Online Agent Reviews
The table below shows key features for each of the lotto agents you can buy lotto tickets online through.
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| Lotteries Offered | Monday Lotto, Wednesday Lotto, Saturday Lotto, Lotto Strike, Oz Lotto, Powerball, The Pools, Lucky Lotteries, and charity lotteries such as Endeavour Foundation, Act For Kids, Surf Life Saving, and Prince of Wales Hospital. | Monday Lotto, Wednesday Lotto, Saturday Lotto, Oz Lotto, Powerball, The Pools. | Australian lotteries Monday Lotto, Wednesday Lotto, Saturday Lotto, Oz Lotto, Powerball. Most major international lotteries including Mega Millions, Euro Millions, Euro Jackpot, and UK Lotto – some of which offer prizes of over $100 million. | 49 lotteries across the world are on offer including Australian lotteries as well as European, UK, South American and U.S lotteries. | Focus on European lotteries such as El Gordo, Super Ena, and the UK Lottery, but also offer US Megamillions and Powerball, as well as Australian Powerball and Oz Lotto. |
| Anti-Virus Secure Website | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Payment Methods | Visa, Mastercard, Diners, Bpay, Paypal. | Visa, Mastercard, Diners, JCB, Bpay, Bank Transfer. Coming soon Paypal, Skrill, Poli. | Visa, Mastercard, Bpay, Paypal, Poli, PaySafe. | Visa, Mastercard, Diners, Paysafe Card, Skrill, Neteller, Poli. | Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller, Bank Transfer, Entropay, Paysafe, Epro. Players are billed in GBP. |
| Free To Join | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Example of Costs | 10 games of Powerball costs $10.50. Minimum 4 games. | 10 games of Powerball costs $10.50. Minimum 10 games. | 10 games of Powerball costs $9.00. Minimum 1 game $1.80. | 10 games of Powerball costs $10.30 (before applying any discounts or loyalty bonuses). | 10 games of Australian Powerball costs £15.00 making it one of the most expensive websites for this game. |
| Provide Past Results | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, most recent draws only. |
| Provide Most Frequent Numbers | Yes | No | No | No | Can choose ‘most often drawn numbers’ or ‘most overdue numbers’ as an autopick. |
| Offer Syndicates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Offer Systems | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Offer Auto Play | Yes | Yes. Players can also specify if you only want to play in draws with a prize greater than $x | No | Yes | Yes |
| App Available | Apple and Android | Apple and Android | Apple and Android | Apple and Android | No, although a mobile phone/tablet friendly website is used |
| Lotto Results Emailed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Other Benefits | Includes detailed information on how to play games, along with the odds for each game. Regular computer generated autopicks are available but the website also has fun games you can play to generate your own numbers. For all of you serious players, the website offers statistics for each game showing the most frequent numbers. The results of games can be emailed to you for your peace of mind. | ‘Abbreviated Smart Systems’ allow you to select between 12 and 20 numbers, which the system can auto-generate standard games using these numbers only. They use a number matrix to remove repetitive games and increase the spread of numbers available to be played. This is great if you have a heap of numbers that you either want to include or exclude from your games. Currently this feature is available for Oz Lotto and Saturday Lotto only. | Offer a great feature called NumberShield which allows players to protect their numbers in the event of a jackpot win. When this feature is activated you will win the full jackpot amount in division 1, even if other players chose the same numbers. Why share when you take home the entire jackpot! Only one player can select the NumberShield feature for a specific set of numbers per game. | The website spells out tax implications for each of the lotteries as taxation laws vary by country. | Offer IntelliPlay which allows you to set certain conditions and have their system automatically play an entry on your behalf when any of those conditions are valid e.g. You can set an IntelliPlay condition to purchase a ticket on your behalf whenever the EuroMillions Jackpot rolls over three times or more. |
| Signup Bonuses | No | No | No | No | Double your first deposit (upto GBP £300). The bonus is paid in equal instalments over the first 4 weeks. |
| Loyalty Programs | No, but they are working on one. | No | No | VIP club gives loyal players additional discounts of up to 20% on all online purchases. | Players receive LottoPoints on every non-discounted purchase they make. These points can then be redeemed for free lottery tickets. |
| Ongoing Promotions | No | Website advertises weekly giveaways. | Regularly offer % discounts, 2 for 1 games, and even double jackpots. | Receive 4.6% – 25% discount on the price of your tickets when you buy a multi draw ticket (minimum 5 draws, and upto 52 draws). If you subscribe so that you are automatically entered into draws every 10th ticket is free. Also receive a variable discount when you bundle buy eg. when you buy a standard entry as well as a share in a syndicate for a game. | Player competitions with prizes including dream holidays, big screen TVs, IPads and everyone’s favourite, cold hard cash! Also, if you introduce a friend to PlayHugeLottos.com you’ll receive 5 free tickets into the SuperEna Max lottery. Yearly birthday gift for players. |
| Customer Service | Email, phone or snail mail | Email, phone or snail mail | Live chat or phone | Live chat, email, or telephone callback (call back not available for Australian residents) | |
| Charitable Lotteries | Support charity lotteries such as Endeavour Foundation, Act For Kids, Surf Life Saving, and Prince of Wales Hospital by selling tickets in their respective draws. | No | No | No | No |
| Eligibility | All Australian and international players are eligible. | Queensland residents not eligible. | South Australia residents not eligible. | All Australian and international players are eligible. | All Australian and international players are eligible. |
| User Experience | Sign-up process is straight forward. With the game rules and odds included this is a very easy website to navigate and use. The addition of fun features like games to create your autopick numbers makes this a fun website to use. | Sign-up process is straight forward and choosing which game to play and which draw date is easy. Easy to select your lucky numbers and even easier using Auto Pick or Auto Play. | Sign-up process is straight forward and choosing which game to play is easy. Selecting numbers is easy but if you want to autopick games you are forced to go into each game panel and click autopick – can become cumbersome if you want to play a lot of games. | The sign-up process couldn’t be easier, all you need to enter is your email and a password to start. Playing games is very easy with explanations on how to play available for each game. Unlike other sites, you can’t choose the exact number of games you want to play as there are predetermined multiples eg. 4, 8, 12. However, the multiples on offer should be fine for most players. | Sign-up process is straight forward. In addition to the customer service provided, when you have chosen the game you want to play and are directed to the enter your numbers page, there is a nifty green tab ‘take a tour’ which shows you exactly how to play and where you need to click (the tour runs for approx a minute). |