WeatherLottery Exposed — Weather, Lottery and Australia
WeatherLottery Review
Looking at the WeatherLottery.com.au, I couldn’t help smiling. This is a daily/weekly lottery that uses the first number after the decimal point for the seven capital cities in Australia at 12 noon Monday to Friday to create a seven-digit number. All you have to do is get 2 correct and you’re in the money. Of your $25 (that’s AUD – Australian Dollars) minimum stake monthly, $5 goes to charity.
The Game at WeatherLottery.com.au
This is a seven-digit lottery that is played Monday to Friday, though you only actually play once a week per monthly ticket purchase. Players choose which day they want to play based on where their AUD 5 donation will go. Friday’s, players can choose to split the choice amongst any of the four. Of course, any player could choose to play more than once a week. Oh, and there is a choice to play a single game.
Winning Numbers
The numbers are based on the first number after the decimal point for the official temperatures posted for the capitals of each state in Australia.
Weather Lottery & Winning
Get just 2 numbers correct and you win! Two cities win AUD 5, three cities are AUD 15.00, 4 cities are $150, 5 cities are $2,000, 6 cities win AUD 25,000 and get all seven cities correct and you win $1,000,000! It doesn’t come much simpler. Winnings under $25,000 are usually credited to your account immediately. Winnings AUD 25,001 and over can take up to twenty-one days. The minimum withdrawal amount is AUD 10. They don’t take any commission or fees excluding any transfer costs depending on how you are getting your money.
Free Ticket’s at Weather Lottery
Okay – there was one weird thing that came up under “Free Ticket” in the Terms & Conditions. They say that a player “may have the retail value of the original ticket deducted from any winnings… Unless the win is less than $7”. There isn’t any information on how you get free tickets.
Charities & WeatherLottery.com.au
Currently, the Weather Lottery supports four charities – Variety the Children’s Charity, Cowboy’s Community Foundation, Wounded Heroes Supporting Today’s Defense Force, and Mater Foundation. Players simply choose which one they’d like to support and $5 of their monthly charge of $25 goes to that charity.
Who Can Play?
Make sure you check out whether you can play here or not. There aren’t a lot of restrictions, but definitely those residing in the USA can’t. The other thing as a non-Aussie resident, you’ll have to ‘verify your ID’ including providing a copy of your passport, driver’s license, and another confirmation of your address – oh, and nothing can be older than six months.
But I Have a Question
If you’ve already gone through the terms and conditions and FAQ and still have questions, the WeatherLottery.com.au offers an email address, telephone number, and snail-mail address.
The Bottom Line at Weather Lottery
This simply looks like fun and they do keep it simple! The official results are from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) published both on their official site and at WeatherLottery.com.au daily.
Pros:
Simple to Play
Official Results
Supports Charities
Cons:
Only One Lottery
Free Ticket?
As I said before, I like the WeatherLottery.com.au – it’s simple and does support charities. And I think it would be fun to keep an eye on the temperatures in Australia to see if I win.
Peter Links
What a simple, straightforward game and has got me popping into the weather channel to see what is happening in Australia. It’s not going to pull in one of those mega jackpot lottery wins, so I’m not going to stop playing other games. But, good fun and I like that I choose which charity part of my money is going to.