Facts about the German Lotto

The German Lotto is a popular lottery that is about fifty years old. Its operations are under the Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock (DLTB). The Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock (DLTB) is itself collaboration and a partnership that involves sixteen autonomous lottery companies that have operated throughout Germany.

Each of the members of the Lotteriegesellschaften is independent from each other in terms of operations. The presidency of the board controlling the German Lottery and Totoblock rotates among the various members every three years.

The German lottery has several games. The lottery players choose between Toto, Gluckspirale, Oddset, Keno and German Lotto. The“6 aus 49” German Lotto” is among the most popular and exciting game played in the German lottery.

The popularity of the “6 aus 49” German Lotto” is worldwide and the fact that it has been in existence for more than half the century is just one reason for this. The game came to the lottery scene in 1974 and the format for it has never changed to date.

It is in the list of the most biggest and lucrative of lotteries in Europe. The combination of prize money paid out can reach to up to 2.8 billion each year. The German lotto is considered to be the official face of the German lottery.

The German lotto employs the principle of “rollover”. This means that for every time the jackpot fails to be won the more the jackpot becomes bigger. The average value of the jackpot won on the German lotto is an impressive value of 5.24 Million Euros!

The German lotto is played using the double matrix method. This means that the winning number consists of six numbers that are drawn from a pool of numbers 1 to 49. In addition to this an extra number is chosen from a pool of numbers 1 to10.

The largest jackpot won in the German lotto is a staggering 43 million Euro that was won on December 2007. Players around the world can participate by playing German Lotto online.