From time time to time we bring you details of which lottery currently offers you the best cost/benefit ratio in the world to play and this weekend it is the turn of the Illinois Lotto.

Drawn three times a week on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Saturday’s the Illinois Lotto uses a simple 6/52 play matrix which means to win the jackpot you have to match all 6 numbers drawn from a pool of 52.

The pay out divisions go down 4 levels and to win a prize at the last level you have to match just 3 numbers and the odds of acheiving this are around 1 in 67. There are other prizes for matching 5 numbers and 4 numbers.

This weekends jackpot stands at US$7,750,000 and costs just US$7.50 to buy a block of five tickets, you can play as a one off or subscribe and get your tickets even cheaper. The Lotter is also offering new customers a great welcome offer of buy a ticket get one free at the moment so join today and you can play for free!