators in the country. Among them, the largest and most famous is the Tatts Group - a subsidiary of the Australian Gambling Commission, supervising Oz Lotto and a number of other famous games. The organizers strictly monitor the safety of the game and data on its results. So, in Poiwerball AU everything is determined by the computer system, therefore, any attempts to cheat in this game are almost impossible. The situation is similar in other types of lotto in Australia..
Lotto rules 6/49
В Lotto 6/49 three lotteries are held in one draw:
- main lotto (6 of 49)
- drawing of a guaranteed prize in 1 million dollars (Guaranteed Prize Draw)
- drawing of an additional prize from $500 thousand to $ 1 million (Encore Draw)
Fields, which are needed for so many draws, fit on one ticket:
Main Lotto (6 of 49)
The rules are the same here, as in other lotteries "6 out of 49". On the ticket 49 numbers ranging from 1 of 49, of them you need to choose 6 arbitrary numbers. The more numbers match the barrel numbers, which the presenter will get from the lottery drum, the greater the gain.
Difficult game (Combo)
Choosing "Difficult game (Combo)», the player can cross out not 6, and 5,7,8 or 9 digits. In this case, the number of winning combinations will be as follows:
- when choosing 5 digits - 44 (the cost of the game - $132)
- when choosing 7 digits - 7 (the cost of the game - $21)
- when choosing 8 digits - 28 (the cost of the game - $84)
- when choosing 9 digits - 84 (the cost of the game - $252)
Feature of "Lotto 6/49" - when choosing 5 there will be more numbers of winning combinations, than if the player crosses out 6 or 7 digits. Lotto 6/49 has a rule: if the player crosses out 5 digits, then the winning combinations will be all, which has everything 5 digits and any other number. In other words, if the player crosses out the numbers 1,2,3,4,5, the combination 1,2,3,4,5,6 it will be beneficial for him. Like combinations 1,2,3,4,5,7; 1,2,3,4,5,8 other.
What are the prizes in the main round?
The Lotto 6/49 prize pool is distributed among the winners as follows:
| Winning category | Number of coincidences | Prize fund share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 category | 6 | 79,5% |
| 2 category | 5+1 | 6% |
| 3 category | 5 | 5% |
| 4 category | 4 | 9,5% |
| 5 category | 3 | $10 |
| 6 category | 2+1 | $5 |
| 7 category | 2 | Free bet on the next draw |
Guaranteed Prize Draw
Guaranteed Prize Draw is a lottery, which makes one participant of "Lotto 6/49" richer by $1 million. This lotto is played in every draw. Which means, twice a week the organizers of "Lotto 6/49" make one of the players a dollar millionaire.
You don't need to pay extra for participation in the Guaranteed Prize Draw - participation in this lottery is included in the ticket price. The winner is determined after the end of the main lotto. The presenter announces a ten-digit combination in the format 12345678-01. Participant, who found a combination like this on his ticket, becomes a winner.
Note, that the numbers in the combination for the Guaranteed Prize Draw the player cannot select. They are printed on the ticket in advance.
Encore Draw
Encore Draw - additional lotto, participation in which is 1 dollars. Encore Draw is played in every Lotto 6/49 draw.
The leader's lottery drum contains 10 kegs with numbers from 0 to 9. He takes turns removing from the device 7 balls, showing their numbers. Then the removed keg is sent back to the lottery drum. Therefore, in a winning combination of Encore Draw, the same number can appear twice or more..
Participants, guessing all 7 numbers in that order, in which they fell, receive by $1 million. Players, correctly named 6 or fewer numbers, also get prizes:
- for 6 numbers - $100 thousand
- for 5 numbers - $1000
- for 4 numbers - $100
- for 3 numbers - $10
- for 2 numbers - $5.
results, Australian lottery draws and wins
One of the main advantages of gambling in distant Australia is the high size of jackpots. Australian lottery results are really impressive. for instance, at 2012 year Oz Lotto hit a jackpot of 111 million 972 thousand 151 AUD. This fabulous money was divided among themselves 4 happy winner. In this way, until now, it is Oz Lotto that holds the "palm" in terms of the jackpot. But the highest single-winner jackpot in Australian gambling history was taken in the Powerball AU and amounted to 40 million Australian dollars. В Saturday Lotto 28 December 2019 a jackpot of 30 million Australian dollars.
Some Australians are incredibly lucky:
they win large sums more than once in their lives, but two or even three times.
for instance, one resident of the Australian state of Victoria in 2008 won in
lottery three times in a row, immediately solving all your financial problems. In April
2013 of the year, an Australian from Melbourne won the lottery twice during 6 weeks,
and the total winnings of the lucky one were 1,2 million dollars - he and a mortgage
extinguished, and made repairs in a new home.
Every game reports results
draw on national television and on its official website. If the player
won the lotto, then he can withdraw his money either through 10 days, if a
bought a paper version of the ticket, either instantly, if you registered for the game
on the official lotto website.
For a more accurate idea of how,
what is each Australian lotto, and building your own
strategy, aiming to win, the best option is circulation analysis
различных лото Австралии. Circulation
Australian lotteries differ depending on each specific game.
Therefore, it is better to get acquainted with them on the official sites or on the websites, providing
intermediary services. The latter are also quite active in publishing archives
Australian lottery draws.
The probability of winning the maximum prize varies depending on the specific game. for instance, in Saturday Lotto in the last draw it was 1:8 145 060. In Oz Lotto, the chance of winning in the seventh (the highest) category is 1 to 45.379.620. The smaller the winning amount, the more chances you have to guess the right combination of numbers. for instance, Saturday Lotto odds of winning 11 Australian dollars are equal 1 to 144, and in Oz Lotto, the maximum chance of getting a prize is 1 to 55. I.e, chances are pretty high, especially those players, who specifically unites in game syndicates.
Oz lotto in Russia
Conclusion
When it comes to lottery games, many skeptics question the appropriateness of this way of getting rich. Multiple real stories of lottery winners, regularly published on the Internet, fundamentally change the attitude towards games as such and give rise to the hope of a big win.
Taking part in the world famous lottery game at this stage is not a problem. Oz Lotto is one of the brightest representatives of the lottery community, opened its doors to residents of various countries. A convenient online service allows you to become a participant in the game without any difficulties and get your chance to replenish the list of millionaires.
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The megalo
Ukrainian lottery Megalot is considered a prominent representative of the MSL, existing over 18 years in the gaming industry. During the total period 1600 circulations worth, exceeding 300 million. hryvnia. Relatively recently, the largest prize in 15 million.
The game is based on sports lotto, gained wide popularity due to the good balance between the probability of winning and the size of the prize. To get a win in Megalot you will need from 42 rooms, guess from three to six numbers of the main field. In the additional field you need to guess the megamount. In the process of circulation, falls out of the lottery drum 6 main balls plus one extra, which doubles the won main amount. For all guessed numbers, the winner receives a Mega gift in cash.
The amount is set taking into account that, which circulation number the purchased ticket belonged to, and also depends on the number of participants, guessed six numbers. If there are several finalists, the money is divided in equal shares. You can view the amount and winners in the statistics - the draw of the Megalot lottery.
Prize size for the number of matched balls from 3-5 will also depend on, how many game tickets were purchased. The doubled amount for guessing the number of balls is provided by the "megaculk". Participant, guessing megashar and 6 key figures, gets the jackpot.
Megalo Rules
First you need to fill out a ticket, four-field, on each of which the bet is made. A ticket with one game option costs 5 hryvnia. It means, that the player can make one combination, deleting 6 numbers and guessing one additional number in the "megaculks". Marking "auto", the system will generate a random combination.
The coupon with crossed out numbers must be registered with the distributors. The game bill must be kept. If damaged, you won't be able to take the money.
How to participate in multiple draws
One bet can automatically go through several draws. To play this way, you should indicate the desired number of runs in the line "print run plus".
