Victoria’s Oz Lotto changes make it harder to win jackpot and are ‘blatant cash grab’, opposition says

Allowing two more balls means overall odds of winning something increase but odds of first division win go from one in 45.3m to one in 62.8m

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Australians' chances of winning the Oz Lotto jackpot are set to become slimmer after changes to the game by the Victorian government.

The state government has amended the Public Lottery Licence to introduce two extra balls for Oz Lotto, which currently has participants select seven choices from 45 numbers, with two supplementary numbers drawn.