How can I bet on Wednesday's $8.2M Irish Lotto?

Next draw: $8.2M on Wednesday, 6 Dec 2023 UTC

At Lottomart Games, you have the opportunity to bet on the outcome of Ireland’s Lotto which draws every Wednesday and Saturday at 8pm (GMT), from around the world. This is one of the many lottery games which we offer our customers the opportunity to bet on and that means that staggering jackpots, like the minimum €2m top prize for the Irish Lotto are available even if you’re not in Ireland!

The Irish Lotto is pretty easy to understand and follows the basic lotto format you’ll be very familiar with. There’s a minimum top prize of €2m available (international customers will receive the equivalent US Dollars amount) on every draw and if that’s not won, it rolls over! A line bet consists of 6 numbers from a single pool of 47 numbers, ranging from 1 to 47. You select 6 numbers which can be your own - birthdays, house numbers or maybe you’ve got a lucky number - or you can use quick pick to randomly select 6 numbers for you instead.

How does betting on a lottery differ from buying a ticket?

The way you play the game stays the same, so you’ll notice very little difference when betting on the Irish lotto at Lottomart Games. The only change is who pays out your winnings. If you manage to hit the big jackpot prize, then Lottomart Games will payout - you can find out more about betting on lottery here.

How do I check my Irish Lotto results?

We will make the results available to our international customers as soon as possible after the official draw has taken place. You can find the draw details by going to My Buys.

Most prizes will be automatically credited to your account shortly after the draw is settled so will be in your account within a few hours. Bigger wins in the top prize tiers may be subject to a few more verification checks and may take a little longer to be settled.

The draw history can be found here, so you can easily see what numbers are hot and what ones are not!

How do I increase my chances of winning the Irish Lotto?

Sounds too good to be true right? Well it isn’t at Lottomart Games as we’ve developed the exclusive boost features which allows you to increase your chances of winning a prize on any of the lotto draws we offer. The concept is pretty simple.

You’ve seen the Irish Lotto jackpot has climbed to a whopping US$64m and you want in on that action, but would you rather one shot at US$64m or 32 shots at two million? Well for worldwide lottery bettors, Lottomart Games is the only place which offers that choice. In exchange for reducing the size of the prizes available, we’ll offer you a proportionate increase in line bets. We wanted to give Lottomart Games players more chances to win massive prizes, that’s why we created boost. For more information on how it works, please go to the Boost section in our support pages, or just have a go on the easy to use boost feature when placing your lottery bet.

Irish Lotto Rules

Irish Lotto lets you bet on the outcome of the Ireland's Lotto. You select numbers in the same way as Lotto players and the result of your bet is decided by the underlying lottery draw held in Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Lotto draws Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 20:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), excluding Christmas. Draws coinciding with Christmas are rescheduled.

Summary

Draws Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 20:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Draws coinciding with Christmas are rescheduled
1 in 20.5 chance of winning a prize per line bet
Minimum jackpot is EUR €2 million or currency equivalent
8 ways to win
6 / 47 format with extra Bonus number
Advance purchase option normally available
Boost option normally available

How to play and win

To make a bet:

A line bet consists of 6 numbers from a single pool of 47 numbers from 1 to 47. You can choose your own numbers or use quick pick to have numbers selected for you.

Bet options:

You can:

Add line bets to your bet slip.
Bet upcoming draws with the future draws option, subject to availability.
Boost your line bets up to 32 times, subject to availability.

To win:

The objective is to match the numbers for each individual line bet to the numbers drawn in the underlying lottery draw.

6 main numbers are drawn and 1 separate Bonus number is drawn from the same number pool.
Matching all 6 main numbers in one line bet wins the jackpot.
If one of your numbers matches the Bonus number, you can win by also matching exactly 2, 3, 4, or 5 main numbers in the same line bet.
You can only win 1 prize (the highest matching prize tier) for each line bet.

See below for all matching combinations.

How to check your results

We will make results available as soon as possible after the underlying draw has taken place. You will find all draw details by going to My Buys.

Most prizes will be credited to your account immediately. Bigger wins in the top prize tiers may be subject to additional verification procedures. If you haven't heard from us directly, please check your bet ticket for more information and wait a few hours for your account to be credited.

Combinations & odds of winning

For prize values, see the prizes tab. Prize types are defined as follows:

Type A is a jackpot and means that the prize pool in this category will be divided by the total of all winning combinations by Lottomart players, players in the EU Lotto network, and players of the underlying lottery draw.
Type B is the same as Type A but is not a jackpot.
Type C means the prize awarded is independent of winners in the underlying draw and is not further adjusted by winning combinations by Lottomart players or players in the EU Lotto network.

Tier 1 (Jackpot)

Match 6 to win
Type A prize
1 in 10,737,573 odds of winning
Jackpot minimum is EUR €2 million or currency equivalent

Tier 2

Match 5 + Bonus to win
Type B prize
1 in 1,789,596 odds of winning

Tier 3

Match 5 to win
Type C prize
1 in 44,740 odds of winning

Tier 4

Match 4 + Bonus to win
Type C prize
1 in 17,896 odds of winning

Tier 5

Match 4 to win
Type C prize
1 in 918 odds of winning

Tier 6

Match 3 + Bonus to win
Type C prize
1 in 688 odds of winning

Tier 7

Match 3 to win
Type C prize
1 in 54 odds of winning

Tier 8

Match 2 + Bonus to win
Type C prize
1 in 72 odds of winning

Other options

We don't currently support Lotto Plus or Lotto Plus Raffle Draw.

General

All bets are subject to Lottomart's general Terms and Conditions. Please refer to them for more details.

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