CHF 29.3 Million. And a reason to play that hardly anyone knows.

Twenty nine point three. Million francs. Tonight. In a single pot. Ticket deadline: today, Saturday, 5:00 PM. But before we talk about numbers, a more honest question: Why do we actually do this? Why people play – the honest answer Not because of the odds. Everyone who has ever thought about it knows those. We play because of the six hours in between. Between the moment you hand in your numbers and the moment the balls drop, something happens that money can't buy. You drive past the house you would never have looked at otherwise. You do the math in your head about who you'd give something to. You wonder whether you'd really still go to work on Monday. Those six hours are real. They belong to you. And they cost five francs. On top of that, there's what lotto in Switzerland has also been since 1979: a shared moment . The office pool. The father who has been playing the same numbers for thirty years. The group on Saturday evening that goes quiet for a moment when the draw runs. Lotto is one of the few moments when the whole of Switzerland hopes for the same thing at the same time. The Swiss special case And now the part that surprisingly few people know. The entire net profit from Swisslos goes to charitable causes. Not a portion. All of it. It goes into the cantonal Swisslos, lottery and sports funds, and the cantons decide for themselves where it goes. This supports more than 17,000 projects every year – in culture, sports, the environment and social causes. The gymnastics club in the village. The restoration of the old church. The festival that otherwise wouldn't happen. The sports field where your children train. That changes your odds of winning by exactly zero percent. But it changes what your stake means: the part that isn't paid out as winnings doesn't disappear. It lands in your region. So anyone who plays lotto in Switzerland rarely loses entirely. What 29.3 million really is But now to the numbers. And honestly. The first CHF 1,071,000 are tax free. From the rest, the federal government deducts 35% withholding tax . That leaves CHF 19,419,850 in the account. Partly reclaimable via your tax return – then income tax applies. Nineteen million. At the Swiss median wage of around CHF 6,800 gross per month, that's roughly 233 years of work. Not your career – two and a half centuries. And the chance of that? 1 : 31,474,716 per ticket. That is absurdly small. We still tell you every time, because you should hear it from us and not from someone trying to sell you something. What you can actually influence is not the odds of winning – but how many people you'd have to share with. Anyone who plays the numbers 32 to 42, which birthday pickers never reach, sits in a smaller group if they win. That's the only real lever. And it's free. Stake Tickets Jackpot chance CHF 5 2 1 : 15,737,358 CHF 10 4 1 : 7,868,679 CHF 25 10 1 : 3,147,472 The jump from zero to two tickets changes everything. Everything after that is fine tuning – and no reason to spend more than planned. And one more thing: We're currently building your playbook One question keeps coming up with us: "What numbers did I actually play last week?" That's exactly what we're working on. A ticket manager where you can save your combinations, track them over the weeks, see your hit record – and print the whole thing out cleanly , to take to the kiosk or to check after the draw. Everything in one place, instead of on scraps of paper, in photos and in your head. Anyone who creates an account today will be in from the moment it goes live. → Register now for free https://lottoprognose.ch/auth?tab=register → Play directly at Swisslos https://www.swisslos.ch/de/swisslotto/einzeltipps/spielen.html tipp 5:00 PM. Playing should be fun. Not pressure, not calculations, not hope for a return. One ticket, one dream, one evening when anything seems possible. Set an amount whose loss you won't feel tomorrow. Take the six hours. And enjoy them. If you don't play, you can't win. We wish you good luck tonight. 🍀