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Lottery 11 October 2022
The lowdown on Lotto Odds
Which Lottery Has the Best Odds?
Table of contents:
- THE BEST UK LOTTERY ODDS
- THE BEST WORLDWIDE LOTTERY ODDS
- THE BEST LOTTERY ODDS FOR ANY PRIZE
- THE BEST ALL-ROUND LOTTERY
Please note that Lottoland is not a lottery operator and you are not buying a ticket with an applicable lottery. You must be 18 years of age or older to register and bet.
THE BEST UK LOTTERY ODDS
First and foremost let's make this clear, you can't bet on any of the below lotteries with Lottoland.
The below lotteries are shown purely for informational purposes and to serve as a comparison to other world lotteries.
The UK lottery with the best odds is the Health Lotto, with jackpot odds of 1 in 2,118,760.
Five weekly draws take place from Tuesday to Saturday, costing £1 a line to enter the draw, with a chance to win up to £250,000.
To win the jackpot, you need to match 5 numbers from 1-50. The odds of winning a minor prizes are as low as 1 in 16 (match 2) and 1 in 32 (match 1 + bonus ball), in both cases, the prize is a free ticket, the lowest odds for winning any monetary prize is is 1 in 224, (match 2 + bonus ball = £5, match 3 = £10).
Although 1 in 2.1 million may not seem like fantastic odds (the reality is, the odds are always stacked against you in any lottery), in comparison with EuroMillions, at 1 in 139,838,160, the odds to win Health Lotto don't seem too bad! Nevertheless, the prizes are much lower of course, although winning £250,000 for £1 is not a bad deal!
| UK Lottery Odds | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lottery | Jackpot Odds | Any Prize | Record Jackpot |
| Health Lotto | 1:2,118,760 | 1:16 | £250,000 |
| Thunderball | 1:8,060,598 | 1:13 | £500,000 |
| Set for Life | 1:15,347,470 | 1:12 | £10,0000 |
| National Lottery | 1:45,057,474 | 1:54 | £66 million |
| EuroMillions | 1:139,838,160 | 1:13 | £195.7 million |
THE BEST WORLDWIDE LOTTERY ODDS
The lottery with the best odds in the world, for a major jackpot, is the Spanish Christmas Lottery, known as El Gordo ('The Fat One') at the outstanding odds of 1 in 100,000.
However, this lottery is actually more like a raffle. A full ticket (billete) costs a whopping €200 (approximately £176). Each billete has a 5-digit number, ranging from 00000 to 99999. There are 100,000 unique ticket numbers, as each billete is printed 180 times, in so-called series.
These billetes are broken down into smaller décimos ('tenths'), worth 10% of any prize which corresponds to the respective billete.
The prize pool for El Gordo is also the biggest in the world, at a stagering €2.5 billion (approximately £2.2 billion).
The draw for El Gordo takes places once a year, on December 22nd. UK punters can bet on El Gordo at Lottoland.
After El Gordo, the next lottery with the next lottery which has the best odds is the Polish Mini Lotto with odds of 1 in 850,668.
Thankfully, the Polish Mini Lotto is much more straightforward in comparison to El Gordo, just pick 5 numbers from 42 to win the jackpot.
With Lottoland, you can bet on MINI Lotto for only 35p a line, with draws taking place sevem days a week and the chance to win £70,000.
| WORLDWIDE LOTTERY ODDS | |
|---|---|
| Lottery | Jackpot Odds |
| Christmas El Gordo (Spain) | 1:100,000 |
| Mini Lotto (Poland) | 1:850,668 |
| Austrian Lotto | 1:8,145,060 |
| Irish Lotto | 1:10,737,573 |
| Polish Lotto | 1:13,983,816 |
| French Lotto | 1:19,068,840 |
| Quina (Brazil) | 1:24,040,016 |
| South African Lotto | 1:31,625,100 |
| MegaSena (Brazil) | 1:50,063,860 |
| EuroJackpot | 1:139,838,160 |
| EuroMillions | 1:139,838,160 |
| Spanish Lotto | 1:139,838,160 |
| Swedish Lotto | 1:139,838,160 |
| German Lotto | 1:139,838,160 |
| Powerball (US) | 1:292,201,338 |
| MegaMillions (US) | 1:302,573,350 |
| SuperEnalotto (Italy) | 1:622,614,630 |
THE BEST LOTTERY ODDS FOR ANY PRIZE
When considering which lottery has the best odds, you shouldn't forget about secondary prizes.
When it comes to the odds of winning any prize, the French Lotto gives you a 1 in 6 chance.
Other notable lotteries include the Austrian Lotto, which gives you a 1 in 12 chance of winning any prize.
It may comes as a surprise that the odds of winning any prize on the EuroMillions is as low as 1 in 13.
These secondary prizes may not be very much, in some cases you'll only break even, but at least any sort of win is better than a kick in the teeth!
| ODDS OF WINNING ANY PRIZE | |
|---|---|
| Lottery | Jackpot Odds |
| French Lotto | 1:6 |
| Austrian Lotto | 1:12 |
| EuroMillions | 1:13 |
| Mega Millions | 1:13 |
| SuperEnalotto (Italy) | 1:20** |
| Powerball (US) | 1:25 |
| EuroJackpot | 1:32 |
| Irish Lotto | 1:29 |
| South African Lotto | 1:36 |
| Quina (Brazil) | 1:36 |
| Swedish Lotto | 1:55 |
| Polish Lotto | 1:57 |
| German Lotto | 1:63 |
| MINI Lotto (Poland) | 1:124 |
| Mega-Sena (Brazil) | 1:2,298 |
**When betting using the SuperStar option.
THE BEST ALL-ROUND LOTTERY
When determining the best all-round lottery, the main factors to consider are the jackpot odds, the odds to win any prize, the cost per line and jackpot amount.
Based on these factors, the Austrian Lotto can be considered as one of the best all-round lotteries.
The odds to win the Austrian Lotto jackpot are 1 in 8,145,060 and the odds to win any prize are 1 in 12.
The minimum guaranteed jackpot for the Austrian Lotto is €1 million and the record jackpot is €55.6 million, there's no rollover cap.
Another lottery which stands out, is the Irish Lotto.
The odds to win the Irish Lotto jackpot stand at 1 in 10,737,573 (approximately £876,000) - which may seem high in comparison to the Polish Mini Lotto or the Austrian Lotto, but the minimum jackpot for the Irish Lotto is €2 million (approximately £1.8 million) and can climb to as much as €19.06 million (approximately £17.2 million).
The good news is that UK punters can bet on both the Austrian Lotto and Irish Lotto at Lottoland.
The cost per line for a bet on the Austrian Lotto at Lottoland is £1.50, whilst for the Irish Lotto costs £2 a line.
Last Updated: 11th October 2022
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