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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Victoria’s Oz Lotto changes make it harder to win jackpot and are ‘blatant cash grab’, opposition says

An Oz Lotto ticket.
Oz Lotto players will have to choose seven numbers out of a possible 47 under the change. They have previously been choosing from 45 numbers. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Australians’ chances of winning the Oz Lotto jackpot are set to become slimmer after changes to the game by the Victorian government.

The state government has amended the Public Lottery Licence to introduce two extra balls for Oz Lotto, which currently has participants select seven choices from 45 numbers, with two supplementary numbers drawn.

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