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Loto 7 odds — every division, derived

Every figure on this page is calculated from the game's published rules. The operator's own odds page is linked below as verification — but the working is here, on this page.

The combinatorics

A standard entry picks 7 numbers from 37. The number of possible combinations is:

C(37, 7) = 10,295,472

After the 7 winning numbers, 2 supplementary/bonus balls are drawn from the same pool — they create extra divisions but don't change the jackpot odds.

Division odds

DivisionMatchWinning combinationsDerived oddsProbabilityPrizeOperator says
1st prize7 main11 in 10,295,4729.713e-8Jackpot pool share (up to ¥1 billion with carryover)1 in 10,295,472
2nd prize6 main + 1 supps141 in 735,3911.360e-6Pool share1 in 735,391
3rd prize6 main + 0 supps1961 in 52,5281.904e-5Pool share1 in 52,528
4th prize5 main9,1351 in 1,1270.0887%Pool share1 in 1,127
5th prize4 main142,1001 in 72.451.38%Pool share1 in 72
6th prize3 main + ≥1 supps242,5501 in 42.452.36%Fixed ¥1,0001 in 42

"Winning combinations" counts how many of the possible outcomes land in that division. "Operator says" is the operator's published figure — shown so you can check us against them (small differences are their rounding).

Odds of winning any prize

1 in 26.13

Sum of all division probabilities — usually the number the ads quote.

Odds of the top prize

1 in 10,295,472

One standard game. Two games doubles it — and it's still tiny.

How long are these odds? Winning the top prize is about as likely as calling 23.3 coin flips in a row correctly (223.3 10,295,472). If you bought one line every draw, at two draws a week you would expect one top-prize win roughly every 98,995 years.

Sources

Last verified: 2026-08-29