German Lotto
About German Lotto
Started in 1974 and still going strong, the German Lotto just seems to get more and more popular with both German citizens and lottery fans spanning the globe.
It is one of the richest in Europe and pays out billions each year to all it’s lucky winners, it has one of the longest payout divisions around and the overall odds of winning a prize are good, it has a roll over jackpot that rolls over and over until it is won and on those weeks people all over Germany go lotto frenzy to get their tickets and due to online lotto sales we to can get in on the action so read on about what has to be one of the best lottos around today.
Days Drawn
The German Lotto is drawn twice a week on Wednesdays at 18:45 and Saturdays at 19:50.
Guess Range
- 6/49 +PB for the jackpot
- 6/49 for the second prize
- 5/49 +1 for the third prize
- 5/49 for the fourth prize
- 4/49 +1 for the fifth prize
- 4/49 for the sixth prize
- 3/49 +1 for the seventh prize
- 3/49 for the eighth prize
Odds and Overview
The German Lotto is based round a double matrix 6/49 for the first drum and 1/10 for the second drum. To win the jackpot you have to match all the numbers from drum one and drum two and the odds for achieving this are 1 in 139. 83 million. An additional number is also drawn that is used for prize divisions three, five and seven. The odds for getting a prize at level seven is 1 in 57.
Big Winners
The biggest jackpot todate given away by the German Lotto stands at €43million, it was won by a single person in 2007 who obtained the ticket free from a National Newspaper!
Why Play the German Lotto
Great jackpots and great prize divisions have given the German Lotto a reputation of being one of the best in Europe and we have got to agree!
