How South Africans can bet on global lottos
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SPONSORED - More and more people are starting to bet on the lottery online rather than in person. A lot has changed in the world over the past few years and, increasingly, the convenience of interacting and transacting on the world wide web is becoming the preference of many.
The popularity of playing the lottery online is on the up as well. While there are still plenty of citizens in South Africa who prefer the experience and feel of buying an actual ticket at a physical outlet, there are just as many - if not more - who are happier with the virtual versions. Companies such as Lottoland South Africa make it relatively easy and straightforward to enter local and international lotteries online. Among their offering are global favourites like the German Lotto, French Lotto, Irish Lotto and more. Those are some of the European editions, but further afield there's also the Mega Millions and US Powerball.
The French Lotto is a good example of a lottery that happens three times per week. The draw takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, giving those who enter a chance to win at the start, in the middle and toward the end of the week.
The Mega Millions is a fine example of an international lottery that has billions rather than millions on the line. If you bet on the outcome of the Mega Millions and win, the rand to dollar exchange rate should effectively see the jackpot prize multiply those millions of US dollars into billions of ZAR.
In terms of which lottery is the easiest to win, there are no guarantees, but there are jackpot and minimum prize odds that could point your choices in one direction or another. Take, for instance, the Irish Lotto, which has odds of about one in 11 million of winning the main prize. There is also the Polish Lotto, which weighs in around one in 14 million in the same category - and the French Lotto at one in 19 million.
Out of interest, you might want to know - for comparison - that the chances of winning the SA Powerball jackpot are approximately one in 42 million and the SA Lotto one in 21 million.
The Austrian Lotto, Brazil's Quina lottery and German Lotto are among the lotteries with some of the best odds of winning any prize. In this lowest of low tiers, the Austrian lotto is at around one in 16, while the Quina is at about one in 36 - and the German Lotto one in 63.
For the most part, all these countries' time zones are about one or two hours out from what the time is in South Africa. The draws happen in the evening and the results can be checked there and then. For the Powerball and Mega Millions in the US, well, those time zones go into the wee hours of the South African morning. But you don't have to stay up late or wake up early to check. You can simply do so at your convenience online.
Players must be 18 years or older.
