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Lotto Strategies 28 June 2018
Get The Low-Down On Lottery Betting Odds
Which Lottery is the Easiest to Win?
Recently we've been talking a lot about big jackpots, record jackpots – massive amounts of money at equally massive odds. Which is great – to be able to spend a couple of quid and win hundreds of millions is a welcome prospect indeed. But, of course, the odds aren't exactly in your favour.
Keep in mind, however, that not all lotteries are created equally, and just as there are huge variations in the amount that you can win, there's also massive differences between how difficult, or easy, it is to win those amounts.
The Best Lottery Odds
It's the Polish Mini Lotto.
What – were you expecting a big long teaser? Sorry to disappoint.
While most lotteries give odds of millions or, for larger ones, hundreds of millions, the Polish Mini Lotto offers jackpot odds of just 850,668:1. The flipside to this, though, is that it also offers comparatively low jackpots, also measured in thousands. (Hence the reason it's called the Mini Lotto!) The Polish Mini Lotto has a ridiculously low cost too, as it is only 25p per line bet to give you a shot at the £60,000 minimum jackpot. What's more, the generous odds here mean that there are approximately 30 jackpot winners every month!
Below is a table with our top six best-odds lotteries for comparison.
Top 5 Easiest Lotteries to Win | ||||
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Lottery Name | Jackpot Odds | Draw Day | Format | Max Jackpot |
Polish Mini Lotto | 1 : 850,668 | Every Day | 5/42 | £494,593 |
Swedish Lotto | 1 : 6,724,520 | Wed/Sat | Wed/Sat | £18 million |
Austrian Lotto | 1 : 8,145,060 | Wed/Sun | 6/45 | £6.8 million |
OZ Mon/Wed Lotto | 1 : 8,145,060 | Mon/Wed | 6/45 | £545,000 |
Irish Lotto | 1 : 10,737,573 | Wed/Sat | 6/47 | £13 million |
The Easiest Lottery By Prize
The easiest lotto to win by prize is the French Lotto (or Loto as it's known) which gives you a one in six chance of winning a prize. Other notable lotteries include Spain's El Gordo De La Primitiva, which gives you a one in ten chance of breaking even on the cost of your bet and German Keno, where you can still earn 75% of your money back on picks of eight numbers or more.
Odds of Winning Any Prize | |
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Lottery | Overall Odds |
French Lotto | 1 in 6 |
Spanish Lotto | 1 in 10 |
UK Lotto | 1 in 9.3 |
Austrian Lotto | 1 in 12 |
EuroMillions | 1 in 13 |
The Easiest Lottery Overall
If you're looking for a great all-rounder lottery our pick has to be the Swedish Lotto. Why? Because it's got our second-lowest jackpot odds and it's therefore your best chance to win a multimillion pound jackpot. A basic game costs just 50p. Add the bonus from as little as £1.50 extra plus the Lotto 2 draw for another 50p. Now you've got 16 different ways to win for only £2!
EuroMillions vs UK Lotto
Although not available to bet on from Lottoland UK, both EuroMillions and the UK Lotto are very popular lottery options in Britain. EuroMillion's top prize can get to a maximum of €190 million, and there have been a number of cases where British people have won enormous jackpots. Since 1994 Camelot's UK Lotto have made countless millionaires and continues to be as popular as ever. There are more than just jackpots on offer though, as you can see from this breakdown of the odds of winning all the different prize tiers of both lotteries:
Odds of Winning Prizes on UK Lotto | |
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Prize Tier | Odds |
Match 6 Numbers | 1 in 45 million |
Match 5 + Bonus Ball | 1 in 7.5 million |
Match 5 Numbers | 1 in 144,415 |
Match 4 Numbers | 1 in 2,180 |
Match 3 Numbers | 1 in 97 |
Match 2 Numbers | 1 in 10 |
Odds of Winning Prizes on Euromillions | |
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Prize Tier | Odds |
Match 5 numbers + 2 stars | 1 in 139,838,160 |
Match 5 numbers + 1 star | 1 in 6,991,908 |
Match 5 numbers | 1 in 3,107,515 |
Match 4 numbers + 2 stars | 1 in 621,503 |
Match 4 numbers + 1 star | 1 in 31,076 |
Match 3 numbers + 2 stars | 1 in 14,126 |
Match 4 numbers | 1 in 13,812 |
Match 2 numbers + 2 stars | 1 in 882 |
Match 3 numbers + 1 star | 1 in 968 |
Match 3 numbers | 1 in 314 |
Match 1 numbers + 2 stars | 1 in 188 |
Match 2 numbers + 1 star | 1 in 50 |
Match 2 numbers | 1 in 22 |
Increase Your Chances Even Further
The more you enter the better your chances – a double entry has the effect of halving your winning odds in two, since now you have two chances to win instead of one. Also, be sure to take part regularly and consistently, to increase your chances of a win.
Where relevant, we recommend always entering all the draws, rather than just the main draw and be sure to check out the extra games too. These may not make you a millionaire, but they'd certainly swell your bank balance nicely should you get the right numbers!
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