The Lotto 6/49 odds calculator covers Canada’s best-known draw. Pick six numbers from 49. Match all six and it’s 1 in 13,983,816 per line, a number every maths teacher in the country has quoted at some point. Five plus the bonus is 1 in 2,330,636. Three numbers, the most common small win, is about 1 in 57. The free calculator above does any match across as many lines and draws as you like.
Lotto 6/49 odds for every match
Seven numbers are drawn from one drum, six plus a bonus. The bonus only matters on a line that’s one number short.
| Match | Odds per line |
|---|---|
| 6 | 1 in 13,983,816 |
| 5 + bonus number | 1 in 2,330,636 |
| 5 | 1 in 55,491 |
| 4 + bonus number | 1 in 22,197 |
| 4 | 1 in 1,083 |
| 3 + bonus number | 1 in 812 |
| 3 | 1 in 60.9 |
| 2 + bonus number | 1 in 81.2 |
| 2 | 1 in 8.3 |
For m matches: C(6, m) × C(43, 6 − m) ÷ C(49, 6). This page covers the main number draw. The Gold Ball draw that decides the big jackpot is a separate draw with its own odds.
13,983,816 in real terms
If you bought one line every Wednesday and Saturday, you’d expect to match six about once every 134,000 years. Ten lines a draw would bring that down to 13,400 years.
Still, 6/49 is easier than Lotto Max. One Lotto Max line (7 from 52) is 1 in 33,294,800, about 2.4 times harder.
See Lotto Max on the Lotto Max odds calculator, and pick numbers with the Lotto Max and 6/49 number generator.
In British Columbia, BC/49 has the same 1 in 13,983,816 jackpot odds with fixed prizes in every tier.
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