Australian Saturday Lotto Superdraw Results for 22nd October 2011

22/10/2011 20:09:16

The Australian Saturday Lotto tonight boasted a mammoth jackpot of $22,000,000.12 so for lottery players in the southern hemisphere there is much excitement as they check the Saturday Lotto Superdraw results for 22nd October 2011. No less than fourteen players took a share of the Superdraw prize netting themselves and impressive $1,571,428.58 each. The draw number 3157 produced numbers 7, 19, 28, 29, 43 and 45 with the two supplementary numbers 24 and 27.

Superdraws for the Saturday Lotto in Australia usually take place about 7 times a year and members of the Australian Lotto Bloc* donate part of the revenue they generate through tickets sales to fund the Superdraws. The last of these special draws took place on May 14th 2011 and in that draw ten players shared a $21 million jackpot. Interestingly enough these Saturday Lotto Results had a couple of numbers in common with those drawn tonight – on May 14th the number 45 came out as a main ball and the number 24 also appeared as a supplementary number!

There is set to be a Megadraw at the end of December which is reported to offer an estimated jackpot of $31 million – these were first introduced for the Millennium with the Millennium Megadraw on 31st December 1999 but for now we are back to the standard jackpot prizes in the Australian Saturday Lotto.

*The Australian Lotto Bloc is made up of all the Australian Lottery companies that include ew South Wales Lotteries, Golden Casket, South Australian Lotteries and Lotterywest. It also includes the private-sector company Tattersalls.