{"id":10297,"date":"2026-02-22T07:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thelotter.com\/?p=10297"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:24:45","slug":"australian-lotteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/lottery-games\/australian-lotteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Lottery Guide &#8211; Discover the Best Lottery in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-australian-lottery-guide-discover-the-best-lottery-in-australia\">Australian Lottery Guide &#8211; Discover the Best Lottery in Australia<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/\">TheLotter<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/lottery-games\/\">Lottery Games<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Australian Lottery Guide &#8211; Discover the Best Lottery in Australia<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1e67162e128eff601ac287336890d93f wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sometimes it seems that everywhere you turn, all you hear about are American and European lotteries. It is true that the biggest jackpots are regularly awarded by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/usa-powerball\/\">US Powerball<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/usa-megamillions\/\">Mega Millions<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/euromillions\/\">EuroMillions<\/a>&nbsp;, but lottery fans will be interested in knowing that winning odds are much better Down Under. Australian lotteries are definitely worth playing and the prizes they offer are tax free! Get acquainted with the different games and get ready to win!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Are Australian Lotteries Special?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of reasons to play the lotteries of Australia, especially if you are looking for variety in your game play. Each and every Australian lottery has something special to offer, but they have things in common as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Australia has a lottery draw nearly every day of the week.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Australian lotteries offer some of the best winning odds anywhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lottery prizes in Australia are all paid out 100% tax-free!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-7f87dfbc alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-1bd4cf16\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-which-lottery-has-the-best-odds-australia\">Which Lottery Has the Best Odds: Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-846e3a29f9c1648a77a811cde69d8760 wp-block-paragraph\">While all Australian lotteries give you a pretty good chance of winning prizes, which lottery has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/guides\/odds-of-winning-lottery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the best prize-winning odds<\/a>?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/australia-weekday-windfall\/\">Weekday Windfall<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/australia-saturday-lotto\/\">Saturday Lotto<\/a>&nbsp;give you the best chance of winning by far, at just 1 in 8,135,060 for these two draws. This is due to these lotteries&#8217; smaller guess range and fewer numbers needed to win. If you\u2019re interested in multi-million jackpots with pretty good odds of winning,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/australia-oz-lotto\/\">Oz Lotto<\/a>&nbsp;might be your new Aussie favourite! With jackpot-winning odds at 1 in 62.9 million and a record payout of&nbsp;<strong>AU$111.9 million<\/strong>, this lottery is a great choice for players who want fantastic prizes with a fairly good shot of winning. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-results\/australia-oz-lotto\/\">Oz Lotto results<\/a>&nbsp;here.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/australia-powerball-lotto\/\">Australia Powerball<\/a>&nbsp;may have the lowest odds of winning, but that doesn&#8217;t stop players from playing this wildly popular&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/usa-powerball\/\">US Powerball<\/a>&nbsp;spin-off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-b31385a3 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Which-Lottery-Has-the-Best-Odds-Australia.webp ,https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Which-Lottery-Has-the-Best-Odds-Australia.webp 780w, https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Which-Lottery-Has-the-Best-Odds-Australia.webp 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Which-Lottery-Has-the-Best-Odds-Australia.webp\" alt=\"Which Lottery Has the Best Odds Australia\" class=\"uag-image-10299\" width=\"506\" height=\"360\" title=\"Which Lottery Has the Best Odds Australia\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Lotto<\/th><th>&nbsp;&nbsp;Format&nbsp;<\/th><th>Jackpot Odds<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oz Lotto<\/td><td>7\/47<\/td><td>1:62,891,499<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Weekday Windfall Lotto<\/td><td>6\/45<\/td><td>1:8,135,060<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Powerball Lotto<\/td><td>7\/35 + 1\/20<\/td><td>1:134,490,400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday Lotto<\/td><td>6\/45<\/td><td>1:8,135,060<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-8bc9e2b6275b834c0847046c2f0c2bed wp-block-paragraph\">Check the Australian lotto draws above and see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/guides\/odds-of-winning-lottery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which lottery has the best odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is the Best Lotto Ticket to Buy in Australia?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chances of winning offered by Australian lotteries are much better than many other popular draws across the globe. To see the difference, we will compare the most popular Aussie lotteries with the biggest world lotteries in terms of winning odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Lottery<\/th><th>Odds of Winning the Jackpot<\/th><th>Record Jackpot<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Saturday Lotto<br>Weekday Windfall Lotto<\/td><td>1 in 8,145,060<\/td><td>AU$33 million<br>AU$1 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Canada 649<\/td><td>1 in 13,983,816<\/td><td>CAD64 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>France Loto<\/td><td>1 in 19,068,840<\/td><td>\u20ac24 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New Zealand Powerball<\/td><td>1 in 38,383,800<\/td><td>NZ$50&nbsp;million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oz Lotto<\/td><td>1 in 62,891,499<\/td><td>AU$111 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Australian Powerball<\/td><td>1 in 134,490,400<\/td><td>AU$100 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EuroMillions<\/td><td>1 in 139,838,160<\/td><td>\u20ac220 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>US Powerball<\/td><td>1 in 292,201,338<\/td><td>US$2.04 billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>US Mega Millions<\/td><td>1 in 302,575,350<\/td><td>US$1.53 billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Italy SuperEnalotto<\/td><td>1 in 622,614,630<\/td><td>\u20ac209 million<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see in the table above, the Australian lotteries come with some of the best chances of winning in the world in terms of their prize-to-odds ratio! In fact, the Lotto series truly stands out with its 1 in 8,145,060 chances of scooping the first prize.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Is There an Australian Lottery Tax on Winnings?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another great advantage of playing Australian lotteries is that your winnings won\u2019t be taxed! This means that whatever amount was advertised as the prize, is yours for the keeping! If you win an Australian lottery prize while playing from outside of Australia, you may be subject to local taxation in your country of residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Which Australian Lottery Offers the Biggest Starting Jackpot?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-9278fdba5c20515397b385d53c8a3c24 wp-block-paragraph\">When you play Australia\u2019s biggest lotteries, the initial jackpot prize will start at&nbsp;<strong>AU$1 million<\/strong>&nbsp;(approx.&nbsp;<strong>\u20ac590k<\/strong>) and can go up to a starting top prize of&nbsp;<strong>AU$4 million<\/strong>&nbsp;(approx.&nbsp;<strong>\u20ac2.36 million<\/strong>). While Australia Saturday Lotto may hold the title to the largest starting jackpot of&nbsp;<strong>AU$4 million<\/strong>, it\u2019s a set prize that cannot get any bigger. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-results\/australia-saturday-lotto\/\">Saturday Lotto results<\/a>&nbsp;here. On the other hand, Australia\u2019s Powerball Lotto top prize of&nbsp;<strong>AU$3 million<\/strong>&nbsp;and Oz Lotto\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>AU$2 million<\/strong>&nbsp;have no jackpot cap and can grow to incredible heights once they\u2019re won!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>How Do You Play Australian Lotteries Online?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-35fa914b9b8d3da4e9ffa88f44f60b56 wp-block-paragraph\">While it\u2019s not always possible to go Down Under when you feel like playing an Australian lottery, you can purchase official Australia Lottery tickets online at TheLotter from anywhere in the world! Playing online is almost identical to a retailer. You select the lottery you want to play,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/guides\/how-to-pick-lotto-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">choose your numbers<\/a>, purchase your ticket, and wait to see if you\u2019ve won. You can either pick your numbers manually, or use the Quick Pick option for a set of random numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Australia Lotto Draws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to regular draws, the Australian National Lottery also stages lottery Superdraws on special occasions throughout the year! These special draws offer boosted jackpot prizes and increased secondary prizes at no additional cost to players. Read all about the exciting special draws you can participate in when you play Australia Weekday Windfall Lotto and Saturday Lotto!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday Lotto Superdraw<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven times a year, the Australia Saturday Lotto stages special Superdraws. Superdraws offer a starting guaranteed jackpot of around&nbsp;<strong>AU$20 million<\/strong>&nbsp;and are extremely popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-c515449cc68b888a4c1c886290eb38cc wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t miss the next one!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/australia-saturday-lotto-superdraw\/\">Purchase your Saturday Lotto Superdraw tickets already now<\/a>&nbsp;to guarantee your participation in the upcoming draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once a year, Saturday Lotto stages a Megadraw with an even bigger prize pool. The Megadraw takes place around Christmas\/New Year and offers an incredible&nbsp;<strong>AU$30 million<\/strong>&nbsp;jackpot prize!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Saturday Lotto Superdraws and Saturday Lotto Megadraws do not have jackpot caps, their jackpots are usually split between a large number of winning tickets. According to statistics, there are approximately 14 first-prize winners in each Superdraw. The most winners to ever claim a Megadraw jackpot was 54. They shared the&nbsp;<strong>AU$31 million<\/strong>&nbsp;jackpot in 2004. The fewest number of winners was 12, who shared a jackpot of&nbsp;<strong>AU$30 million<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biggest Australian Jackpots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1da5cb5577494d6efbecad868c9b867a wp-block-paragraph\">Australian lotteries may not offer the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/guides\/biggest-world-jackpots\/\">biggest jackpots in the world<\/a>&nbsp;like those offered by some draws in Europe and the United States, but they are much easier to win! Listed below are the biggest Australian jackpots ever awarded. New records are being set all the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>&nbsp;&nbsp;Place&nbsp;<\/th><th>Jackpot<\/th><th>Lottery<\/th><th>Date<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>AU$200m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>1 Feb 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>AU$160m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>27 Oct 2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>AU$150m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>23 May 2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>AU$150m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>19 Sep 2019<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>AU$126m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>24 Feb 2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>AU$111.9m<\/td><td>Oz Lotto<\/td><td>6 Nov 2012<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>AU$110m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>18 Jul 2019<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>AU$107.5m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>17 Jan 2019<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>AU$106.5m<\/td><td>Oz Lotto<\/td><td>30 Jun 2009<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>AU$100m<\/td><td>Powerball<\/td><td>3 Aug 2023<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powerball currently holds the title of producing Australia\u2019s biggest lottery prizes.&nbsp;In first place is a&nbsp;<strong>AU$200 million<\/strong>&nbsp;top prize, won on 1 February 2024 by two winners who were each awarded&nbsp;<strong>AU$100 million<\/strong>! The second largest prize &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>AU$160 million<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; was won in October 2022 by three winners from New South Whales, Victoria, and Western Australia. Not only that, but Powerball also boasts the record for awarding an&nbsp;<strong>AU$107,575,649<\/strong>&nbsp;jackpot on 17 January 2019 to a single winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oz Lotto holds the record for the second largest Australian lottery prize ever awarded. In the lotto&#8217;s draw on 6 November 2012, the top prize was advertised at&nbsp;<strong>AU$100 million<\/strong>&nbsp;but ticket sales boosted the jackpot to an amazing&nbsp;<strong>AU$111,972,151<\/strong>, which was shared by four winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Australian Lottery Winners at TheLotter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of our latest winners of Australian lotteries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>R.D. from Australia joined TheLotter early in 2013 and a short time later won a 3rd division prize of&nbsp;<strong>AU$6,427<\/strong>&nbsp;playing the Australia Powerball on 2 May 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Less than a year after joining TheLotter, O.S. from Russia won the&nbsp;<strong>AU$10,602.60<\/strong>&nbsp;second division prize playing the Saturday Lotto draw on 26 January 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Oz Lotto draw on 8 August 2017, J.W. from Australia won a 3rd division Match 6 prize of&nbsp;<strong>AU $7,065<\/strong>. His win came on a 12-line auto-renew multi-draw ticket.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just two weeks later, fellow Australian D. R. won&nbsp;<strong>AU$22,760<\/strong>&nbsp;by playing a 10-line systematic form in the Oz Lotto.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-e13f343277d75ab1fa391513b66150fe\">In the Oz Lotto draw on 31 July 2018, a syndicate of 22 of our players from all over the world won an&nbsp;<strong>AU$24,937.50<\/strong>&nbsp;Division Two prize. Read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/blog\/winners\/international-syndicate-wins-oz-lotto-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oz Lotto syndicate\u2019s story<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Malaysian player struck Saturday Lotto luck, not just once, but twice in the span of just two months! The lucky winner first matched a&nbsp;<strong>AU$7,812.81<\/strong>&nbsp;Australia Saturday prize on 20 July 2019. Almost exactly 2 months later, he won another&nbsp;<strong>AU$19,279.80<\/strong>&nbsp;in the 21 September 2019 draw.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emirati player D.Z. found his fortune on 8 October 2019 when he won&nbsp;<strong>AU$8,118<\/strong>&nbsp;in Oz Lotto prizes after matching several prize divisions. Less than two years later on 1 June 2021, he claimed another&nbsp;<strong>AU$2,236<\/strong>&nbsp;from the same lottery!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A single player from New Zealand woke up&nbsp;<strong>AU$11,263.80<\/strong>&nbsp;richer after winning second place in the Australia Saturday Lotto Superdraw of 19 June 2021!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Australian Lotto \u2013 an Abridged History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia joined the modern lottery world with a television broadcast on 24 June, 1972. The jackpot was a mere&nbsp;<strong>AU$50 thousand<\/strong>&nbsp;and the game was actually a raffle. The first non-raffle draw took place in November 1979 with newspapers announcing &#8220;Today&#8217;s the Day to go Lotto!&#8221; The first prize was worth a whopping&nbsp;<strong>AU$384,975<\/strong>&nbsp;and the format was 6\/40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian lotteries are today played all over Australia and fans from around the world regularly play an Australian lotto online. When they first started, each Australian lottery was run independently and only operated in a specific Australian state. Oz Lotto became the first national game when it launched on 22 February 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A newcomer to the Australian lotto scene is the&nbsp;<em>Set for Life<\/em>&nbsp;game, introduced with its first draw on 7 August 2015. The game has a 8\/37 format and two bonus balls are drawn to determine prizes in some of the seven secondary prize divisions. The game offers 1:38,608,020 odds of winning the jackpot. Unlike other Australian lotteries, this top prize is paid out as a fixed sum of&nbsp;<strong>AU$20,000 per month over the course of 20 years<\/strong>. If there are more than four winners of the jackpot, the prize is split evenly between the winners via monthly installments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Play Australian Lottery Games Online at TheLotter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-0b6a253e4a239164baaf19ec4a1fd118 wp-block-paragraph\">With high chances of winning, incredible secondary prizes, frequent Superdraws, and no taxes on winnings, Australian lotteries deserve to receive as much attention as the leading European and American lotteries, and the great thing is, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelotter.com\/lottery-tickets\/\">buy lottery tickets<\/a>&nbsp;to all of these exciting games online!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pick a day of the week, and purchase your official Australian lottery ticket to any, or all five of our rewarding Aussie lotteries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faqs\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1777027083649\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Which Lottery Has the Best Odds: Australia<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Weekday Windfall\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday Lotto\u00a0give you the best chance of winning by far, at just 1 in 8,135,060 for these two draws. This is due to these lotteries&#8217; smaller guess range and fewer numbers needed to win. If you\u2019re interested in multi-million jackpots with pretty good odds of winning,\u00a0Oz Lotto\u00a0might be your new Aussie favourite!<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1777028133393\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">How Do You Play Australian Lottery Online?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">While it\u2019s not always possible to go Down Under when you feel like playing an Australian lottery, you can purchase official Australia lottery tickets online at TheLotter from anywhere in the world! Playing online is almost identical to a retailer. You select the lottery you want to play, choose your numbers purchase your ticket, and wait to see if you\u2019ve won.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1777028235033\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is There an Australian Lottery Tax on Winnings?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Another great advantage of playing Australian lotteries is that your winnings won&amp;rsquo;t be taxed! 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