SuperEnalotto
SuperEnalotto is a lottery that has been played in Italy since December 3, 1997 . The draws take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. The jackpots won are among the largest in the world and the chances of winning are among the lowest in the world.
history
Enalotto is a well-known Italian lottery that has been around since the 1950s. In 1997, Sport Italia Società a Responsabilità Limitata modified the Enalotto lottery to create SuperEnalotto.
By June 30, 2009, the six grand prize numbers were drawn from the first number drawn in the Lottomatica regional draw for the cities of Bari , Florence , Milan , Naples , Palermo and Rome (used in that order). The Venice drawing was used as the “Jolly” number. If a city's first number was previously used, the city's second drawing was used - and so on. In this system there was a small chance that the numbers of two cities would have been the same - in which case there would have been duplicate numbers and it would have been impossible to win the jackpot.
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Tickets cost one euro for a tip. Before February 2016 there were two tips for one euro.
The object of the game is to find 6 numbers out of 90. If a player matches all of them, he wins the jackpot. In addition to the jackpot, SuperEnalotto has five prize categories that players can win.
The “Jolly” number offers an additional chance for those who match 5 numbers. If they match the “Jolly” number too, they will win a higher “5 + 1” prize. The "Jolly" number only affects the second prize and not the jackpot.
At least two numbers must match to make a profit. The odds of winning for each category are as follows:
| Hit | opportunities |
|---|---|
| 6th | 1 in 622,614,630 |
| 5 + 1 | 1 in 103,769,105 |
| 5 | 1 in 1,250,230 |
| 4th | 1 in 11,907 |
| 3 | 1 in 327 |
| 2 | 1 in 21.51 |
The “SuperStar” number is an additional number that costs more to play. According to the old rules it was drawn from the National Lotto raffle in Rome (Ruota Nazionale), according to the new rules it is drawn in a separate raffle, regardless of the 6 main numbers and the “Jolly” number. This means that the “SuperStar” number can be the same as any other winning number. Matching allows the prize money to be increased by 100 times or a fixed amount to be paid, even if the player does not match any of the six main numbers.
For a national lottery offering millions in prizes, SuperEnalotto is the toughest game in the world when it comes to hitting the jackpot, measured against the odds mentioned above. The prize pool currently consists of 60% of sales; instead of 34.648% in the previous format.
SuperEnalotto jackpots grow very high because they have no cap and no jackpots expire. The lottery is also attractive to players as winnings are only taxed at 12% on more than 500 euros, withholding tax at the time of payment and jackpot winners have the option of a lump sum payment or an annuity.
At the beginning, the minimum cost (for two tips) was 1600 lire and increased to 1900 lire when the euro was introduced in 2002. The current price, one euro, corresponds to 1936.27 lire.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old rules of SuperEnalotto (Italian) ( Memento from March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Superstar Winning Divisions - Scored Prizes (English)
- ↑ Taxation of SuperenaLotto winnings