…By Solomon Thomas for TDPel Media.
Today’s South Africa Lotto, Lotto Plus 1, 2 Results for Today Saturday 20 May 2023!
Results
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When do lottery ticket sales close?
If you are buying your tickets from an existing Lottery outlet, they close at 20:30 on the day of a draw.
The terms and conditions for other lotto services vary – please read them when you sign up for these services.
What does a Lotto ticket cost?
A single LOTTO play will cost you R5.00 vat incl. A single cost of LOTTO PLUS 1 will be R2.50 and a single cost of LOTTO PLUS 2 will be R2.50 vat incl. But be aware if you use any of the online services, there might be an additional charge. Always check the terms and conditions.
Tips on How to Win the Lottery
Here are eight useful suggestions for increasing your lottery winnings chances
Buy more tickets. But you’ll spend more money and you may still not win any of them. But at least 10 chances of winning is obviously greater than just 1 chance by 10. And what you can be certain of is that if any of them wins, you’ll recover your money back.
Form a lottery syndicate or group where you all play as one. This means you get more tickets and lottery numbers which will result to a higher chances of winning.
Imagine having a group of 100 people who buy 10 tickets each, that’s 1000 tickets, 1000 chances of winning. BUT becareful with this idea, as people are not trust worthy.
The eventual winner of the lottery may betray all of you. So only join groups with people you can trust with your life. And also if you win, don’t betray others.
Don’t choose consecutive numbers. For example, suppose you’re playing a lottery with five winning numbers and you have till number 55 to choose from. The total number must be between 104 and 176. According to studies, approximately 70% of lottery winnings fall into this category.
Don’t choose a number that falls in the same number group or ending with a similar digit. Although, there is a possibility that you may win, but the probability is very low.
Look for more unpopular games played at odd times. Don’t go for lottery games that always have a winner try to explore other unpopular games.
Most likely, people will all go to that lottery game, so your chance of winning is lesser. Go to the less popular, with lesser game player, so your odd of winning is higher.
Some people tend to play lotto based from the numbers of their birthday, or the birthday of a family member. If this happens, you will usually get more numbers from 1 to 31, as this corresponds to the days in the calendar method.
If you choose numbers above 31, this may not increase your chance of winning but it can boost your probability of not sharing the prize with anyone.
Keep in mind that every number in the lottery has an equal probability of being chosen as the winning number. There is no software that could predict the exact winning number. But you can increase your chance of not splitting the jackpot price if you use the not so common number.
Play the right games. There are many kinds of lottery games that you could play. If you join the national lottery draw, there is much broader number pool as compared with a local or state lottery. In a local lottery, the odd of winning is high compared with a nationwide lottery.