One of the biggest lottery games in Italy is the SuperEnalotto, which can be thought of as Italy’s answer to the Power Ball game that is played in the USA. Enalotto has been around for over half a century, and the modern SuperEnalotto game has been operated by Sisal since 1996.
SuperEnalotto is played every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Players choose six numbers from 1 to 90. Players can also choose to play a “SuperStar” – not exactly a bonus ball but one that can help them to achieve a consolation prize should they miss out on the jackpot. Players who do not want to choose their own numbers can pick up a play card which already has numbers selected on it.
Unlike many other lotteries why have a dedicated drawing of numbers, the six winning numbers in the SuperEnalotto are the first numbers drawn from the lottery games played in six Italian cities. In alphabetical order these are: Bari, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo and Rome.
There are five prize divisions in the SuperEnalotto game, and details of how to win each one are presented in the table below, along with the odds of you succeeding:
DIVISION |
HOW TO WIN |
ODDS OF WINNING |
1 – Jackpot |
Match 6 numbers |
1 in 622,614,630 |
2 |
Match 5 numbers + SuperStar |
1 in 103,769,105 |
3 |
Match 5 numbers |
1 in 1,235,346 |
4 |
Match 4 numbers |
1 in 11,907 |
5 |
Match 3 numbers |
1 in 327 |
There have been some notable wins in the history of SuperEnalotto. In April 1998 a syndicate of 100 players – effectively en entire village – won €32.7 million between them. In August 2003 an individual won just over twice that amount when they scooped €65.9 million. That record win was held until May 2005 when a group of ten SuperEnalotto players won €72 million.