Play the Irish Lotto online and get the best odds and payouts!
By playing the Irish Lotto with online bookmakers, you could win up to 150,000 x your bet!
Your guide to playing the Irish Lotto online
There are several ways to play the Irish Lotto but perhaps the easiest way is to play online at some of the top Irish lotto betting sites. Online betting sites that offer the Irish Lotto allow you to choose your numbers and place a bet with the stake of your choice on your numbers being drawn. You can win money by correctly predicting just one number to be drawn and win up to 150,000 x your bet if you predict all six numbers correctly!
How Does The Irish Lotto Work?
The Irish Lotto draw takes place twice per week on Wednesday's and Saturday's and works similar to other popular lotteries such as the UK National Lottery.
There are 47 numbers to choose from and unlike buying a regular lotto ticket where you select 6 numbers, if you are playing the Irish Lotto with a bookmaker, you can choose how many numbers you want to play with.
For example, you select a single number and bet on it to be drawn, or you can select 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 numbers and bet on all those to be drawn.
The more numbers you select, the bigger the odds you will receive.
Say your lucky number is 17. You could head to Betfred, or any other online bookmaker which offers betting on the Irish Lotto and place a bet on number 17 being drawn.
The odds between bookmakers sometimes vary but you generally get odds of around 6/1 for correctly predicting one number. That means that if you placed a £1 bet on number 17 and it was one of the six balls drawn, you would receive £7 back.
If you placed a £1 bet on 6 numbers and all of them were drawn, your returns at Betfred would be a whopping £150,001!
Irish Lotto Odds
The table below shows the odds available at various online bookmakers for betting on the Irish Lotto based on how many numbers you include in your bet.
Header |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Ball | 6/1 | 6/1 | 6/1 | 6/1 | 6/1 |
2 Ball | 60/1 | 60/1 | 60/1 | 60/1 | 55/1 |
3 Ball | 700/1 | 700/1 | 650/1 | 700/1 | 610/1 |
4 Ball | 8,500/1 | 8,500/1 | 7,500/1 | 7,200/1 | 8,000/1 |
5 Ball | 150,000/1 | 150,000/1 | 125,000/1 | 130,000/1 | 150,000/1 |
Cell |
Without Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 6/1
- 2 Ball: 60/1
- 3 Ball: 700/1
- 4 Ball: 8,500/1
- 5 Ball: 150,000/1
With Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 5/1
- 2 Ball: 45/1
- 3 Ball: 375/1
- 4 Ball: 4,500/1
- 5 Ball: 50,000/1
Without Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 6/1
- 2 Ball: 60/1
- 3 Ball: 700/1
- 4 Ball: 8,500/1
- 5 Ball: 150,000/1
With Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 5/1
- 2 Ball: 45/1
- 3 Ball: 375/1
- 4 Ball: 4,000/1
- 5 Ball: 45,000/1
Without Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 6/1
- 2 Ball: 60/1
- 3 Ball: 650/1
- 4 Ball: 7,500/1
- 5 Ball: 125,000/1
With Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 5/1
- 2 Ball: 45/1
- 3 Ball: 375/1
- 4 Ball: 4,000/1
- 5 Ball: 45,000/1
Without Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 6/1
- 2 Ball: 60/1
- 3 Ball: 700/1
- 4 Ball: 7,200/1
- 5 Ball: 130,000/1
With Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: n/a
- 2 Ball: n/a
- 3 Ball: n/a
- 4 Ball: n/a
- 5 Ball: n/a
Without Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 6/1
- 2 Ball: 55/1
- 3 Ball: 610/1
- 4 Ball: 8,000/1
- 5 Ball: 150,000/1
With Bonus Ball
- 1 Ball: 5/1
- 2 Ball: 38/1
- 3 Ball: 330/1
- 4 Ball: 4,000/1
- 5 Ball: 40,000/1
Odds correct on 01/02/2021
With odds ranging from 5/1 all the way to 150,000/1, the Irish Lotto gives customers a range of betting options which has made it one of the most popular lotteries in the world to bet on.
Irish Lotto FAQ
The Irish Lotto draw takes place twice per week at 19:45 (GMT). On both Wednesday's at Saturday's three Irish Lotto draws take place. The main Irish Lotto draw, the Lotto Plus 1 draw and the Lotto plus 2 draw.
There are a number of different betting options when you bet on the Irish lotto with a bookmaker. You can choose between 1 & 6 numbers to be drawn and you have the option to bet with or without the bonus ball. If you bet with the bonus ball, it gives you an additional chance for one of your numbers to be a winner. You will be given slightly lower odds if you choose to include the bonus ball as the chances of your bet winning are greater.
Yes! The Irish Lotto has been running since 1987 and it is estimated that around two thirds of adult Irish residents play the Irish Lotto. However, residents of the UK and other countries can also play the Irish Lotto by placing their bets with a bookmaker such as Betfred or Bet365.
The biggest odds offered by a bookmaker for betting on the Irish Lotto are 150,000/1. These odds are given when you choose 6 numbers to be drawn without the bonus ball. For this bet to come in, you much correctly predict all 6 of the main numbers.
The most popular bet on the Irish Lotto is betting on 3 numbers. This bet has odds of around 700/1 and so you can see a significant return should it come in.
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