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How to play the Austrian Lotto
Playing the Austrian Lotto and picking possible winning numbers are easy and straight-forward. Simply buy a ticket from a Local Retailer to stand a chance to win big cash prizes.

Can you play online? Yes!

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What is the Austrian Lotto?

Austria’s most popular 6aus45 is a straight-forward ‘pick six’ numbers game. For each tip a player wants to submit, they choose 6 out of 45 lucky numbers and ticks them on their betting slip. With each normal ticket players can play up to 12 tips.
Quick Austria Lotto Facts

Simple Format:

Austria Lotto utilizes a simple 6/45 format

Minimum Jackpot:

Jackpots start at €1.5 million.

Jackpots Grow:

When the jackpot is not won, it will simply carry over to the next draw and be added on top of the prize pot.

Bi-Weekly Draws:

Draws are held every Wednesdays and Sundays

Eight Ways to Win:

Austria Lotto features eight prize tiers you can win in.

Tax-Free:

All Austria Lotto prizes are 100% tax-free.

How to play the Austrian Lotto?
  • In the Austrian Lotto draw, players pick six numbers, plus an additional bonus number. Matching all six the tier 1 winnings while additional prizes are given out for specific number and bonus number combinations. There are eight different prize tiers overall, and players have a 1 in 16 chance of winning the lowest prize division simply by guessing the bonus ball number.
  • Combo bets, also known as system bets, increase a player bet price and odds of winning. If a player picks more than six numbers on their bet, they will automatically launch the Combo feature.
The Joker: By opting to play the add-on Joker event players have yet another opportunity to win. Six numbers from zero to nine are drawn from the drum. Each time a number is drawn it is then placed back into the drum, theoretically allowing the same number to be drawn an additional five times. Draw Options – Date and Time: The Austrian Lotto and Joker events take place every Wednesday at 17:48 UK time and Sundays at 18:15 UK time. Duration Options: The Duration options allows players to select how many events they wish to bet on –single to multiple up to a year in advance.
Austrian Lotto Prizes

How many prize tiers are there for the Austrian Lotto?

There are eight prize tiers for the Austrian Lotto

How does DoublePayout work?

The DoublePayout option allows players to play for twice the official Tier 1 Prize Money payout at double the price of the bet.

The value of record payout in the Austrian Lotto keeps growing, with a record payout in 2012 of €9,5 million.

How to claim your lotto cash prize

Congratulations! You won! Here’s what you need to do to get your winnings. Firstly: Pay attention to your receipt, keep it safe and secure. Because the receipt is now a security and the only proof of your right to profit. Sign the back! Think carefully about who is save to tell about your winnings and be careful!

Winnings €1,000 or less can easily be claimed within 6 months at any Austria Lotto retailer.

Winnings between €1,000.10 and €80,000 require players to fill in claim forms and waiting period of 4 weeks to receive pay-out.

Beyond €80,000, players will have to go directly to the Austrian Lotteries Customer Service Centre located in Vienna and make a claim.

History of The Austrian Lotto

The first draw of the Austria Lotto, or Osterreichische Lotterien in German, was held in September 1986, only 3 months after the country formed an official lottery organization. Within a few months, the Austrian Lottery Toto Company offered five smaller lotteries, Letter Lottery, the Small Number Lottery, the Class Lottery and the SportToto, in addition to their flagship lottery, Austria Lotto.

The organization supervises nine lotteries and games, with Austria Lotto as the clear national favourite.

Between 42-43% of all money taken in by Austria Lotto is funneled directly back to the players in the form of prizes.

Comparison table for The Austrian Lotto

Top 5 biggest Austrian Lotto Winners:

Jackpot
Date
€11 million
Oct. 2011
€9.83 million
May 2008
€9.88 million
Jan. 2016
€9.5 million
Dec. 2014
€7.5 million
Oct. 2009

Facts:

Austria Lotto’s prizes don’t grow to mega-lottery levels – put offers relatively good odds.

Unlike other lotteries that have 180-day deadlines for claiming winnings, Austria Lotto prizes can be claimed up to 3 years from the date of the draw.

Proceeds from Austria Lotto ticket sales help fund a number of charities and other good causes.

Austria Lotto set a new jackpot record when it awarded a €14,926,157.30 prize to one lucky winner in November 2018.

Tips for playing The Austrian Lotto
Remember – there’s no real way to predict the set of winning numbers as drawings are completely random, but there are tried and tested ways to increase your chance to win. The probability that you will win the next draw is monumental – but it can still be tons of fun to try! Just a few thoughts before we get into it –

Previous results have no bearing on future ones.

The key to successful lotto number selection methods are playing the probabilities.

If you play a pattern that occurs only five percent of the time, you can expect that pattern to lose 95 percent of the time, giving you no chance to win 95 percent of the time. So, don't buck the probabilities.

Lottery numbers are randomly drawn. But randomly drawn numbers form patterns that can be tracked and used to your advantage.

But first of all – Four-leaf clovers! Are we right or are we right? Four-leaf clovers are an ancient Irish symbol of luck, faith, hope, and love. Another legend has them standing for fame, wealth, health and faithful love. Not a terrible idea having one in hand before we get started! We will pop in some fun strategies, bonus tips and Lucky Charms for good measure!

Play the Right Games

There is a selection of lottery games—and they each have different odds of winning.

Read the odds to ensure you're maximizing your chances of winning.

Pick up some scratch cards. Yes, they offer smaller prizes but higher chances of winning overall.

#Strategy 1:

Identifying Hot numbers, Cold numbers, Overdue Numbers

To use the hot, cold, overdue strategy, analyze the results of your chosen lottery – see which numbers have been drawn recently and which haven’t, at least 50 drawings is needed to get a decent sample size.

Hot numbers: Picked most frequently

Cold numbers: drawn less frequently overall.

Overdue numbers: are ones that have not shown up in recent weeks.

Some players claim that creating a set of winning numbers by mixing hot, cold, and overdue numbers gives players an edge.
Bonus Tip!
Look at a list of past winning numbers for Austrian Lotto, and you’ll see, more often than not, one or more of the number groups are not represented. For example, in the combination 5-14-17-32-38-46, there are no 20’s. Tracking and studying Number Groups can help you make a informed choice.

Don't Miss a Lottery Win!

One MegaMillions lottery ticket worth nearly $300,000 was never claimed!

Keep your ticket somewhere that is safe and easy to find

Make a note of the drawing date and time in your calendar

Check and Double-check the numbers against your ticket

Use a lottery app to keep track

#Strategy 2:

Pick Traditional Lucky Numbers

According to a poll run by mathematician Alex Bellos, seven is not surprisingly the most popular lucky number in the world.

Seven days of the week, seven wonders of the world, seven continents, seven seas, and the list goes on.

Other traditional lucky numbers include three (as in “good things come in threes”) and four.

Play Second-Chance Games (Where Possible)

Many lotteries offer second-chance drawings on non-winning tickets giving players a bonus chance to be a winner.
#Strategy 3:

Pick Traditional Lucky Numbers

Pick numbers that have a personal meaning to you. For example, birthdays, a wedding anniversary, or the birthdays of kids and/or grandkids. Apart from dates consider the number of kids you have or the house number of your childhood home – whatever feels lucky to you. Just a little note on this play, when it comes to picking lottery numbers, dates are just as popular and many people will play them. On the other hand, dates often show up among the most popular lottery numbers!
Bonus Tip!
Play a balanced game After you choose six numbers you want to play, add them together and make sure that the sum of the six numbers adds up to between 122 and 196. Sums that fall within that range will account for over 70 percent of all lottery jackpots won.

Take Steps to Secure Winning Lottery Tickets

Sign it! Your signature on the back of a lottery ticket can help you prove that it is indeed yours if it gets lost or stolen.
#Strategy 4:

Use Numerology to Pick Lucky Numbers

Horoscopes: Lucky Numbers for Today

If you’d like to find lucky numbers without having to play around with numbers yourself, your daily horoscope is a good place to turn.

Many horoscopes include predictions of which days will be lucky for you (and you can try playing the lottery on those days).

Choose Rarer Numbers

Picking certain numbers may offer you a slight advantage, not for your chances of winning, but for your payout.

If you win a lottery jackpot, there is a chance that you might have to split the payout with players who picked the same numbers, so you might as well try to select rarer numbers to improve your odds of keeping more of the payout for yourself.

#Strategy 5:

Lucky Number Generators

The simplest way to find lucky numbers to play is simply to use a generator. Lucky number generators use numerology, or perhaps simply randomness, to find numbers for you.

Bonus Tip!

In Lotto 6/52, on average, one lottery number will be a repeat hit from the last drawing 56 percent of the time.

Just a note About #LotteryStrategies

Finding and playing lucky numbers is based on fun more than facts.  Mathematically, every number has an equal chance of being chosen as a winner.

Remember that there are disadvantages to using traditional lucky numbers as lottery numbers: a lot of other players will be using them, too. That means that if these numbers do win, players chances of having to split the jackpot are high. 

Why the Austrian Lotto is so popular?

Not only does the Austrian Lotto offer players “top prize” payouts, but it has multiple ways and chances to win.  As previous results and jackpot payouts will show, the Austrian Lotto offers players of any income a chance to win and dream BIG! The Austria Lotto the most pay-outs throughout the prize categories, which makes it a solid choice nationwide and abroad.

The money spent on the Austrian Lotto brings money into the state, and also schools. It is also beneficial to the state’s economy since large pools are created from many small lottery ticket buyers. Also, state run lotteries provide funding which includes everything from education to health care.  Sponsoring has been an integral part of the corporate culture since their foundation in 1986.

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Odds of winning The Austrian Lotto

Thanks to the fact that the bonus number is also drawn from the same pool of 45 numbers, players have relatively favorable odds in comparison to lotteries that rely on two separate number pools for main and bonus numbers.

Numbers Matched
Odds of Winning
6
1 in 8,415,060
5+1
1 in 1,357,510
5
1 in 34,808
4+1
1 in 14,290
4
1 in 733
3+1
1 in 579
31 in 45
0+1
1 in 16

*Approximate Odds

Is the Austrian Lotto a Scam?

Absolutely not! The Austrian Lotto was launched in September 1986 and is still going strong over 34 years later. Unfortunately, fake wins with other institutions have become a regular occurrence – so here are a few tips to keep you and your money safe!

In a Press release, The Austrian Lotto has confirmed the following –

“The Austrian Lotteries and win2day never conducts telephone marketing, have never done so and will not do so in the future. No external companies are commissioned to do this on their behalf. If consumers are asked by telephone for data (especially bank details), these calls have nothing to do with The Austrian Lotto, even if the callers refer to the Austrian Lotteries or win2day. 

Urgent advice: Do not disclose any data and cancel the call.

We maintain that The Austrian Lotto have absolutely nothing to do with companies that sound confusingly similar, such as “EuroMillions”, “EuroMillionswin”, “Euro-millionlotto Entwicklungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH” or “Winner Austria GmbH”. The fraudulent organizations also do not stop using unauthorized company addresses, commercial register numbers and protected logos.

Invitations from syndicates: in a better mood!

Behind the invitation to participate in a lottery or EuroMillions through a syndicate is usually professional organizations with not as friendly intentions as the voice on the phone or the promising text on the website may suggests. It is often only after the contracts have been sent that the small print shows that more than half of the payment is used for administrative costs – that is, it is not used at all in the game.

In order to give the whole thing credibility, it is sometimes claimed to act on behalf of the Austrian Lotteries.  Hang up! The Austrian Lotteries do not actively call anyone, nor do they commission anyone to do so. If players want to try your luck, it is best advised to submit their tips themselves at the acceptance point, on win2day.at or via the lottery app.”

Did you receive a notification that you have won a prize in a lottery? Perhaps the Microsoft Lottery? If so, don’t get too enthusiastic as this is almost certainly a scam.  Players need to find the winning numbers in a newspaper, the internet, or on TV and compare them to their ticket. 

Win notices from foreign lotteries are even more suspicious. Not only do foreign lotteries have the same restriction as domestic lotteries, but it is also illegal to sell tickets for foreign lotteries across international borders.

Therefore, unless a player actually was in a foreign country and bought a lottery ticket, foreign lottery notifications are frauds.

Only buy tickets from authorized lottery retailers.

Offers to sell international lottery tickets by mail or online are usually illegal.

If you didn't buy a lottery ticket or participate in a second-chance lottery game, you didn't win no matter how convincing a text message may sound.

The lottery doesn't notify players when you win; players alone are responsible for checking your winning tickets.

Players are NEVER required to pay money up-front to receive a winning lottery prize.

lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check) explaining that “You have won!” a large sum of money in a lottery.

What to do:

If you receive a letter or email claiming that you won a prize for the Austrian Lotto but did not enter, it is strongly recommended that you:

Delete or destroy the letter or email immediately.

Do not open any link contained in a suspicious email.

Do not respond to, or contact, the sender.

Do not disclose any personal or financial information.

Do not send any money.

If you have already responded, break off contact with the fraudster immediately.

If you have provided personal or financial details, alert your bank immediately.

If you receive a suspicious email, or believe you have been the victim of internet fraud, report it to the police.

Clues to look for:

The email is sent from a free webmail address (e.g. @hotmail.com, @yahoo.com, @gmail etc.)

The letter or email starts with something vague like ‘Dear Winner’.

Scam letters are often on poor quality, photocopied letterhead (although some will include a genuine business address in an attempt to provide legitimacy).

Strict time limit to claim the ‘prize’. This is intended to put the potential victim under pressure and deter them from seeking advice or investigating the matter further.

Confidentiality is often demanded as a ‘condition of winning’. Again, this is to deter the recipient from seeking the advice of friends or family who may be more familiar with this type of scam.

Poor spelling, grammar and syntax are usually a good indication that the letter or email is a scam.

The biggest note to remember – It’s impossible to win a lottery without buying a ticket!

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Conclusion

The Austria Lotto may not be as big as other lotteries, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good on tap. Players are looking at a bi-weekly lottery games that offer simple mechanics, favorable odds, and a guaranteed €1.5 million minimum jackpot that has a chance to rollover. The best part, of course, is that all prizes are paid out in cash and are 100% tax-free at the source.  Austria Lotto donates billions of Euros to the Austrian Federal Sports Organization.

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