Not all lottery prizes are large (there are a number of divisions) but the larger the prize, the less your chances of winning.

Winning Division 1 of Powerball ™ (7 winning numbers + the Powerball) has odds of 1 in 134,490,400.

Winning Division 1 of TattsLotto ™ (6 winning numbers, one standard game) has odds of 1 in 8,145,060.

Winning Division 1 of Oz Lotto ™ ( 7 winning numbers, based on one standard game) has odds of 1 in 45,379,620.

Odds for lotteries vary according to the type of lottery played - with Division 1 referring to the top prize (or Jackpot) in a lottery draw. If you buy a lottery ticket you are participating in a game of chance. Looking for more information? You can access a Player Information Booklet from the Gaming Technologies Association here This video from Aristocrat Technologies explains how a bet on a gaming machine works: The chance of winning a prize on each and every individual line of a gaming machine is around 1 in 10, but the prize won is more likely to be a small prize of two credits than any other return. In other words, the chance of no prize on an individual line is around 9 in 10.

In general, the larger the jackpot or prize, the smaller the chance (or odds) of winning it.įor example, the odds of winning the top prize on a 'Black Rhino' gaming machine (5 Black Rhinos at $1 bet per line) are 1 in 9,765,625.* The odds of winning a jackpot or other prize on a gaming machine can vary. The RNG produces an entirely random result - for each and every spin.Įvery spin is entirely independent of spins that have gone before (or spins that may come after) and there is no way of playing any machine that can influence the RNG in any way. The outcome of each and every spin on a gaming machine is determined by software known as a ‘Random Number Generator’ (RNG). Gaming Machines (Poker Machines, 'Pokies')

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