Oz Lotto


Oz Lotto is a national lottery game, owned by Tatts Group and administered by its lottery brand 'the Lott' in all Australian States with the exception of Western Australia, where the lottery is administered by Lotterywest. The draw takes place each Tuesday at 8.30pm AEST. It was introduced on and promoted as Australia's first fully national lottery game, at a time when New South Wales was not a part of the Australian Lotto Bloc. Each game costs $1.10 plus agent's commission.
Originally, the game was similar to Saturday Lotto, requiring six numbers to be picked out of 45. However, starting, a seventh number began to be drawn, greatly lengthening the odds of winning Division 1. In line with this change, branding for Oz Lotto changed in many states, to emphasise the seventh ball. Oz Lotto guarantees a minimum division one prize pool of $2 million.
Oz Lotto reached its highest amount in 2012. Originally guaranteed at $100 million, four winners shared a Division 1 pool of $111,972,151.04 in the draw on.
Although the draw now requires seven numbers to be selected, the minimum prize level was unchanged, thus leading to seven prize divisions: