German state lotteries

Notable prizes

Prize (local currency)	Lottery	Country	Winner	Date	Notes
$ 1586,4 million	Powerball	United States	Three tickets	13 january 2016 r.	Biggest Jackpot
$ 1537,0 million	Mega Millions	United States	One ticket	23 October 2018 r.	Anonymous winner from South Carolina
656,0 million dollars. USA	Mega Millions	United States	Three tickets	30 Martha 2012 r.
$ 590,5 million	Powerball	United States	One ticket from Florida	18 May 2013	Winner, 84-summer Gloria Mackenzie, will receive a lump sum payment of 371 million dollars.
$ 451 million	Mega Millions	United States	One ticket	5 january 2018 r.	Shane Missler, Port Richey, Florida
$ 390 million	Mega Millions	United States	One ticket each from New Jersey and Georgia.	6 Martha 2007 r.
$ 380 million	Mega Millions	United States	One ticket each from Idaho and Washington.	4 january 2011 r.
365 million dollars. USA	Powerball	United States	One ticket, bought by eight colleagues at a meat processing plant in Nebraska.	18 february 2006 r.
363 million dollars. USA	Big game	United States	Two winning tickets: Larry and Nancy Ross (Michigan), Joe and Sue Kines (Illinois)	9 May 2000 r.	Big game now known as Mega Millions.
$ 340 million	Powerball	United States	One ticket ( Medford, Oregon )	19 October 2005 r.
$ 319 million	Mega Millions	United States	Biggest Mega Millions Ticket Win, bought in New York	25 Martha 2011 r.	Employees of the same IT company won, who shared 1 ticket (by 19 million dollars each after taxes).
315 million dollars. USA	Mega Millions	United States	Biggest Mega Millions single ticket prize ( California )	15 November 2005 r.
314,9 million dollars. USA	Powerball	United States	Andrew Jackson "Jack" Whittaker Jr.	25 December 2002 r.
183,5 million € cash	Euromillions	France × 2, Portugal × 1	Three tickets	3 february 2006 r.	Biggest jackpot in Europe
177,7 million € cash	SuperEnalotto	Italy	One ticket for 70 players	30 October 2010 r.
147,8 million € cash	SuperEnalotto	Italy	One ticket, sold in Bagnon (Tuscany)	22 August 2009 r.	Biggest Winning Ticket in Europe
163,5 Million €	SuperEnalotto	Italy	One ticket	27 October 2016 r.
209,16 Million €	SuperEnalotto	Italy	One ticket	13 August 2019 r.
129,8 Million €	In cash EuroMillions	United Kingdom	Anonymous UK resident	8 October 2010 r.	Biggest EuroMillions Winner
126,2 Million €	Euromillions	Spain	Anonymous 25-year-old woman from Mallorca	8 May 2009 of the year	Biggest Single EuroMillions Winner.
115,4 Million €	Euromillions	Ireland	Dolores McNamara	29 july 2005 r.	Biggest Winner & Jackpot (Ireland)
100 million	Euromillions	Belgium	One anonymous ticket holder. Ticket on sale in Tienen.	9 february 2007 r.	Biggest Winner & Jackpot (Belgium)
100 million	Euromillions	France	One ticket holder, but common to a syndicate of 15 players. The ticket is sold to Venel (Bouches-du-Rhône).	18 september 2009 r.	Biggest Win & Jackpot (France)
84,4 million pounds sterling	Euromillions	United Kingdom	Won Lebanese Rock Star “Robbie Obeid”	14 May 2010
56 million pounds sterling	Euromillions	United Kingdom	Nigel Page and Justin Laycock from Cirencester. Total jackpot in 112 million pounds was shared with the winner in Spain.	12 february 2010 r.
42 million pounds sterling	National lottery	United Kingdom	Three ticket holders	6 january 1996 r.
38,4 Million €	State lottery	Netherlands	Ticket sold in Utrecht	10 May 2013	Not taxed at a time
37,6 Million €	National lottery	Germany	Won by a nurse from North Rhine-Westphalia	7 October 2006 r.	Germany's largest prize and sole winner
million yuan	Union Lotto	China	One ticket holder from Beijing , China	12 june 2012 r.	Biggest prize in Asia (79,34 million, 87,32 USD million)
145 million reais	Mega-Sena	Brazil	Won by one ticket holder from Brasilia ( Federal district ) and one from Santa Rita do Passa Cuatro ( Sao Paulo ).	31 December 2009 r.	South America's largest prize
112 million Australian dollars	OZ Lotto	Australia	Four winning tickets	6 November 2012 r.	Australia's highest lottery prize
40,72 billion won	6/45 Lotto South Korea	South Korea	Chuncheon Police Officer, Canwon Province, was the only winner, which took 40,72 billion Korean won.	April 2003 r.	Biggest South Korea Lottery Win

20 september 2005 r. an elementary school boy in Italy wins the Italian national lottery, equivalent 27,6 million pounds sterling. Although children are not allowed to gamble under Italian law, children are allowed to play the lottery.

How is the German lottery held?

In Germany, the lottery is very similar to that Soviet, only Germans choose 6 numbers from 49 possible. You need to choose them on a lottery ticket, crossing out numbers, which in the opinion of the player will fall out in the next drawing. In addition, there is also a Super number (Super number). This figure is from 0 to 9, which is the last in the serial number. It's not hard to count, that with such a system there is about 15,5 millions of possible variants of dropping numbers. And taking into account the last Super-number – near 140 million. So the chances of maximizing your win are negligible..

Of everything exists 10 payout levels. The lowest one is 5 € and it drops out in case of guessing the Super-number and two numbers from the six main ones. Further, the size of the win depends on, how many people guessed the combination, how many tickets were purchased and what is the size of the jackpot. Here is a list of theoretical prize sizes based on the number of matched numbers.

• 2 numbers + Super number – 5€
• 3 numbers – 10€
• 3 numbers + Super number – 21€
• 4 numbers – 42€
• 4 numbers + Super number – 190€
• 5 numbers – 3300€
• 5 numbers + Super number – 10000€
• 6 numbers – 575000€
• 6 numbers + Super number – 8900000€

Draws are televised on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Pour into a large glass sphere 49 small balls with numbers. The balls are mixed, a damper opens in the sphere, and one by one they roll out of it 6 cherished numbers. Another, additional, taken from a separate drum.

Counted, that only 2 percent of those participating in the lottery win at least the minimum prizes. By itself, what all 6 numbers are rarely guessed. Then the winning amount is carried over to the next draw, accumulating jackpot. The largest jackpot in the history of the German lottery accumulated by the end of 2007, and he made 45,3 million euros. It was shared by three players at once, which all matched 6 numbers and even Super-number.

German Lotto FAQ

It is easy to play the German Lotto and get in on the excitement and action. Simply go to a registered lottery retailer and fill out a game slip for the German Lotto. The slip will ask the player to pick six numbers between one and forty-nine. The slip will also ask you to pick one bonus number between one and ten. The object is to try to pick the numbers that will show up when the lottery drawing occurs.

The cost of a ticket to play the German Lotto is just €1 per ticket (+ handling fee). Any player may purchase as many tickets as he or she would like. That player may also choose to play the same numbers for multiple drawings for the cost of another ticket per drawing if he or she chooses to do so.

The drawing for the German Lotto game occurs twice weekly every Wednesday and Saturday night. Make sure to have your tickets purchased at least one hour in advance of the drawing as this is when the cut-off to purchase tickets for that drawing is.

The odds of winning in the German Lottery are approximately 1 in 31 when it comes to winning any prize at all. Obviously, the higher the prize amount, the harder it is to win. A breakdown of the odds to win various prizes is as follows:

• Jackpot: 1 in 139,838,160
• 6 Main Numbers: 1 in 15,537,573
• 5 Main Numbers Plus Super Ball: 1 in 542,008
• 5 Main Numbers: 1 in 60,223
• 4 Main Numbers Plus Super Ball: 1 in 10,324
• 4 Main Numbers: 1 in 1,147
• 3 Main Numbers Plus Super Ball: 1 in 567
• 3 Main Numbers: 1 in 63
• 2 Main Numbers Plus Super Ball: 1 in 76

This gives you an idea of what it takes to win the various prize combinations available. It is not easy to win at all, but the higher up you go, the less your odds.

It is important to pay attention to how old you have to be in order to play any particular lottery game. The answer for this game is 18 years old.

Unlike lotteries held in many other parts of the world, the winnings from a lottery in Germany are actually tax-free. The amount that you see that you have won is really the amount that you will receive as a result of being a winner. It is a nice bonus on top of winning the money in the first place!

This game has two minimum jackpot numbers that depend upon what day of the week a player is playing. The Wednesday drawing of this game has a minimum jackpot of 1 million Euros while the minimum jackpot for Saturday is 3 million Euros. Those jackpots increase if there are no winners for any given drawing.

Anyone wishing to play the German Lotto game must be in Germany to purchase the ticket. They are only sold at retailers within the country.

German lotto has been running for a long time

German Lotto is one of the oldest lotteries in the world, which has been going on for 50 years. You can guess, how much this good experience influenced the development of the lottery, and she is one of the big European countries, to keep their own national lottery in partnership with the EuroMillions lottery. In this way, Germans are proud of their German lotto.

If you do not live in Germany and want to play the EuroMillions lottery, or any other big lottery, now there is nothing, what can keep you. All, what do you need to do, – is to buy a ticket online. Even if you live in Germany, You can still buy a ticket online.

Of course, You must know, where to buy lottery tickets. Therefore, buying a ticket online is much more fun and we are here to, to tell you this. This is the biggest event, which has ever happened in lotteries.

How to buy a Lotto ticket 6 out 49?

To participate in the lottery, go to the game page, specify the number of tickets and select the numbers in them. If you don't want to waste time manually filling in tickets, use the auto select function.

Now choose the option to participate in the lottery. This can be a one-time participation in the next drawing, buying multi-circulation on 4, 10, 25 broadcast forward. An even more convenient option is to subscribe to 10, 25, 52 or 104 circulation.

The multi-circulation fee is charged at a time when it is issued. With a permanent subscription, the ticket price will be debited from your account immediately before each broadcast.

How German Lotto works

RedFoxLotto makes all major lotteries available to us, including German Lotto. To play German Lotto, need to choose 6 numbers from possible 49, together with the bonus – number from 1 to 9. If you have successfully guessed everything 6 numbers plus bonus number, You will go to Germany, to collect several million euros or more.

Considering fewer balls in the reel compared to many other large lotteries, Your chances of winning the jackpot in the German Lotto, certainly, above. German Lotto, of course, offers other prizes, except for the jackpot, since all lotteries do it, and there is a total 7 auxiliary prizes, except for the jackpot. If you can guess everything 3 numbers, You will already receive money.

How to play the German lottery 6 of 49 residents of Belarus, Of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other CIS countries?

According to the rules of the German licensed lottery, residents of Germany can purchase the coveted ticket. Thanks to modern technologies and services of intermediary companies, residents of the countries of the world can try their luck in the fight for several million dollars. To participate in the Lotto de 6 out 49 residents of the CIS countries, you need to do a few things:

The chance of getting the jackpot is distributed in the ratio as 1 to 139,8 millions. The probability of winning a prize in the minimum category is 1 to 54. If you played through an intermediary and luck smiled, getting a prize is not difficult. If the prize amount does not exceed 2500 euros, it will be automatically credited to your personal account, and then transfer to a bank account.

If the amount won is higher 2500 euros, an intermediary will contact you to clarify the details, will agree on the most convenient way for you to receive the won amount. If you chose bank transfer, its duration is 2-10 days. The term of the operation depends on the conditions and rules of the bank, where is the account.

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, a 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 "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 pulls out of 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 may appear twice or more..

Participants, guessing all 7 numbers in that order, in which they fell, get 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.

Lotto 6 out 49 in Russia

Officially buy a ticket national lottery of Germany in Russia can't. Lotto operator, Lotto.de, does not sell coupons to Russians.

You can buy a ticket using an intermediary. This is the company, who will purchase the coupon in Germany and provide it to you. There are many such "assistants", we will tell you about one thing - AgentLotto.

Below is a brief instruction on using the AgentLotto service.

#1. registration

To buy tickets for AgentLotto you need an account. It will store scanned copies of tickets and purchase history. To register, you will need a valid email and phone number.

#2. Selection of lottery

AgentLotto is a multidisciplinary intermediary. Here you can buy tickets for more than 20 lotteries. Listed lotto, which will suggest AgentLotto, select Lotto 6 out 49.

#3. Filling in the ticket

If you only play in the main round, cross out in the main fields of the ticket 6 figures from 49. If you additionally participate in Super 77 or Super 6, put a tick in the appropriate parts of the coupon.

#4. Payment

On the AgentLotto website, you can pay for a ticket in the following ways:

• by transfer from a bank card
• by payment from a mobile phone account
• transfer in cryptocurrency (Bitcoin accepted, Litecoin, Ethereum)
• electronic money (WebMoney, Yandex money, Skrill, Neteller).

Funds will be credited to the balance within 1-2 minutes (if you don't pay with cryptocurrencies). You can pay for the ticket right after that.

#6. View lotto

National German Lotto Operator, Lotto.de, arranges live broadcasts of Lotto draws 6 out 49. Connect to stream at 20:30 on wednesday or at 21:30 on Saturday, to see the results.

#7. Receiving winnings

There are two ways to get your winnings ^

1. if the prize is less 500-600$. AgentLotto will credit the winnings to the balance, as soon as the intermediary receives the prize. Money can be withdrawn to an electronic wallet, bank card, cryptocurrency wallet or mobile phone.
2. for bigger prizes (from 600$). AgentLotto staff will ask for a power of attorney to receive the prize. This is due to the fact, that for the issuance of large winnings, the personal presence of the winner is required. As soon as AgentLotto receives the money, he will credit them to the balance in his personal account.

Lotto rules 6 of 49

Additional gifts are provided, 7 categories. To get the minimum amount, enough to guess 2 event. The smaller the prize, the more chances of getting it. If during the drawing the jackpot combination is not guessed, the amount is accumulated. The jackpot can increase tenfold. For example in 2007 the jackpot has been increased since 1 million to 43 381 457 euros.

Ticket price Lotto 6 of 49 is 2 euros. For this money, you get the opportunity to specify one combination. You can purchase additional options:

1. "Spiel 77" or "Game 77". Players are invited to choose 7 figures from 0 to 9 to participate in an additional drawing. Option worth 2,5 euros.
2. "Super 6" or "Super 6". You need to choose 6 numbers for participation in the additional game. The last number is the "superball". Option cost - 1,25 euros.

Lottery drawing 6 of 49 runs weekly: on Wednesday, in 18:50 Berlin time (20:50 in Moscow) and on saturday, in 21:45 Berlin time (23:45 in Moscow). In the studio there are 2 lottery drum with balls. The draw starts with the first apparatus and is a combination of 6 rooms. The second device randomly chooses the "Super Ball".

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After the draw, the results are posted on the official website of Germany Lotto. If you missed the draw, check lotto ticket 6 of 49 can be on the website. The site provides the latest relevant information about the lottery.