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Play The South Africa National Lottery
Play The South Africa National Lottery
South Africa is the land of gold and diamonds and is also home to Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela. South Africa also has the most lucrative lottery on the African continent. The S African National Lottery was launched in 2000 making it one of the youngest lotteries anywhere. The lottery is the most popular form of gambling in the country and sells an astounding five million lottery tickets every week. The first day tickets for the National lottery were available 80,000 were sold and during the first three weeks of operation R70 million ($9,597,402.39 USD) worth of lottery tickets were sold.
The South Africa lottery offers players a variety of games. Lotto 6/49 is South Africa’s version of the classic 6/49 lottery games found in many countries. Players select six numbers from 1 through 49. National lottery retailers offer players a quick pick option for players who wish to have their numbers selected by a random number generator. Many South Africans use a variety of occult sciences to select their lottery numbers and believe it or not smoking vulture brains is used by many as a way to see into the future and pick winning lottery numbers. Lotto 6/49 has a ‘Lotto Plus’ option available. For an extra fee the player can play the original lotto 6/49 ticket twice. The National Lottery also offers Powerball similar to the American game.
SportsStake is another popular National Lottery game. Players try to determine the outcome of 12 pre selected football matches in England, South Africa and other countries where football is popular. For each game the player must determine of the match will result in a home win, away win or a draw. To win players must accurately predict the outcome of all 12 games. Players can win lesser prizes with 10 or 11 correct predictions.
Like most lotteries the South Africa National Lottery offers various instant win, or scratch off games. The top prize for scratch off games is R100,000. ($13,636.15 USD) Tickets for scratch off games cost R2 through R5. ($0.272723 USD–$0.681807 USD) At present the official National Lottery website does not sell online lottery tickets but tickets for the S African National Lottery may be purchased online by ticket brokers. Results for the National Lottery may be checked at the official National Lottery website along with detailed instructions for each game. The South Africa National Lottery supports various charities and 34% of all lottery generated revenue is paid into a central charitable distribution fund.
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!