One of the oldest lotteries that has ever existed is the German Lottery. Also known as the German Lotto, these games are managed and run by DLTB or the Deustsher Lotto-und Totoblock.
The company reprsents all the independent 16 national lotteries that operate under a collaborative partnership within the German states. The partnership si called the Lotteriegeselchaften. Every member of the collaboration has an independent function.
Each of the independent 16 national lottery companies alternate every 3 years in operating the DLTB including the roles of president and chairmanship of the partnership.
There are various games offered by the German Lottery. Players can choose from Toto, Oddset, Keno, Gluckspirale and German Lotto.
The most popular among all these games is the “6 aus 49” German Lotto. Its popularity has spread all over the world not just because it has been around for almost half a century. The game was introduced in 1974 and the mechanics of how it is played has not changed since. It is also among the biggest and most lucrative games among the European lot with payouts to its winners as huge as 2.8 billion Euros each year.
Considered as the flagship game of the German National Lottery, the German Lotto is a combination of draw style, lotto jackpot and roll over game. In a roll over jackpot, the value of the jackpot payout increases its value each time there is a draw without a winner. The average jackpot grand prize of the German Lotto is 5.24 Million euros!
The draw for this prestigious German Lotto is held twice a week every Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The game is quite simple to play using the double matrix method. The double matrix is made of 6 numbers from 1 to 49 and 1 number from 1 to 10. A player should choose 6 numbers from the 49 with an additional extra number from 1 to 10.
During the draw, the first 6 main numbers will be drawn. Afterwards, the extra number from 1 to 10 will be drawn. This extra number is what they call the Super Number. The Super Number is used in drawing the category for top jackpot prize together with additional prize categories of 3, 5 and 7. To become the jackpot prize winner of the German Lottery, the player should match the 6 main numbers plus the Super Number.
Before the inception of the internet, this German Lotto was limited only to German residents who must be at least 18 years old in order to be qualified to play. Today, you can simply purchase your tickets online with a reputable online lottery ticketing service regardless of your location. There are several opportunities to win in the German Lotto. With very good odds, 8 various ways to win there is a guaranteed winner in every draw. The odds in winning the German Lotto top jackpot prize is around 1 in 139.83 million.
Currently the largest German Lotto jackpot prize ever won is a staggering Є43 million which was awarded on December 2007. The winning ticket was a free give away of a national newspaper. Second only to this record breaking jackpot was the Є37.6 million awarded in 2006.
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