What are the odds of winning the South African National Lottery?
The South African National Lottery is a game of chance whereby people buy tickets with numbers on them in the hope of winning a prize. The lottery is drawn every Wednesday and Saturday and the jackpot starts at R2 million (approximately US$137,000). The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 13,983,816.
The odds of winning any of the prizes are as follows:
- 1 in 3 for the 3rd prize
- 1 in 9 for the 4th prize
- 1 in 143 for the 5th prize
- 1 in 1,944 for the 6th prize
- 1 in 24,107 for the 7th prize
- 1 in 1,332,639 for the 8th prize
- 1 in 9,813,129 for the 9th prize
- 1 in 34,823,180 for the 10th prize
The odds of winning the jackpot are therefore 1 in 13,983,816.
Category: Lottery.
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