Frequently asked questions

Yes. An Australian lottery prize is a windfall, not income, so the prize itself is not taxed. What it earns afterwards is: interest, dividends and capital gains on the money are taxed like any other investment income. Our guide to tax on lottery winnings walks through what that means in the first year.

Yes, today, by the same route as before: an Australian lottery run by a Northern Territory licensed operator, matched to the overseas draw. That changes on 1 January 2027, when Schedule 4 of the ban commences with no transition. What happens to money already in an account, and why the government’s own review recommended more research rather than a ban, are covered in our article on the foreign-matched lottery ban.

No. A prize home is a windfall, not income, so the prize itself is not taxed. What it earns afterwards is, and so is any gain if you sell it later, which is covered in full in our guide to winning a charity prize home. Not every operator handles transfer costs and cash alternatives the same way, and our charity lotteries page lists what each one’s current terms say.

Division 1 is 1 in 62,891,499. That is one line matching all seven main numbers from 47. Every division, and the far shorter odds on Saturday Lotto and Weekday Windfall, are on our Odds page.

Division 1 is 1 in 134,490,400: seven main numbers from 35, plus the Powerball from a separate barrel of 20. There are 134,490,400 possible combinations, so one game gives you one of them.

Seven main numbers from 1 to 47 win Division 1. Three supplementary numbers are also drawn, from the same barrel, and your ticket is checked against them automatically, so there is nothing extra to pick.

In Powerball, yes: two main numbers plus the Powerball wins Division 9, the smallest prize in the game. In Oz Lotto you need three main numbers plus at least one supplementary, and in Saturday Lotto and Weekday Windfall you need three. So two main numbers on their own never win anything in any of the four; two plus the Powerball do.

Check with the official operator, not with us. The Lott's own checker is tied to your actual ticket, so it knows what you bought and we do not, and its answer is the one that pays. We publish every draw result on our Australian results and international results pages if you want to read the numbers yourself, but a result page cannot tell you whether your ticket won a division, and this site will never be the thing that tells you that.

No. Lottery draws are independent random events, the balls have no memory of past draws. A number that has come up often historically is no more or less likely to be drawn next time than one that hasn't. The hot/cold modes exist for fun and pattern-spotting, not because they change what the next draw does.

The ten most drawn, counting main numbers and supplementaries together:

• 21, drawn 63 times;
• 47, drawn 61 times;
• 24, drawn 59 times;
• 28, drawn 59 times;
• 30, drawn 58 times;
• 33, drawn 58 times;
• 3, drawn 57 times;
• 4, drawn 55 times;
• 17, drawn 54 times;
• 39, drawn 54 times.

That covers every draw since the current format began in May 2022, 231 in all. An even spread would give each number about 49, and the gap between the most and least drawn is 47 per cent of that, which is the ordinary amount of room 231 draws leave. The full ranked grid is on our Oz Lotto page.

Two barrels, so two answers. The ten most drawn main numbers:

• 9, drawn 103 times;
• 17, drawn 102 times;
• 7, drawn 101 times;
• 11, drawn 101 times;
• 14, drawn 95 times;
• 18, drawn 95 times;
• 30, drawn 95 times;
• 32, drawn 95 times;
• 3, drawn 94 times;
• 19, drawn 94 times.

And the five most drawn from the Powerball barrel itself, which is the one actually called the Powerball:

• 2, drawn 31 times;
• 4, drawn 27 times;
• 6, drawn 27 times;
• 10, drawn 27 times;
• 11, drawn 26 times.

That covers every draw since the current format began in April 2018, 444 in all. An even spread would give each main number about 89 and each Powerball about 22, and the gaps are 37 and 81 per cent of those, which is what randomness produces over 444 draws rather than a pattern. The full ranked grids are on our Powerball page.

Yes, and there are four ways to run it. She’ll Be Right is pure random: every number has the same chance, which is the honest default. Straight Down the Line also keeps every number equally likely, and steers only the overall odd and even, high and low mix toward what a typical draw looks like. Scorcher and Brass Monkeys weight the pick toward numbers that have run hot or cold across the last 90 draws, and wrap the result in a common or a rare shape. None of the four changes what the next draw does. Weighting a pick changes which numbers you hold, not their chance of coming up.

Every Australian draw we hold is on our Australian results page, with the international draws on their own page. Both are read-only records of what came up; they cannot tell you whether your ticket won.

The operator publishes a result shortly after each draw and our stored data follows within hours, so it can briefly lag. Always confirm the latest numbers with the official operator before relying on them.

No. This is an independent, unofficial site with no affiliation, endorsement or sponsorship from any lottery operator. Game names like Powerball and Oz Lotto are their operators' trade marks, used here to say which game each tool is for. Buy tickets and confirm results directly with the official operator.

No. We don't sell tickets, run draws, hold prize pools, or process payments. Every tool here is for picking numbers, reading published draw results, or playing free arcade games for fun. Any actual ticket purchase happens directly between you and the official licensed operator.

Yes, entirely free, with no account required. Nothing here will ever cost you money to use.

The Arcade is a set of free daily word, number and logic games, plus a novelty section called the Milk Bar that runs on a play-money currency called razoos. Razoos can't be bought, sold, or cashed out and are worth nothing, there's no prize of money or money's worth, so it isn't gambling.

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