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German Lotto Bloc
The German Lotto Bloc has sixteen
member states with a total population of 81 million. The bloc offers a 6/49
Lotto game with a probability of nearly 1 in 14 million. German Lotto Bloc
sales last year were approximately US$7 billion, which represented 82% of the
total lottery sales ($8.4 billion) of the 16 member states. A summary of the
German Lotto Bloc. can be seen in the following table:
| Number of member
states |
Game
Launched |
Population |
Games
offered |
| 16 |
1973 |
81,000,000 |
Lotto |
| Game matrix |
Game
probability |
Matrix/pop
ratio |
Lotto Bloc sales (in
US$m) |
|
6/49 |
13,983,816 |
5.8 |
$6,923.4 |
An analysis of individual German Lotto
Bloc. members can be seen in the following table:
| Member
Lotteries |
Pop |
Total lottery sales US$
m |
Lotto Bloc
sales |
% of Lottery
sales |
| S.-Toto, Stuggart |
10.3 |
$1,181.7 |
$967.4 |
81.87% |
| S-Lotterie
(Bavaria) |
11.9 |
$1,340.1 |
$1,046.0 |
78.05% |
| D. Klassenlotterie |
3.5 |
$378.6 |
$325.9 |
86.08% |
| Bremer Toto |
0.7 |
$72.5 |
$60.2 |
83.03% |
| Nwest Lotto, Kiel |
2.7 |
$312.9 |
$257.0 |
82.13% |
| Lotterie Treuhand |
6.0 |
$707.6 |
$592.1 |
83.68% |
| Niedersacher Fuss. |
7.5 |
$802.1 |
$665.2 |
82.93% |
| Verwaltung. Lotto |
1.8 |
$72.6 |
$56.0 |
77.13% |
| Westdeutsche Lot. |
17.8 |
$2,089.2 |
$1,745.6 |
83.55% |
| S.-Toto, Koblenz |
3.9 |
$480.9 |
$394.6 |
82.05% |
| Saarland Sporttoto |
1.1 |
$138.7 |
$111.1 |
80.10% |
| N. Lotto, Hamburg |
1.7 |
$260.7 |
$223.9 |
85.88% |
| Sachsen, Magdeburg |
2.8 |
$135.0 |
$105.8 |
78.37% |
| Sachsische,
Leipzig |
4.6 |
$232.6 |
$190.9 |
82.07% |
| Lotto, Potsdam |
2.5 |
$118.5 |
$93.8 |
79.16% |
| L. Treuhand, Suhl |
2.5 |
$109.9 |
$87.9 |
79.98% |
|
TOTALS |
81 |
$8,433.6 |
$6,923.4 |
82.09% |
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