The lottery is a well known for years and now has been top of the charts with popularity. Players from around the world purchase online tickets from inbound and outbound websites. Canadian players are included in that statement and have a wealth of lottery-style games available to them.
Loads of Lottery Games Available to Canadian Players
There are 3 national Canadian lottery games and these include the Lotto 649, the Lotto Max and the Daily Grand.
A ticket for the Lotto 649 costs a minimum of $3 per ticket and has a progressive jackpot that starts at $5 million and increases every time that the lotto isn’t won. The game is played on a Wednesday and a Saturday. The name ‘649’ refers to the amount of numbers you need to select which is 6, which you will select from a range of numbers between 1 and 49.
With online lotto Max you get 3 rows of numbers that cost $5 per ticket. The jackpot is quite a bit higher in this game and started at $10 million and will increase every week every time there is no winner, it will increase to a maximum of $60 million.
There are other local area specific games to take into account some of which include Atlantic 49, Quebec Astro, Ontario Encore, Western Extra, BC 49 and loads more.
Canadian players aren’t limited to playing their local and/or national lottery games; they also have the opportunity to take part in various other international lottery games including Euro Millions, Powerball, Mega Millions, NY Lotto, Irish Lotto, and UK National Lottery amongst others.
How to Play Online Lottery in Canada
All online lottery games are played in just about the same way. The idea is to select a set amount of numbers and hope that the lucky draw predicts those numbers in order for you to win the jackpot.
Some online lottery games do vary in rules and regulations and sometimes require different sets of numbers to be selected. Most online lottery games, be it in Canada or elsewhere, generally require players to select 6 numbers per line. You can decide whether you want to choose those numbers yourself or you can opt for the quick pick options which allows the game to randomly select numbers on your behalf.
Some people believe that random numbers selected by the random number generators have better odds in winning but there is no research that proves that theory, it really is just a numbers game based on a whole lot of luck.
Online Lottery Safety and Security
To purchase a lottery ticket online is fast, safe and secure. Ticket concierge sites will require you to register an online account in order to link your preferred method of payment to pay for your tickets. There is a range of trusted payment methods for you to choose from.
Once you’ve purchased a ticket a record of that ticket will be stored online and connected to your details, this safe keeps your ticket/s to eliminate the possibility of losing it.