Draw Lotteries

With enormous prizes, numerous winners, multiple prize categories and frequent draws, when it comes to games of chance the most historic and traditional option is none other than the lottery: the LAIKO ("Popular Lottery"), the ETHNIKO ("National Lottery") or the PROTOCHRONIATIKO ("New Year's Eve Lottery").

Laiko (Popular Lottery)

Pays out a JACKPOT prize
Pays out over 60% of its gross proceeds
Is issued in series of 80,000 numbers (1-80,000)
Draws are held every Tuesday
For every draw lottery tickets are sold in sets of 5 at 10€ or as single tickets (segments) at 2€

Ethniko (National Lottery)

Is a subscriber game
Approximately 70% of players have a chance of winning
Follows a system of consecutive draws
Is available in issues that have a 4-month duration
For every draw lottery tickets are sold in sets of 10 at 40€ or as single tickets (segments) at 4€

Kratiko or Protochroniatiko (State or New Year's Eve Lottery)

Pays out over 55% of its gross proceeds
Is issued once a year
The draw is held on New Year's Eve (December 31st)
A whole lottery ticket (which is made up of single segments) costs 5€
​Is issued in series of 100,000 segments (each one bearing numbers from 1 to 100,000)