Saturday Lotto History and Statistics
Explore confirmed Saturday Lotto draws, winning and supplementary number frequencies, Division 1 results and the history behind Australia’s long-running Saturday game.
Saturday Lotto statistics from the MLL draw history
The live panels use confirmed 6-from-45 Saturday Lotto draws stored by the MLL Lottery Data Manager. The 45-ball matrix dates from July 1985; the page keeps that number-history boundary separate from later prize-rule changes.
The exact number of confirmed 6-from-45 draws will appear when the stored history loads.
Saturday Lotto winning-number frequency
Each draw contains six winning numbers from 1 to 45. The figures below show how often each number appeared among the six winning numbers in the selected stored history.
“% of draws” means the share of selected draws in which a number appeared among the six winning numbers. Historical frequency does not change that number’s chance in the next independent draw.
Saturday Lotto supplementary-number frequency
Two supplementary numbers are drawn after the six winning numbers from the same 1–45 barrel. MLL counts them separately because supplementary numbers have a different role in the prize divisions.
A number can be a winning number in one draw and a supplementary number in another. Keeping the two roles separate avoids turning unlike appearances into one misleading frequency count.
Recent Saturday Lotto draw history
The latest stored 6-from-45 Saturday Lotto draws will appear here.
| Draw | Date | Winning + supplementary numbers | Division 1 | Advertised pool |
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Saturday Lotto has two different “current” eras
For statistics, it is important to distinguish a number-matrix era from a prize-rule era. They answer different questions.
The Victorian game moved from a 6-from-40 selection to 6 from 45. Winning-number frequency across the modern 45-ball field should not include older 40-ball draws.
The draw matrix stayed at 6 winning + 2 supplementary from 45, but Division 6 changed to three winning numbers and the overall chance of any prize improved to about 1 in 42.
Saturday Lotto history
The Saturday game reaches much further back than the current prize table. These milestones show how the modern national draw developed without mixing incompatible rules into one statistic.
| Milestone | What changed |
|---|---|
| 22 Jun 1972 | The first TattsLotto draw was televised in Victoria, establishing the Saturday lotto format that later became part of the national game. |
| Feb 1979 | What is now Saturday Lotto launched in Western Australia as a 6-from-40 Lotto game. |
| 1981 | Lotterywest records Lotto becoming a national game, bringing the participating jurisdictions into a shared national draw structure. |
| Jul 1985 | The Saturday game expanded from selecting 6 numbers out of 40 to 6 out of 45. This is the key boundary for modern number-frequency comparisons. |
| 10 Oct 2020 | Draw 4093 changed Division 6 to three winning numbers, raised the regular estimated Division 1 pool from A$4m to A$5m and improved the overall chance of any prize to roughly 1 in 42. |
| 24 May 2025 | The regular estimated Division 1 pool increased again, from A$5m to A$6m. |
| Mar 2026 | Saturday Lotto produced a rare no-Division-1-winner draw and jackpotted for the first time since 2022, underlining how unusual Saturday rollovers are compared with jackpotting games such as Oz Lotto. |
Why Saturday Lotto rollovers are unusual
Saturday Lotto is built around a large shared Division 1 pool that normally produces one or more winning entries. A draw with no Division 1 winner can still jackpot, but it is unusual rather than the normal weekly pattern.
Lotterywest reported in March 2026 that Saturday Lotto had jackpotted for the first time in more than three years and only the sixth time in the previous two decades. That makes “known no-winner draws” a particularly interesting historical statistic on this page rather than simply another jackpot counter.
Four names, one statistical dataset
Saturday Lotto, TattsLotto, Gold Lotto and Saturday X Lotto are regional names for the same national Saturday draw. A Queensland Gold Lotto result and a Victorian TattsLotto result from the same Saturday should therefore not be counted as separate draws in a national frequency dataset.
MLL treats the game as one draw entity and uses regional names as aliases. That matters when importing historical data because duplicate regional labels could otherwise inflate draw counts and frequency totals.
What these statistics can tell you
The stored history can answer factual questions: how many confirmed draws are held, which numbers appeared most or least often over a selected period, how often each number appeared as a supplementary number, how frequently Division 1 was won and what happened in individual completed draws.
You can recalculate the frequency panels over the latest 20, 50, 100 or 200 draws, or across all stored 6-from-45 history. That makes it possible to compare periods without claiming that one period predicts another.
What they cannot tell you
They cannot identify the next winning line. A frequently drawn number has not become more likely, and a number missing for several draws is not mathematically “due”. Every valid six-number combination still faces the same underlying draw probability.
If you want random valid combinations rather than historical analysis, use the Saturday Lotto number generator.
Saturday Lotto statistics FAQs
How many Saturday Lotto draws are included?
The live total at the top of this page comes from the MLL Lottery Data Manager. The number-frequency panels use stored draws that match the modern 6-winning-number, 2-supplementary-number, 45-ball format.
Why does the number-history boundary start in 1985?
Saturday Lotto previously used a 6-from-40 matrix. The game changed to 6 from 45 in July 1985, so mixing older 40-ball draws into a modern 45-number frequency table would disadvantage numbers 41 to 45 and distort the comparison.
Why is 2020 also important?
Draw 4093 on 10 October 2020 changed the Division 6 winning combination and improved the overall chance of winning any prize, but it did not change the 6-from-45 draw matrix. It is therefore a prize-rule boundary rather than a number-frequency boundary.
Are winning numbers and supplementary numbers counted together?
No. Both are drawn from the same 1–45 barrel, but their roles in the prize table are different. MLL therefore calculates separate frequency views for winning and supplementary appearances.
Do the most common Saturday Lotto numbers have a better chance next draw?
No. Frequency describes completed draws only. It does not change a number’s probability in the next independent Saturday Lotto draw.
Are TattsLotto and Gold Lotto included in the same statistics?
Yes. TattsLotto, Gold Lotto, Saturday X Lotto and Saturday Lotto are regional names for the same national Saturday draw, so the same draw should be counted once rather than once per regional brand.
Can I see the actual historical winning numbers?
Yes. The recent history table above shows the stored draw number, date, six winning numbers, two supplementary numbers, Division 1 status and advertised prize pool where that metadata is available.
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Sources and data checks
Game-history claims were checked against Australian operator and government material on 28 August 2026. The live statistical panels themselves are calculated from confirmed draw records stored in the MLL Lottery Data Manager.
- Lotterywest — current Saturday Lotto format and odds
- Lotterywest — Draw 4093 game changes in October 2020
- Lotterywest — Lotto launch and national-game history
- Lotterywest — 2025 A$6m Saturday Lotto pool increase
- Lotterywest — rare March 2026 Saturday Lotto jackpot
- Victorian Auditor-General — July 1985 change from 6/40 to 6/45
- Lotterywest — official frequency charts and historical downloads
- The Lott — official Saturday Lotto results