Currently, Tattersall's and the state-owned lotteries operate as a bloc to jointly conduct the national games, pooling their entries and winnings.
Tattslotto, which was the first of its type in Australia, was originally based on the European style 6-from-49 lotteries, where six numbers are selected from 40 in a standard game.
From Draw 413, on 6 July 1985, the current standard game format, six from 45, was introduced to increase the chances at winning a prize.
If there is no division 1 winner in Tattslotto it jackpots to at least $8 million, but this rarely happens; the most recent occurrence as of August 2020[update] was in April 2020.
However, starting 18 October 2005, a seventh main number began to be drawn, greatly lengthening the odds of winning Division 1 (close, but not longer, than that of Powerball).
This business model enables Australian players to play to win from the draws of overseas lotteries.
Three USA Power Lotto draws are held each week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, AEST.
European Millions Superdraw are a regular event, usually taking place approximately 3 times each year.
For an additional cost players have the chance to play a La Primitiva side game called The Joker.
Games of keno are run by The Lottery Corporation in NSW, QLD, Victoria, ACT and South Australia.
The Lottery Corporation runs Keno draws through their casinos in New South Wales and Queensland, and also other gaming venues in these states and in Victoria.
Both games also have a high/low option called Heads or Tails?, which pre-date and are played identically to the current "Coin Toss" feature in SA Lotteries' Keno.
Tatts Chief Executive Robbie Cook told the Sydney Morning Herald[16] at the time that "it's everyday dreaming.
He also told the publication that the game was specifically aimed at, and designed for, a younger audience, primarily those aged between 20 and 40.
Trackside has twelve runners in different racing modes: Thoroughbreds, Harness, Hurdles and Greyhounds.
The former logo featured a cartoon horse and the name TRACKSIDE written in the Ad Lib (typeface) font.
Trackside results can also be viewed on SKYtext teletext channels 698 and 699, however this can seemingly only be viewed inside TAB venues, along with the other SKYtext racing results (previously, Seven Network used to host teletext, but cancelled the service on 30 September 2009, leaving only channel 801 open for closed captions).
It is drawn daily and the numbers telecast on Channel Seven in Perth, and on GWN in regional Western Australia.
In this type of game, a set number of tickets – typically in the low six figures – are offered for sale in each draw.
Draws are conducted soon after all tickets are sold at the NSW Lotteries offices, and prizes can be claimed the day after; summaries are often printed in major newspapers.
Games of SA Lotto cost 30 cents plus agent's commission, and offered a $400,000 guaranteed minimum prize for Division One.
The First Division pool was last increased, from $300,000 to $400,000, in November 2003, at the same time as the re-introduction of a mid-week draw on Wednesdays, which had previously been replaced by Powerball.
The name of the game dates back to the first Queensland draw lotteries – with cash prizes originally prohibited by law, the first prize was awarded as a casket of gold valued at a certain amount, which was then immediately bought back from winners for its cash value.
Although known officially in rules and Intralot's licence as TV Bingo,[27] the draw is currently broadcast live on radio, through 3AW.
The original game had a Spot 10/Match 10 prize of $400,000, and a "bonus" wager offered a jackpot which increased this to a minimum of $1 million.
Rather than being drawn at random, the winning numbers were selected based on the results of association football matches, either in Australia (typically state leagues) or the northern hemisphere depending on the time of year.
Where less than 38 matches in total were played, or in the unlikely event where fewer than seven results were declared, state rules varied.
Instants come in many varieties, usually at $1.10, $2, $4, $5, $10, $15 and $20 price levels and include: Although games are often shared between lottery companies, scratchies purchased in one Australian state are not often exchangeable in another.
[34] A Superdraw is the term given to a Saturday Lotto draw with a much larger guaranteed jackpot pool than usual.
Organizations such as the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Heart Foundation use the funds raised to research solutions for modern illnesses.