Everyone dreams of winning big. When you gift a lottery ticket or instant scratchie you do in the hope that they’ll take home the major prize. Sure, money is money but taking home $2,931.45 on Monday Nov 19, 2018 for a Gold Lotto Division 2 win instead of $1,000,000 for Division 1 is quite a difference.

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On that note, let’s run through Australian lotteries and the probability of winning each.

The Probability of Winning the Lottery

Monday Gold Lotto

The chance of winning a Division 1 prize in Monday Lotto is 1 in 8,145,060. This week, one lucky winner took home $1,000,000

Oz Lotto

When playing Oz Lotto, players must match all seven main numbers drawn in order to win. The draw starts off at AU$2 million if won the week prior.

The chance of winning a Division 1 prize in Oz Lotto is 1 in 45,379,620.

Wednesday Gold Lotto

Matching all six main numbers drawn for Wednesday Lotto could see you win a share of millions of dollars. For the first four winners in the highest prize tier there is a guaranteed top prize of AU$1 million. On 24 Oct 2018, 5 winners took home $800,000 each.

The chance of winning a Division 1 prize in Wednesday Lotto is 1 in 8,145,060.

Powerball

The Division 1 prize for Powerball starts at AU$3 million. It usually increases quickly due to the regular jackpots.

On 13 April 2018, Powerball introduced a number of changes. The chance of winning a Division 1 prize in Powerball is 1 in 134,490,400. The chance of winning any division prize with a single game in Powerball is 1 in 66.

Saturday Gold Lotto

The chance of winning a Division 1 prize in Saturday Lotto is 1 in 8,145,060.

# Monday,
Wednesday,
Saturday		 Oz Lotto Powerball Set For Life
Division 1 8,145,060 : 1 45,379,620 : 1 134,490,400 : 1 38,608,020 : 1
Division 2 678,755 : 1 3,241,401 : 1 7,078,443 : 1 2,413,001 : 1
Division 3 36,689 : 1 180,078 : 1 686,176 : 1 178,741 : 1
Division 4 733 : 1 29,602 : 1 36,115 : 1 25,070 : 1
Division 5 297 : 1 3,340 : 1 16,943 : 1 3,982 : 1
Division 6 144 : 1 154 : 1 1,173 : 1 946 : 1
Division 7 - 87 : 1 892 : 1 236 : 1
Division 8 - - 188 : 1 89 : 1
Division 9 - - 66 : 1 -

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There’s only one winner of a prize home. We at Plenty of Gifts feel prize home lotteries are a more thoughtful gift … statistically speaking. Here’s the chances of winning prize home lotteries here in Australia. Pick one with a guest suite and send as a gift today.

yourtown Prize Home

400,000 tickets are sold at each yourtown draw.

The latest yourtown Lottery is:

  1. yourtown Lottery Draw 481
    yourtown Lottery Draw 481
    $15.00

Endeavour Foundation Prize Homes

The number of tickets available will range from 500,000 (single-ticket purchases) to 660,000 (if bundle purchases occur).

The latest Endeavour Prize Home is:

The Deaf Lottery Prize Homes

The total number of tickets available for sale in a Draw varies from Lottery to Lottery. To view the available tickets in the current Lottery visit our Terms & Conditions page. On average, the quantity of available tickets varies from 1.3 million to 1.5 million tickets.

The latest Deaf Lottery Prize Home is:

Mater Prize Homes

The amount of tickets available will range from 4,500,000 (single ticket purchases) to 8,500,000 (if bundle purchases occur).

The latest Mater Prize Home is:

  1. Mater Prize Home Draw 279
    Mater Prize Home Draw 279
    $10.00

RSL Art Union

In draw 361, RSL Art Union was licensed for 2,700,000 tickets ... this may include a maximum of 567,000 bonus tickets. Read the Terms and conditions for the current draw.

The latest RSL Art Union Prize Home is:

  1. RSL Art Union Draw 359
    RSL Art Union Draw 359
    $5.00

Surf Life Saving Lottery

In draw 190, Surf Life Saving Lottery is licensed for 6,000,000 (2,500,000 for sale plus 3,500,000 bonus tickets). Read the Terms and conditions for the current draw.

The latest Surf Life Saving Lottery is:

  1. Surf Life Saving Lottery Draw 190
    Surf Life Saving Lottery Draw 190
    $2.00

 

Probably of winning information was sourced from The Lott: