In 2024 lotteries are an vital part of the Dutch gambling industry. The Dutch Lottery is the largest provider of games of chance in the Netherlands. With a wide range of prize lotteries, sports betting and online casino games, they implement the Dutch gambling policy. There are various legal lotto games in the Netherlands, with many different brands and games. The second offical organisation are the charity lotteries in the Netherlands. Here is an overview of the main legal and offcial games in 2024:
National lotteries are subdivided into two organisations in 2024. For example, thee have the charities and the Dutch lottery organisation. Below, we describe the differences and the brands associated with the two organiations.
Dutch Lottery was formed in 2016 from the merger of Staatsloterij and Lotto. Since October 2021, the also offer casino games and live betting on sports matches. The license brands in 2023 are: State lottery (Staatsloterij), Lotto, Eurojackpot, Million game (Miljoenenspel), Lucky Day, Scratchcards and Toto.
There are actually two brands involved here and they are the National Posctode lottery and the Friends Lottery. We ourselves are not enthusiastic about these two providers. They are very commercial parties where the chances of winning are very low.
We ourselves have been playing the Postcode lottery for years but all we win is a cup of ben & jerry ice cream or gingerbread. We get little satisfaction from this. Also, the numerous games such as Million game, deal or no deal and the television programme MIljoenenjacht are also linked to this participation. But it remains unclear every time whether you play for free as a member or whether you still have to buy extra lottery tickets for these extra games.
Below is the overview and prices of the current lotteries where you can play directly by visiting the website through the link. The draws range from weekly or monthly. You can also opt for one-off participation or monthly.
Play National Postcode lottery >
Weekly FREE chance to win €5 MILLION
14 draws - €14.50 ticket
Draw every 10th of the month
Jackpot more as 10 million
Price: 3,50 - 35 Euro
Draw every Saterday
Jackpot: more as 2,5 million
Price: 2 Euro
Draw is each Tuesday and Friday
Jackpot: 120 million
Ticketprice: 2 Euro
Results at 19:00 every day
You decide the prize to be won
Play from as little as €1.50
On several occasions in July and August 2024 important lottery occurrences took place within the Dutch country.
One important win happened on July 1st during the Dutch Staatsloterij special draw where there were several great prizes given. For security reasons, the exact details of individual winners are typically not disclosed. The Staatsloterij is one of the most popular lotteries in the Netherlands and it enjoys a good reputation for awarding tax-free prizes compared to other large, international draws.
July and August saw progressive growth in jackpots on the Lotto. By August 17th last year the jackpot had rolled to €3.3 million, having neared a peak of €4.9 on July 6th. These winning numbers covered a wild spread of both regular and reserve number, all that had different roles in the final prize sums. Over time, more prize areas went unclaimed with a raising of the bounty due to everyone and their mother entering.
This included a Dutch player who landed more than €600,000 in July after matching five numbers and one Euro number in the European game. Yet no player from Holland managed to win the biggest jackpot which had reached over €25m in this period.
Why play with lotto? Not only you win with Lotto. After all, after deduction of the prize money, the proceeds from Lotto will go entirely to Dutch sports and 18 other charities. De Lotto has been licensed since 1961 to organize Lotto and Numeral Games. Playing lotto is very easy. You choose 6 numbers from the numbers 1 to 45. Every Saturday we draw 6 winning numbers from 45 balls. If you get all of these right, you win the Jackpot of at least € 2.5 million.
From 16 August 2021, the BankGiro and the Friends Lottery have joined forces and will now continue together under the name Friends Lottery.
The BankGiro Lottery was established in 1961 as the ‘Girolottery’. It changed it’s name in 1978. From then on it focused mainly on charities. Since 2002 this has been part of the so-called ‘Holding Nationale Goede Doelen Loterij’. It works together with the Postcodeloterij and the Vriendenloterij. BankGiro is the ‘older brother’, because the other two lotteries were both established in 1989.
That's because with Eurojackpot you have the chance to win the top prize, the Jackpot, of a minimum of 10 million every single draw. This mega lottery takes place in several countries just like the Euromillions, which is why the jackpot is so high. And if the Jackpot doesn't fall, it quickly increases to unprecedented amounts, up to 120 million! That's the highest jackpot in the Netherlands, no other lottery has a jackpot prize like that.
In 1989 the National Postcode Lottery was a very small company. Only the founders and some employees worked there. A lot has changed since then. In 2017 it’s a large company with hundreds of employee. It’s actually the biggest lottery after the Dutch National Lottery. Thousands of Dutch people try their luck by purchasing one or more lottery tickets or play games like deal or no deal or Miljoenenjacht. The ticket uses your zip code and three numbers. This makes the numbers unique and personal. So in total you have four numbers, two letters and three other numbers.
The monthly draw of the National Postcode Lottery takes place on the last day of the month. The 13th draw on 30 June 2024, the 14th draw on 28 December 2024 and the December draw on 1 January 2025. The draws take place from 10.00 am at Beethovenstraat 200 in Amsterdam. The results of the monthly draws will be published every 1st of the following month. Changes reserved.
Feeling lucky today? You can find out tonight if you can buy that new car. So play along with Lucky Day! With a deposit of €1.50 you can win €450.000. Play directly. The daily game with a draw every day of the week. Players play with their own lucky number(s) and stand a chance at 300,000 times their stake
The Dutch state lottery or Staatsloterij is the older lottery in The Netherlands. Since 2016, the State Lottery has been part of Dutch Lottery. At State Lottery, you have a chance to win fantastic cash prizes every draw. In 2022, we will distribute a whopping €450 million in cash prizes, the very largest prize pool* in the Netherlands. Tax-free! Every 10th of the month there is a draw where you have a chance to win many cash prizes.
Wondering on which final figures the most prizes fall at the State Lottery? Then check out the tables below for the best final figures. Do you go for an end digit on which the most prizes are won? Or do you choose an end digit on which the fewest prizes are won? State Lottery final figures from 2013 to 2023
Toto casino is also part of the Dutch lottery. In fact, they have always been the only casino within this association. Moreover, toto is known for its sports betting at Toto sport.
Founded by KNVB in 1957 for a gathering revenue of football club support. At TOTO, players can play together from €1 and bet on dozens of sports. The TOTO Sport brand was created for this purpose to offer online sports betting in the Netherlands. Players can participate live including sports betting and live streaming. From 1 October, players will no longer have to do so paying gambling tax on their cash prizes. You can also fill out Toto forms at over 410 retailers in the Netherlands.
The Friends Lottery supports charities that work on health and well-being. At the friendsLottery, 50% of the turnover goes to charities. In 2022 this was more than 53.9 million euros. You can choose which charity you support at the VriendenLoterij. This pleasant for many people because everyone has their own taste.
Scratch cards are a so-called "instant lottery", as defined in the Dutch Gaming Act (Article 14a). The Dutch company is the only organisation in the Netherlands that has a licence to organise this with Licence 2015/2016. The most popular cards are december calender and Klaver4.
Miljoenenspel is a lottery game of the Dutch Lottery. The latter is the owner of several Dutch lotteries including the Staatsloterij, Lotto and Miljoenenspel. The history of Miljoenenspel can be traced back to 2012. In this year it was established. It replaced Dayzers, a weekly lottery organised by the Staatsloterij.
With Care-a-Lot you support a good cause of your choice every month. Each draw gives you the chance to win beautiful prizes with a top prize of no less than € 1,000,000. In every draw you have a big chance to win of 1 in 5 per ticket. The Care-a-Lot lottery has 1 draw per month (12 per year). Participating costs only € 5,- per lot per draw. Sign up now and take part with Care-a-Lot!
Jantje Beton is the outdoor play expert who works tirelessly and in collaboration with others to get children and young people playing and moving outdoors. Jantje Beton uses half of the proceeds from lottery tickets sold to secondary school students. This money is used for projects on playground equipment or activities. Over 600 primary schools take part in the lottery every year.
Every day people all over the world establish their own lottery. They have good experiences as lottery players themselves or think that their living place can use one. However, it’s not really easy to establish your own lottery. You have to deal with all kinds of rules. For example, you’re required to apply for a permit. What are the rules in the Netherlands for lotteries?
Is donation to charities required?
The Dutch government monitors the developments on the gambling market closely and wants every gambling company to have a permit. Not everyone can establish a lottery, as can be read in the Gambling Law. It has some strict rules, including one that states that a lottery must be organized without commercial purposes. Besides that, a part of the revenue must be donated to charities. The total costs must be 50 percent of the total revenue, and with the other half the lottery must help charitable organizations. Also important is that participants cannot have any influence on the outcome of the lottery.
Lotteries have to deal with more than just a permit alone. We haven’t spoken about taxes yet. According to the law, taxes have to be paid for prize money above 454 euros. Many lotteries bring this a fee for prize winners. Some companies also pay the taxes themselves. Whatever you do, make sure that your lottery participants are aware of the gambling tax. This prevents unpleasant surprises for you and them. It’s no fun when a winner is confronted with high taxes after winning a big prize. The tax authority in the Netherlands wants players to pay 226 euros when they’ve won a prize between 4500 and 45.000 euros.
Where all the Netherlands wins: that's our mission. A mission with impact, because we contribute to a happy, healthy and sporty Netherlands. We do this by making many players happy every day with beautiful cash prizes. In 2021, players of the nine games of chance
Staatsloterij, Lotto, Eurojackpot, Miljoenenspel, Lucky Day, Scratch Cards, TOTO Shop, TOTO Sport and TOTO Casino together will have won €2,4 million in prize money won.
Our games give you the chance to win cash prizes. From tenner to Mega Jackpot or €10,000 a month. Thank you for being part of the Stichting Aanwending Loterijgelden Nederland, we can support 18 charities in the field of health, sport and welfare. Examples are the Diabetes Fund, KWF Kankerbestrijding and The Heart Foundation. We give almost all our income to a happy, healthy and sporty Netherlands.
NOC*NSF and 77 sports associations: € 50 million and 18 charities: € 19 million and for Dutch society € 118 million.
The payout percentages of the six most popular lotteries are around: