

When considering the amount of entries sold, it is to be expected. On average, winners of regular Saturday Lotto draws won $1.32M, while winners of Superdraws won $2.19M. 4157 from had the smallest prize per winner at $409,991 with 15 winners. 4061 from 20 June 2020 which had a staggering 27 winners! They each took home a $740,740 share from the $20M Jackpot. One interesting thing to note is Superdraw no. The regular draws seem to mainly have between 1 to 10 winners. Unsurprisingly, the Superdraws have more winners on average, and had never less than 5 winners. The x axis (bottom numbers) is the amount of winners, and the y axis how often it happened. Regular Staurday Lotto draws Staurday Lotto Superdraws The following two charts display how often there was a certain amount of winners. To keep things relevant, we'll again only use the last 3 years (2018 - 2021). While there is no way to know how many winners a specific draw will have, we can have a look at previous results. Which begs the question, are Superdraws actually worth it in terms of winning a larger prize? What we want to know is wether the benefits of a large Jackpot are negated by the likelihood of having to share it amongst many winners.

With more entries sold, the chances of multiple winners and thereby sharing the Jackpot also increases. On average, a regular draw sells 68 million entries, which increases to 142 million entries for Superdraws*.Īt a price of $0.825 per entry, Australians spend an average of $117M on Superdraws!Īre Saturday Lotto Superdraws worth playing? Over the last 3 years (2018 - 2021), there have been 179 regular draws and 26 Superdraws. Which makes sense, who would want $5M when you can win $20M instead?

As is also the case with Powerball and Oz Lotto, larger Jackpots attract the crowds, and the amount of entries sold goes up. The odds of winning a Superdraw Jackpot sit at 1 in 8,145,060.ġ or 2 winning numbers + 2 supplementariesīesides the larger Jackpot, the other key difference with regular draws is the popularity. You can view the price & odds of each entry type here. The same usual system and pick entries are available for Superdraws. The first 6 balls are the winning numbers, the last 2 are the supplementary numbers. Superdraws follow the same format and all the same rules as regular Saturday Lotto draws, with 8 balls drawn from a barrel containing balls ranging from 1 to 45. What are the differences between Saturday Lotto and Superdraws?
