How Lottery Betting Works

Right – let's kick off with the biggest, most surprising thing about Lottoland.

We don't run any lotteries.  

"Wait, what?" – yep that's right. Although we do offer scratchcards and similar instant win games we don't run any lotteries, we don't draw any numbers and you don't actually play the lottery at Lottoland.

Instead you bet on it.

But, far from being a disadvantage, our lotto betting model allows us to do things that dedicated lottery providers can only dream of.

Like give you more lotteries than anyone else for one thing – and far bigger jackpots too!

Lotto Betting Differences
	Traditional Lottery	Lottoland
Participation Methods	Tickets and Online	Online only
Prizes Paid By	Lottery operator	Directly from Lottoland
Available Lotteries	Limited Number	Large Number
Range of Lotteries	Nationally Available	Over 30 International Lotteries
Jackpot Sizes	$44 million NZD	Current record over $2.1 billion
Double Jackpot	No	Yes

The Lottery Betting Model

One disadvantage, however, is that it's hard for us to draw analogies. Since what we're doing is unprecedented there's nowhere we can point at and say "we're like that."

The nearest thing we can point at is your local high street bookmaker. Although the the bulk of their trade comes from sports betting, most major bookies offer lottery bets nowadays as a side business.

But when you bet on the lottery with Lottoland there's a HUGE difference.

How huge of a difference? Well, our current jackpot record was $2.1 billion.

Yes, we said BILLION.

Whereas, although your local betting shop may offer tasty cash prizes for lottery bets, you'll never become a lottery millionaire at the bookies.

But with Lottoland you can. And we'll always pay out the full amount direct to you – whether it's a few dollars, a few hundred million dollars or even a billion dollars!  

Guaranteed Payouts

Lottoland is fully licensed to operate in New Zealand, and to maintain that license we must guarantee that we will always be able to pay out our winnings to players – however large those winnings may be.

To this end Lottoland has also appointed KPMG as the external auditor of their financial statements, one of the world's largest financial auditors. Our winnings, meanwhile, are fully backed by several of the world's leading insurance companies – the same companies who insure major corporations and financial institutions.

These insurers have agreed to take on the financial risk involved in huge lottery bets so that, even if you do go on to win a billion euro jackpot, such as we offered in January, the house can easily cover the bet and pay your winnings direct.

The World's Biggest Jackpots

All that's left to do is pick your numbers and place your bets in a bid to win one of the world's biggest lottery jackpots. We've got all the lottery heavyweights plus some great value lotteries with very favourable jackpot odds. You'll find them all in our lotteries section!