The Odds of Winning German Lotto
German Lotto is currently the biggest and most popular national lottery game in Germany. Winning the jackpot prize by perfectly matching 6 numbers plus the Super Ball is quite a slim chance that only a few can have. Many people are attracted to join lottery games in the hope of a better life. With the huge amount of prize at stake, everyone is surely drawn to spend their last Euros to get even the smallest of the tier prizes. With the thick number of combinations calculated in winning the jackpot and the tier prizes, one may consider the probability of winning is possible but not very positive. Why? Here are the facts.
To win the jackpot prize of German Lotto, one has to get the perfect winning numbers and the super ball. This actually happens with the odds of 1 in 139,838,160. That’s a super bunch of combinations to get the exact match. But anyways, there are lower tier prizes where everyone has more chances of winning. If all 6 numbers match except for the super ball, the ticket can still win a 1 big prize with the odds of 1 in 15, 537, 573. Matching 5 numbers plus the bonus ball (that is drawn separately) has the odds of 1 in 2,330,636. As the tier prizes go down, the odds of winning also gets more achievable. For matching just 5 numbers there is the odds of 1 in 55, 491. Matching 4 numbers plus the bonus ball is 1 in 22,197; matching 4 numbers is 1 in 1,083; matching 3numbers plus the bonus ball is 1 in 812 and; matching 3 numbers alone is 1 in 61.
