Western Australian Current Regulations

LOTTERIES COMMISSION (AUTHORISED LOTTERIES) RULES 2016 - SCHEDULE 6

[r. 4 and 101]

        [Heading amended: Gazette 4 Oct 2017 p. 5148.]

Division 1  — Calculating the total cost of entry

The unit cost of entering a Saturday Lotto draw is made up of a subscription of 75 cents per game and an agent’s component.

The agent’s component is calculated as 12% of the total subscription amount for a particular week’s entry, rounded* (where necessary) to the nearest 5 cent multiple.

where —

G         No. of games entered in a draw;

W         No. of weeks the entry spans;

T         Total agent’s component cost payable by the subscriber.

* Rounding is calculated using the method known as “bankers rounding” or “round‑to‑even” rounding.

        [Division 1 amended: Gazette 12 Nov 2019 p. 4020; 8 Sep 2020 p. 2852; 3 Nov 2023 p. 3608.]

Division 2  — System entries and game equivalents

Saturday Lotto
System	No. of games per game board
4	820
5	40
7	7
8	28
9	84
10	210
11	462
12	924
13	1 716
14	3 003
15	5 005
16	8 008
17	12 376
18	18 564
19	27 132
20	38 760

Division 3  — Summary of parameters within which Saturday Lotto is conducted

Unit cost for a Saturday Lotto draw	$0.75 (+ a 12% agent’s component)
Prize fund — % of subscriptions	60.0%
Prize pool — % of subscriptions	no less than 55.0%
Prize reserve fund — % of subscriptions	balance of prize fund after prize pool (up to 5.0%)
Number of divisions	6
Winning numbers drawn	6
Supplementary numbers drawn	2
Forecast range	1 to 45 inclusive
Odds of winning — division 1 division 2 division 3 division 4 division 5 division 6	1 in 8 145 060 1 in 678 755 1 in 36 690 1 in 733 1 in 298 1 in 52
Systems range	4‑5/7‑20 inclusive
Multiweek options ( if available )	Up to 10 weeks
Advance sales (maximum) ( if available )	10 weeks
Games per playslip (minimum)	4
System entries per playslip (maximum)	18 ( subject to maximum aggregate entry cost )
Games per playslip (maximum)	18
Games per oral request ( if available )	4 to 50
Syndicate entries may be purchased ( if available )	(see Part 2 Division 3)
System entries per oral request ( if available )	Up to 50
Prize payout period	see rule 3 the definition of payout period
Maximum aggregate entry cost	$100 000

        [Division 3 amended: Gazette 4 Oct 2017 p. 5148; 12 Nov 2019 p. 4020; SL 2020/52 r. 6; 8 Sep 2020 p. 2852; 3 Nov 2023 p. 3608.]