A staggering one million tickets were sold prior to last Wednesday’s draw of the Super 5, Maltco sources told The Malta Independent. The jackpot stood at Lm330,000 but there were no lucky winners.

This week, with a record jackpot of Lm400,000, more people are expected to try their luck at this lottery. The highest ever jackpot prize in the Super 5 lottery game previously was of Lm359,475.

The Super 5 game was launched in January 1990 with 36 numbers and in April 2001 a game with 42 numbers was introduced.

Lotto booths are expecting an inundation of customers as people crowd to buy tickets for next Wednesday’s Super 5 lottery. Those who usually buy one ticket will be trying their luck with more tickets while those who believe that not betting earns them 50 cents will surely try their luck this time round.

When jackpot prizes are so high, businessmen and retailers report lack of sales with shop owners saying that their sales slump when Super 5 lottery jackpot is so abundant. The Super 5 lottery always gets the blame. Some time ago, the organisers of a charity event who had not managed to collect as much as they had the previous year blamed the Super 5 lottery as a possible reason for their results.

The winning numbers in last week’s draw were: 3, 1, 30, 41 and 34. 134 people guessed four numbers and won Lm498.59 each while 5,741 people guessed three numbers and won Lm13.58 each.