Italian Lotto: Play on the Eleven Wheels
The Italian Lotto is not a jackpot lottery. You bet on numbers appearing on one of eleven “wheels”, each with its own draw, and every bet type pays a fixed multiple of your stake. Draws are on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 20:00 Italian time. Below you find how the wheels work, what each bet pays and how much of your stake comes back on average.
Live Lotto Data
6,000,000x stake
Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat (20:00)
8% withheld
Latest Lotto results
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Tuesday 27 October 2026 · Venezia
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Last updated 27 October 2026, 20:01 UTC
Lotto Italy at a glance
| Feature | Italian Lotto |
|---|---|
| Operator | State concession, run by the IGT group (formerly Lottomatica) since 1994 |
| Draws | Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 20:00 Italian time |
| Wheels | 10 city wheels plus the national wheel, 5 numbers from 1 to 90 drawn on each |
| How you win | Bet that 1 to 5 of your numbers appear on the wheel you chose |
| Prizes | Fixed multiple of your stake, no jackpot |
| Highest payout | Cinquina: 6,000,000 times the stake |
| Tax | 8% withheld at source |
The eleven Lotto wheels
Each wheel (ruota) is a separate draw of five numbers from 1 to 90. Ten carry the name of an Italian city; the eleventh is the national wheel, which works the same way but has no link to a region. On every draw night all eleven are drawn.
| Wheels | Names |
|---|---|
| City wheels | Bari, Cagliari, Firenze, Genova, Milano, Napoli, Palermo, Roma, Torino, Venezia |
| National wheel | Nazionale |
You can bet on one wheel, on several, or on all of them (tutte le ruote). Spreading a bet over more wheels raises your chance of a hit, but the stake is divided over those wheels, so the payout per hit drops accordingly.
How to play Lotto Italy
Lotto payouts, odds and return
The table shows a €1 bet on one wheel, playing exactly the numbers the bet needs. The odds and the return are our own calculation: the return is the share of your stakes that comes back as prizes over time.
| Bet | Numbers | Pays (€1 stake) | Odds | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estratto | 1 | €11.23 | 1 in 18 | 62% |
| Ambo | 2 | €250 | 1 in 400.5 | 62% |
| Terno | 3 | €4,500 | 1 in 11,748 | 38% |
| Quaterna | 4 | €120,000 | 1 in 511,038 | 24% |
| Cinquina | 5 | €6,000,000 | 1 in 43,949,268 | 14% |
What the return column tells you
On an estratto or ambo, about 62 cents of every euro comes back as prizes. On a cinquina only 14 cents does. The bigger the multiplier, the worse the deal on average. That is the trade-off of a fixed-odds game: you choose your own risk, and the long shots cost you the most.
Payout multipliers before tax. They are lower if you play more numbers than the bet needs or spread one stake over several wheels.
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View Online OptionsWhere the Lotto comes from
The game traces back to 16th-century Genoa, where people bet on which names would be drawn to fill seats on the city council. The idea of betting on a draw spread across the Italian states and became a state game. Today it runs under a concession from the customs and monopolies agency ADM. The IGT group, which ran it as Lottomatica from 1994, won a new nine-year concession in 2025.
Tax on Lotto wins
Lotto wins are taxed differently from SuperEnalotto. Since October 2017, 8% is withheld at source on Lotto prizes (it was 6% before). A €100 win pays out €92. SuperEnalotto, by contrast, has no tax up to €500 and 20% on the part above it. More on that on the Italian lottery tax page.
Lotto compared with the other Italian games
| Game | Prize type | Draws |
|---|---|---|
| Lotto Italy | Fixed multiple of your stake | Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat |
| 10eLotto | Fixed prizes, linked to the Lotto draw | Several times a day |
| MillionDAY | Fixed €1 million top prize | Daily, 13:00 and 20:30 |
| SuperEnalotto | Rolling jackpot | Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat |
Frequently asked questions
What is the national wheel?
The eleventh Lotto wheel. It draws five numbers from 1 to 90 like the city wheels, but is not tied to any region. You can bet on it alone or together with the others.
Does the Italian Lotto have a jackpot?
No. Every bet pays a fixed multiple of the stake. If you want a rolling jackpot, that is SuperEnalotto.
Which Lotto bet has the best odds?
The estratto: you win if one number appears on your wheel, which happens about once in 18 draws. It also gives back the largest share of your stakes, around 62%.
Can I play the Italian Lotto from abroad?
In Italy you play at an authorised point of sale or through an Italian gaming account. Most international lottery services do not offer the Lotto’s wheel bets. See our overview of online options for what is available.
How much tax do I pay on a Lotto win?
8%, withheld before payout. A €1,000 win pays out €920.