Saturday lotto is a weekly lotto game also known as Tattslotto, Gold Lotto or X Lotto in different parts of Australia. The lotto is best known for creating the most millionaires across the country. Game operator announced some exciting changes starting from 10 October. Let's look at the main changes in the game.
Bigger Division 1 prize
To remain the most millionaires generating lottery, Saturday lotto has the main change is the regular Division 1 prize - it will increase from $4 million to $5 million! $5 million every week, so this means you will have a better opportunity to win a huge sum of money. Despite an extra million, the chance of winning a Division 1 prize will remain the same - 1 in 8,145,060.
Better odds
Lottery will improve chances of winning any prize. Overall odds starting from Draw 4093 will be 1 in 42 instead of 1 in 85 per ticket. These changes mean there will be more winners every Saturday!
To win in Division 6 you need to match at least one or two winning numbers and two supplementary numbers but starting from 10 of October you will need just 3 winning numbers. This will improve the odds of winning for almost three times - from 1 in 144 to 1 in 53! Winning combinations in other divisions remain the same.
Changes in prize distribution
The overall prize distribution will change in a way there will be more chances to win the main prize and to win at all, but there will be less prizes in Division 2-5. New percentage distribution will be upgraded effective from 10 October. You can see all the updates in a table below.
| Saturday lotto changes | ||
| Division | Current distribution | New distribution |
|---|---|---|
| One | 30.0% | 32.8% |
| Two | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Three | 8.2% | 5.6% |
| Four | 12.4% | 8.3% |
| Five | 20.8% | 12.3% |
| Six | 24.8% | 37.4% |
Ticket price increase
Because of these changes ticket price will increase by 10 cents per game, per entry into Draw 4093 and beyond. This includes Advance and Multi-Week entries.
| Prices change | |||
| Ticket type | Games | Previous price | New price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Game | 6 | $4.30 | $4.90 |
| Mini | 10 | $7.20 | $8.20 |
| Regular | 12 | $8.60 | $9.80 |
| Super | 18 | $12.90 | $14.70 |
| Mega | 24 | $17.20 | $19.60 |
| Jumbo | 36 | $25.80 | $29.40 |
| Maxi | 50 | $35.90 | $40.90 |
What remains the same?
The way to play a Saturday lotto stays the same: you need to select 6 numbers from a poll of 45 balls. Every Saturday 8 balls are randomly drawn, six of them are main and the last two are supplementary. Winning numbers combinations for Divisions 1-5 remains the same. Also Monday and Wednesday lotteries remain unchanged.