Lotto is the oldest and most popular lottery game in Poland, located in Central Europe. Lotto results are published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 22:00 CET. The ticket cost is 3 zł which is about $1. First lottery draw occured in 1976 on 31 March, under the different name "Express Lotto".
How to play Polish Lotto?
Poland Lotto is offered in every place in the country and on the internet. It generates the biggest national jackpots.
- Choose 6 balls from 1-49 possible.
- Pay $1 for the ticket or $1.5 if you've chosen to play additional Lotto Plus draw (same principles, smaller and fixed prizes, no jackpots).
- You can choose numbers randomly with quick pick option, using lottery terminal.
- Drawings take place in Warsaw and are organized by a TVP studio.
- Drawing time is 9.40 p.m. Central Earopean Time, three times a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
- The chance to win a jackpot is about 1 to 13,983,816.
Lotto Plus option
Every user playing Lotto is eglible to play Plus option. This is second chance draw and is cheaper than main draw ticket. Prizes of Lotto Plus are fixed, there is no rollover mechanism to build big jackpots. You can win maximum amount of 1 million zlotys in addition to main prize.
Poland Lotto prizes & odds
There is only one fixed prize for matching three of six numbers. Minimum Jackpot prize is PLN 3 million. Other prizes dividends vary depending on ticket sales. Estimates are given in the table below. Source: Wyniki Lotto NET
| Match | Prize | Odds |
| 6/6 | Jackpot | 1: 13,983,816 |
| 5/6 | about 5,000 zł | 1 : 54,201 |
| 4/6 | about 300 zł | 1 : 1,032 |
| 3/6 | 24 zł | 1 : 57 |
History of biggest jackpots
The biggest ever jackpot happened few years ago and was about 60 million zlotys. Few people shared this prizes. Biggest single prizes are listed below.
- 16th March 2017 - PLN 36.7 million won in Skrzyszow.
- 22nd August 2015 - PLN 35.2 million won in Ziebice.
- 9th February 2012 - PLN 33.8 million won in Gdynia.
Totalizator Sportowy - owner of the Poland Lotto brand statistics and informations
Totalizator Sportowy is one of the biggest and well-known companies in the Poland. It has been producing the draw-based games for longer than 60 years now. Polish players can use the broad network of more than 16,000 retail outlets. Since late 2018 players can play online. The company paid more than PLN 2.5 billion to polish players in prizes (2017). In 2017 almost 18% of the total turnover of Totalizator Sportowy went to special funds that support sports, cultural, and healthcare projects.
Lottery address:
Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z o.o.
ul. Targowa 25
03-728 Warszawa
Poland
Telephone: +48 22 518 22 00
Website: www.totalizator.pl
Chief Executive Officer: Olgierd Cieślik (Mr.)
Telephone: +48 22 518 22 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Lottery type: Public entity
Year established: 1955
Facebook: www.facebook.com/markaLOTTO
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/TotalizatorSportowy
Total product sales in 2017: $1,492,497,603