When the first German Lotto 6aus49 draw was held on 9 October 1955, lottery officials would never have guessed that their national game would turn into one of the most popular lotteries in the entire world.

This lottery in Germany is operated by Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock which is a conglomeration of 16 regional lottery operators in the country. Every lottery will take a turn running the group and every three years a new leader will take over to ensure fair and just operations.

Much like the American favourites, the German lottery game has a similar playing structure.

To buy your ticket online you’ll need to pick 6 numbers between 1 and 49 AND 1 Superzahl between 0 and 9. Much like the power ball in Powerball, the Superzahl is the super number in this German game.

When you play German Lotto 6aus49 on Lotto247, all players have the option to try their luck by picking their own numbers or they can enter by using our random number generator.

When you play the German Lotto, every number sequence has the same odds of winning so it’s important to increase your chances of cashing in the grand prize each time you play by using your own lottery hacks and tricks.

To win the jackpot prize, players will need to match all 6 winning numbers plus the lucky Superzahl.

Lotto247 tip: one statistically proven way to increase your chances of winning a jackpot is by purchasing more entries into the same draw. 1 entry = 1 chance so the more you buy the more chances you have. Remember to always use different numbers with each entry!

Originally, prizes could only be won once a week during the Saturday draw but since 1982, a Wednesday drawing was introduced as well.

When you play German Lotto 6aus49 on Lotto247, you can win sought-after prizes twice a week every Wednesday and Saturday plus, you can enter more than one draw at a time. This way our players can rest assured that they won’t have to worry about forgetting to enter and missing out on their chance to become an overnight multimillionaire.

This popular game has set minimum jackpot amounts so if a lucky player wins the grand prize, the next starting jackpot will still turn the winner into a multimillionaire.

The Wednesday starting jackpot is set at €1 million while the Saturday draw is set at a minimum jackpot prize of €3 million.

German Lotto 6aus49 currently has a jackpot cap of €45 million so the grand prize can roll over until it hits its highest amount. Once the cap is reached, the jackpot will become a Must Be Won jackpot where the prize MUST be won or divided. If no player manages to hit the jackpot then the entire jackpot amount is divided between the winners in the lower prize tiers.

When German Lotto reached 37.7 million Euros on 7 October 2006, players around the world sat up and took note. On the night of the draw, only one lucky player matched all the winning numbers and won the jackpot prize all for themselves!

Nearly one year later on 5 December 2007, this German game made history when it reached a record-breaking amount of 45.4 million Euros. The different players struck gold and the winnings were evening divided amongst them and paid out in a cash lump sum.

Are you ready to try your luck next? Play German Lotto 6aus49 online today!