Division |
Matches |
1 entry odds |
12 entries odds |
1 |
6 MN |
1 : 8,145,060 |
1 : 678,755 |
2 |
5 MN + 1 or 2 SN |
1 : 678,755 |
1 : 56,563 |
3 |
5 MN |
1 : 36,689 |
1 : 3,058 |
4 |
4 MN |
1 : 733 |
1 : 62 |
5 |
3 MN + 1 or 2 SN |
1 : 297 |
1 : 25 |
6 |
1 or 2 MN or 2 SN |
1 : 144 |
1 : 12 |
Saturday Lotto playing tips
Being the pioneer in Australian lottery industry, Saturday Lotto has developed a numbers of handy features and options which were later adopted by the other local lottery games. Using the available features can be worded like this “play it wisely to win more”. First of all it goes about the number of entries played per draw. Naturally enough, the more you play the more you pay, still the chances to get the cash back are very promising (see the Table above). Some say that lottery is a game of sheer luck so the more different combinations are played the better are the chances. In this way you can make use of the Quick Pick feature to generate the numbers automatically for up to 50 entry lines per draw. Quick-picking 4 and 50 lines you will be charged respectively $8.55 and $35.50 (official pricing). The other options improving the win rates are known as System Entry and Pick Entry. They allow increasing the chances even more. The System Entry implies choosing more main numbers (from 7 to 20) rather than the 6 ones played in the standard game. The system will produce all the possible combinations with the selected numbers. Using the Pick Entry you will have one (Pick 5) or two main (Pick 4) winning numbers guaranteed; you will have to care to guess the other yourself.
In case you are a regular player then the Advance Game option will surely be very handy for you. It allows choosing the numbers for the future draws as well as saves much trouble. You won't miss any raffle if you are busy at work or home; just only check Saturday Lotto results for the corresponding dates. Some players believe that their special combination will luck out one day and play it continually. Making Coupon will save the trouble. These favorite Saturday Lotto numbers will be played automatically time and again.
Hot and Cold numbers
You can also approach statistically to choosing Australian Saturday Lotto numbers. The approach is known as the hot vs. cold numbers. The statistics is based either on the previous or latest Saturday Lotto results. The hot numbers tend to be drawn more often in compassion to the cold ones which are rarer. The historic Saturday Lotto results analysis shows that the eight most recurrent numbers in this lottery are 1, 40, 25, 18, 41, 19, 12 and 5 while the eight least recurrent Saturday Lotto numbers are 14, 44, 35, 17, 2, 23, 30 and 28. The hottest pairs of numbers: 1 and 41, 11 and 32, 15 and 34, 32 and 40.
Saturday Lotto jackpots and winnings
Although Saturday Lotto jackpot is a fixed value of $4 million just like most jackpots raffled in line with Super Draws & Mega Draws and set respectively at $20 million and $30 million, there are exceptions as it was the case in April 2008. Then the jackpot raffled as a part of the Super Draw reached 47.8 million Australian dollars and was won and split between over 3 dozen players. This, as well as the fair overall chances to win anything, backs the lottery's popularity worldwide. Follow the latest Saturday Lotto results online!
An Australian family had luck to win a share of Australian Saturday Lotto jackpot raffled every week. Both retired and both 65 years old the lucky winners are still giving each other a tweak after they won $ 1,105,260 raffled just ahead of the April Fool’s Day. A lucky Australian Jake was lucky to win a fantastic $ 20 mln Powerball Australia lottery jackpot. He was buying his favorite candies when all of a sudden he resolved to try luck playing lotteries.
Happy winners
A retired family wins $ 1 mln in Saturday Lotto Australia
Powerball Australia delivers $20 mln to a “sweet tooth”