Playing the lottery has been and still is amazingly popular all around the world as it can give players incredibly huge returns for very little outlay. The thrill of possibly winning millions in prize money and changing their lives for all time is what keeps people interested in this fun game and has done for hundreds of years.

How and when they began:

Canada Lotto 6/49

There are three different lottery games in Canada that began in June of 1982 and Canada Lotto 6/49 is one of them. It quickly became popular as it was one of the first lotto games in Canada to let players choose their own numbers.

It is managed by the Inter-provincial Lottery Corporation which is a conglomeration of five different regional lottery corporations from all over Canada and has maintained the same game format since its conception. It was updated in 2004 when they added a new prize tier where you match at least two numbers and you get a free ticket for the next upcoming draw.

Lotto 6aus49

The German Lotto6aus49 was conceived right back in October of 1955 and is one of the oldest and most popular lotteries in Europe. The Deutscher Lotto und Totoblock ‘DLTB’ was created in 1974 to run the community of sixteen independent German lottery societies and includes Lotto 6aus49 as a member.

Lotto 6aus49 originally used the 7/38 game format but was updated to the 6/49 format in June of 1986 with further updates added in May of 2013 where they added the Super ball (Superzahl) which is a bonus ball that enhanced the possibility of winning a prize.

Which of these two lotteries offers the best chance of winning?

To play the Canada Lotto 6/49 you need to choose six numbers out of a choice of forty-nine with the bonus number also drawn from the same pool of forty-nine balls. The bonus number is specifically used to increase the chances of a second tier win and has no bearing on whether you win the jackpot or not.

The German Lotto 6aus49 has the same number format where you choose six numbers from forty-nine but the bonus number (Superzahl) is chosen from a choice of nine numbers.

Even though the playing formats are similar, the Canada Lotto 6/49 has a much better chance to win the jackpot than the German Lotto 6aus49 as shown in the comparison table listed below:

In the past these two lotteries could only be played in their own countries of origin until the internet arrived and allowed for them to be available to play online from anywhere in the world. All you need to do is to click onto our website at PlayUKLottery.com and you can play many different lotteries from all over the world.

hen are the Canada Lotto 6/49 and Lotto 6aus49 lottery draws?

The Canada Lotto 6/49 is drawn twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 21:30 CST.

The German Lotto 6aus49 is also drawn twice a week at 18:25 CET on Wednesdays and at 19:25 CET on Saturdays.

As soon as the draws have taken place, the results are published straight away and can be found on the PPlayUKLottery.comresults pages.

What is the jackpot rollover cap for the Canada Lotto 6/49?

The Canada Lotto 6/49 has no rollover cap and will keep rolling over until someone wins it.

What is the jackpot rollover cap for the German Lotto 6aus49?

The German Lotto 6aus49 does have a jackpot cap with a jackpot limit of €45 million. If nobody wins the jackpot once the jackpot limit is reached, it is shared equally amongst any lower tier winners.

How do the Canada Lotto and Lotto 6Aus49 lotteries pay out any winnings?

When you win the Canada Lotto 6/49 or Lotto 6aus49 jackpot, there is one (1) payout option available: the lump-sum payout. After tax deductions, the lump-sum payout option pays out your winnings immediately, and you will receive approximately 60% of the jackpot.

Under exceptional circumstances, PlayUKLottery.com reserves the right to pay the winning jackpot total in the form of an annuity payout.

The Statistics

The table below shows the comparison between the Canada Lotto 6/49 and the German Lotto 6aus49:

Which of the two games has the best jackpots?

Both the Canada Lotto 6/49 and the German Lotto 6aus49 are quite similar with their biggest jackpot prizes.

The biggest Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot so far was CA $64 million (roughly about €44 million) won in October 2015.

The biggest German Lotto 6aus49 jackpot to date happened in December 2017 with a prize of €45.3 million.

The biggest jackpots won so far in both lotteries:

Which of the two lotteries has the better prize tiers?

The Canada Lotto 6/49 has a total of seven prize tiers and the German Lotto 6aus49 has a total of nine prize tiers.

To be able to win the Canada Lotto 6/49 you will need to match all of the six numbers that are drawn.

To be able to win the German Lotto 6aus49 you will need to match all six numbers drawn plus the bonus number (Superzahl).

Listed below is a table that shows the values of the different prize tiers in each of the two lotteries:

Now you have a lot more information about these two fabulous lotteries, good luck with the one or even both of them you choose to play. All you need to do is to log onto PlayUKLottery.com to play either of them and your future could be changed for the better forever.