What Is 4D Lotto?

4D lotto, or four-digit lotto, is a lottery game played in Germany, Singapore, and Malaysia. Several companies offer the game, with tickets available in retail outlets as well as online. Prizes vary according to the type and size of bet placed, as well as whether a player’s number is drawn as one of the main prizes or one of the consolation prizes, but they can total millions of millions of dollars.

Players are more likely to win the 4D lotto jackpot than they are to win national and state lotteries. Although the jackpot is lower, this has seen the game become very popular with some players.

Where To Buy 4D Lotto

4D lotto tickets can be bought in some local retailers, as well as dedicated online lotto sites. They can also be bought at ewallet casinos, which offer gaming to Malaysian players and offer a wide range of popular games as well as the use of eWallets like EeziePay and GrabPay, according to online gambling expert James Fuller.

Buying online offers the convenience of not having to store your ticket, and it means you can play without even leaving home.

Basic Rules

At its heart, 4D lotto is effectively a raffle. Players choose a number between 0000 and 9999. But, rather than paying a set price for the ticket and rather than there only being a single copy of each ticket, players can bet on their chosen number. Bets are typically made in multiples of $1, and multiple players, or no players at all, can bet on any given number.

When the draw is made, winning numbers are randomly selected. If a player has bet on any of those numbers, they win a prize. The size of the prize not only depends on the amount the player bet on that number, but also whether it was drawn as a main number, a secondary number, or a consolation number.

Different 4D lotto games have slightly different structures, but all offer fixed odds, and most offer main prizes as well as consolation prizes.

The Odds

The odds of any single number being drawn are 10,000 to 1. While this means the chances of winning a prize are still relatively low, it also means that those odds are shorter than playing other lotteries, where players can be faced with odds of millions to one.

Prizes

Prizes vary according to several factors. First of all, 4D lotteries might offer small bets, big bets, and consolation prizes. Small bets pay higher prizes but are less likely to land – for example, the first three numbers drawn might win a small prize of 3,000 times the amount bet.

If the player placed a big bet, and their number comes up in the first three positions, they may only win 2,000 times their bet. But, big bets have the opportunity to be drawn and win one of several consolation prizes. These prizes are usually hundreds of times the amount bet, and there are ten additional draws for the player to win, making this a popular bet choice.

Another factor that obviously determines the total prize a winning player walks away with is the amount they bet on a number. Minimum bets are usually $1, and players can bet multiples of $1. A player who bets $5 would win five times the amount if they had bet $1 on the same number.

4D Compared To Other Lotteries

There are differences between 4D and other lottery types. National and state lotteries offer prizes of millions of dollars or more. US lotteries have seen jackpots in the billions of US dollars. In contrast, 4D lotteries have totalled the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars.

However, the chances of winning a 4D lotto are much higher. The chances of winning the Powerball are just shy of 1 in 300 million, whereas the chance of landing a 4D jackpot prize is 1 in 10,000. Many players prefer the higher chance of winning, even if it doesn’t necessarily lead to the same life-changing sum of money.

In the 4D lotto, you are effectively betting on a number being drawn. This means placing multiple bets on a single number multiplies the prize won. In other lotteries, a single prize is shared between all winners. If you’re the only player to match the winning numbers and have bought two tickets, you still only win the same amount.  

Number Selection

A player can pick a single four-digit number to bet on when playing 4D lotto. This number can be anywhere from 0000 to 9999, and there are usually no limitations.

Some outlets and online retailers may offer a lucky dip, which means the player doesn’t have to choose their own number.

They may also offer a combination bet, which means the player chooses four numbers and then bets on each combination of those digits.

Another option is to use Roll substitutes. This means replacing one of the four digits with an R, which can be any number. So R234 could be 1234, 2234, 3234, etc, and it means placing ten bets.

Conclusion

4D lotto is popular in Malaysia and available in Germany and Singapore. Tickets can be bought at physical retailers, as well as at lotto websites and via some online casinos. Players have improved odds of winning the big prizes compared to other lotteries. Although the prizes are smaller, they can reach millions of dollars; this combination and the frequency of the draws, which can occur every day, make them popular games.