Records
- This is the third highest OZ Lotto jackpot and the highest since 2012 when it went to $100 million.
- If a single WA entry takes out the jackpot, it will be a record for WA and the second highest Division One win for the country.
- The record for WA is for a Powerball $50 million jackpot winner in July 2015 followed by an OZ Lotto $40 million jackpot winner in March 2016.
- The Australian record is $107 million in January this year. It was won on Powerball by a Sydney woman.
- Since 2007, West Australian OZ Lotto players have won more than $919 million in prize money, including more than $450 million on Division One.
- Last Tuesday our busiest minute for sales was 4.41pm and we sold 699 tickets in a minute!
Ticket types and “hot” numbers
- In the past year OZ Lotto’s most frequently drawn winning numbers were 7, 27, 28 and 41 (drawn 14 times each), 3, 9 and 32 (drawn 13 times) and 4, 17, 26 and 33 (drawn 12 times).
- The most popular ticket type to have been bought for OZ Lotto over the past five years in WA is a Slikpik 12, followed by a Slikpik 18 and a System 8 ticket.
- 65% of tickets sold instore are Slikpiks
- About 1 in 5 people choose their own numbers
- WA’s most successful suburbs over the past 12 months are Cloverdale, Success, Morley, Baldivis and Kwinana
- $80 million is plenty to share, so why not go into a syndicate with your nearest and dearest.
- 1 in 4 West Australians are expected to buy a ticket in tonight’s draw
Community
- Since July 2007, OZ Lotto has raised $496 million (nearly half a billion dollars!)
- By tonight, on this 9-week run, OZ Lotto is expected to raise $14.5 million for the WA community.
- This financial year, OZ Lotto has raised more than $50 million for the WA community
The Game
- You need 7 Winning Numbers to win Division One.
- 9 numbers are drawn from a barrel of 45. The last two drawn are supplementary numbers which are used in Divisions 2, 4 and 7
Tickets for tonight’s OZ Lotto draw are available until 6pm from Lotterywest in-store, online or via the app.
Players are encouraged to only spend what they can afford.
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