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Swiss Lottery - Loterie Romande

History of the game

Loterie Romande was founded in 1937 by the 6 French-speaking cantons (Vaud, Fribourg, Was worth, Neuchatel, Geneva and Swore) of Switzerland. It is the operator of lottery games in the Swiss. All the Swiss lotteries are operated by this alliance and are legally submitted to the Cantonal law and regulations. The profits are distributed among the 6 cantons. Each canton diverts part of the money to ‘good causes' according to the cantons decision. The Swiss Lottery offers a variety of games including Sporttip, Toto Goal, Banco, Le Plus, Le Joker, Loto Express, the pan-European EuroMillions and most importantly the Swiss Lotto.

Swiss Lotto – Overview

The Swiss Lotto is a 6 out of 45 matrix game, operated by the Loterie Romande in Switzerland. It was launched on January 10th, 1970 and was changed a few times during the years. Currently, it is the most popular game in the Swiss. The jackpot has a guaranteed minimum of 2 million Swiss Francs and can quickly grow to larger sums. A rollover occurs when no player matched the 6 numbers, meaning the jackpot money is transferred to the next draw jackpot. There is no limit how many times this might happen. The rollover continues as long as no player matched all 6 numbers correctly.

Loterie Romande offers a variety of games in additional to the Swiss Lotto, for example the Swiss Lotto "PLUS". It is an additional game played together with the Swiss Lotto. For an extra fee of 1 Swiss Franc the player can increase his chances of winning. The player chooses an extra "PLUS" number and once the player wins by matching main numbers, his prize is automatically increases. Not only does the player receives extra money when matching the "PLUS" number but if he guesses all 6 main numbers correctly he is awarded an additional 1 million Swiss Francs. One tip costs 1.50 Swiss Francs, but there is a minimum of two tips that must be played.

"Replay" is a bonus game offered by the Swiss Lottery Company. Every time a player participates in the Swiss Lottery he is entitled to a free game of "Replay". The game involves a drawing of one number ranging from 1 to 11. The number is an RNG number (drawn from a Random Number Generator computer) and it is printed on the Lottery Ticket. The "Replay" takes place together with the lottery draw. A player that his "Replay" number matches the number drawn can win up to 49.50 Swiss Francs.

The Swisslos Lottery, the German-speaking cantons lottery company offers the Swiss Lotto as well as the French company. , Swisslos Lottery award right "rePLAY" numbers with free Tips for the next draw. Also with Swisslos the additional prize money in Swiss Lotto Plus is at least 2 millions Swiss Francs higher than the simple jackpot.

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The taxation in the Swiss requires an automatic subtraction of 35% of the prize money for Withholding Tax, if winning sums are higher than 50 Swiss Francs. Also income and other taxes might be necessary.