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Lotteries 'Down Under'
Lotteries ‘Down Under’
Most people when they think of Australia have visions of kangaroos, dingoes, the platypus and many exotic animals indigenous to the country. Founded by British convicts the former British colony is a diverse society and many of the oldest families proudly trace their ancestry directly to a convict deported to Australia hundreds of years ago. Australians are a friendly outgoing people who are fond of a good time and love their beer. Australians are some of the most democratic people in the world and have a limited tolerance for snobbery and arrogance. They are also fond of lotteries and millions play regularly. The nation is home to several state and territorial lotteries.
Probably the most well known lottery in Australia is the ‘Oz’ lotto. Oz lotto is a national lottery and drawings are held each Tuesday. It is Australia’s first national lottery and was launched in 1994. Oz lotto holds the country’s record for the largest lottery jackpot ever won in Australia. On June 30th 2009 two lucky Oz Lotto winners shared a $106,549,984.76 jackpot. Players must select seven numbers from 1 through 45 and tickets for each game cost $1.
Powerball is a popular game modeled after the American lottery game of the same name. Australian Powerball was launched in 1996 and draws take place on Thursday nights. Players select five numbers from 1 through 45 and a Powerball number from the same numerical range. To date Powerball’s largest jackpot was $80 million dollars won on July 30th 2009.
Keno games are run by two private lottery administrators, South Australian Lotteries and Intralot. SA Lottery’s Keno games take place every 3.5 minutes and draws are closed 40 seconds before each draw. For lucky players who match all 10 numbers the jackpot is $1 million dollars. The Intralot keno games take place in Victoria and Tasmania and draws take place every evening at 8:00pm (Melbourne time). Minimum jackpots are $1 million dollars.
Saturday Lotto is a national game played in all States and Territories. Draws take place every Saturday night. Depending on the state or territory the Saturday games are known as Tattslotto, Gold Lotto, X Lotto, and Lotto and Saturday Lotto. This is one of the oldest lottery games anywhere and the first draw took place on June 24th 1972. The top prize of $4 million is typically shared by multiple players and ‘superdraws’ take place about seven times a year and have jackpots range in the $20 to 30 million dollar range.
Monday & Wednesday Lotto are played everywhere except Queensland and the first draw was way back in 1979. Jackpots range between $1 and $5 million. Australian lottery players may purchase online lottery tickets for any of the lotteries and can also check current lottery results on the official lottery websites. In addition players ‘down under’ can purchase lotto tickets for foreign lotteries such as El Gordo, Euromillions, the UK National Lottery and many others. Aussies love their lotteries and play often. Players in the remote outback with an internet connection can buy their lotto tickets online without have to drive great distances to the nearest lottery retailer. It would appear that Australians love lotteries as much as their famous beer!
Introducing a Secure Lottery Ticket Platform
The Ireland Lotto is internationally renowned as one of the better quality lotteries to play. It features multi-million Euro jackpot paydays and players are tasked with correctly selecting 6 of the 45 numbers on the lottery ticket. The Irish lottery ranks highly in lotto circles and it provides players with an inexpensive means of potentially hitting a very large jackpot payday.
Prize Divisions for the Ireland Lotto are readily available
The Ireland Lotto sports multiple divisions with concomitant prize payouts. The first prize payday in the Ireland Lotto requires 6 numbers to be matched on the lottery ticket. The odds of that transpiring are 1 in 8,145 million. For the second prize payday, the odds of hitting it big are 1 in 1,357,510. To qualify for this prize payday, 5 + 1 numbers are required. The third prize option requires correctly selecting 5 numbers, and the odds of that are 1 in 34,808. Placements for positions 4, 5, 6 and 7 require 4+1, 4, 3+1 and 3 matching numbers respectively. The winning odds range from 1 in 28,579 to 1 in 45.
Multiple Online Lottery Ticket Purchasing Sites
The Irish lottery can be enjoyed at a range of online lottery sites. The better lottery sites provide added value for money by way of select bonuses and promotions. A series of standard welcome bonus offers is readily available to lottery enthusiasts such as the Buy One, Get One Free offer. Players start by selecting their preferred lottery ticket. Then the lottery sites local agent makes a real-money purchase of the customers selected option. To validate that the ticket was indeed purchased, the customer is able to see a scanned ticket in their online lottery site account. Should the lottery ticket win, the customer will immediately be notified via email and an SMS notification. A list of recent winners is regularly showcased on the website.
Secure Payments Processing and the VIP Club
Lottery players are able to enjoy making their selections by way of 100% safe and secure Internet connections on laptops, desktops, iPads and iPhones. For some websites, iPhone users need to simply download the free app in order to enjoy purchasing lottery tickets on the go. The Lottery VIP Club indulges punters to red carpet treatment via a compact, easy-to-use and rewarding online lottery platform. Making deposits into these lottery account is a snap. A wide variety of safe and secure payment deposit options are available, including Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Moneybookers, Neteller, Giro Pay, Solo, Switch, iDeal and others.