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The main game is Super Lotto which is played across all Caribbean Lottery jurisdictions as well as Jamaica and Barbados. Other games include Lucky Pick, Express Cash, Pick 3, Pick 4 and Caribbean Numbers. The Super Lotto started in 2009. [1]
Lotto New Zealand was formed in 1987 and replaced New Zealand's original national lotteries, the Art Union and Golden Kiwi. Lotto has four games: the Lotto (including Powerball and Strike), Keno, Bullseye, and Instant Kiwi scratch card games. Lottery winnings are not taxed in New Zealand.
The word "keno" has French or Latin roots (Fr. quine "five winning numbers", L. quini "five each"), but by all accounts the game originated in China. Legend has it that Zhang Liang invented the game during the Chu-Han Contention to raise money to defend an ancient city, and its widespread popularity later helped raise funds to build the Great Wall of China.
CHF 70.1 million was the largest jackpot in Switzerland's Swiss Lotto, won by 3 winning tickets on 17 December 2016. [81] CHF 64.6 million (US$72.8 million) was the largest winner in Switzerland's Swiss Lotto, won on 2 March 2024. [81] £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016.
The odds of winning can also be reduced by increasing the group from which numbers are drawn. In the SuperEnalotto of Italy, players must match 6 numbers out of 90. [53] The chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 622,614,630. [54] Most lotteries give lesser prizes for matching just some of the winning numbers, with a lesser prize for fewer matches.
Since May 20, 2007, Rolling Cash 5 has been drawn nightly. The game draws 5 numbers from 1 to 39. Players who match the numbers drawn with the numbers on their Rolling Cash 5 tickets win or share the jackpot. Players who match 2, 3, or 4 of the winning numbers drawn out of the numbers chosen will also win a prize. [citation needed]
Lotto 6 of 49 $3 through Jackpot(begins at $1 million) Hit 5: 5 of 42 Free ticket through Cashpot(begins at $100,000) Daily Keno: 10 of 80; 20 numbers drawn Prizes vary by number of 'spots' picked and matched. Match 4: 4 of 24 $2, $20, or $10,000 Pick 3 (known as Triple Choice from 1984-87, then The Daily Game from 1987-2020) 3 digits from 0-9
As its name implies, draws occurred daily instead of the standard 2 or 3 times a week, with a top prize of $1 million should they match all six winning numbers from three separate pick-2-of-22 number matrixes (Numbers in each matrix were marked from 0 to 21). This game was discontinued in 1998 to be replaced by the in-state Roll Down game.