Lotteries Commission (Authorised Lotteries) Rules 2016
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Schedule 6 — Saturday Lotto
[r. 4 and 101]
[Heading amended: Gazette 4 Oct 2017 p. 5148.]
(a) The unit cost of entering a Saturday Lotto draw is made up of a subscription of $0.85 cents per game and an agent’s component.
The agent’s component is calculated as 12% of the total subscription amount for a particular week’s entry, rounded* (where necessary) to the nearest 5 cent multiple.
T Total agent’s component cost payable by the subscriber. *
Rounding is calculated using the method known as “bankers rounding” or “round-to-even” rounding.
[Division 1 inserted: Gazette 15 Apr 2025 p. 459.]
| Saturday Lotto | | | 4 | 820 | | 5 | 40 | | 7 | 7 | | 8 | 28 | | 9 | 84 | | 10 | 210 | | 11 | 462 | | 12 | 924 | | 14 | 3 003 | | 15 | 5 005 | | 16 | 8 008 | | 17 | 12 376 | | 18 | 18 564 | | 19 | 27 132 | | 20 | 38 760 |
Division 3 — Summary of parameters within which Saturday Lotto is conducted
- Unit cost for a Saturday Lotto draw $0.85 (+ a 12% agent’s component)
- Prize fund — % of subscriptions 60.0%
- Prize pool — % of subscriptions no less than 55.0%
- Prize reserve fund — % of subscriptions balance of prize fund after prize pool (up to 5.0%)
- Number of divisions 6
- Winning numbers drawn 6
- Supplementary numbers drawn 2
- Forecast range 1 to 45 inclusive
- Odds of winning —division 1division 2division 3division 4division 5division 6 1 in 8 145 0601 in 678 7551 in 36 6901 in 7331 in 2981 in 52
- Systems range 4‑5/7‑20 inclusive
- Multiweek options (if available) Up to 10 weeks
- Advance sales (maximum) (if available) 10 weeks
- Games per playslip (minimum) 4
- System entries per playslip (maximum) 18 (subject to maximum aggregate entry cost)
- Games per playslip (maximum) 18
- Games per oral request (if available) 4 to 50
- Syndicate entries may be purchased (if available) (see Part 2 Division 3)
- System entries per oral request (if available) Up to 50
- Prize payout period see rule 3 the definition of payout period
- Maximum aggregate entry cost $100 000
[Division 3 amended: Gazette 4 Oct 2017 p. 5148; 12 Nov 2019 p. 4020; SL 2020/52 r. 6; Gazette 8 Sep 2020 p. 2852; 3 Nov 2023 p. 3608; 15 Apr 2025 p. 459.]