New Zealand: Lotto
Reduced Wheel 9 of 40 for Lotto — guarantee 5
30 combinations instead of 84 in the full wheel 9 of 40. Guarantee 5 when 6 of 40 are matched — 64% fewer tickets.
A reduced wheel of 9 numbers is an optimized set of 30 combinations. Each combination contains 6 numbers, as required by the draw.
Guarantee: if any 5 winning numbers are among your 9 chosen numbers, at least one system combination will contain all 5 matches.
How to use: select exactly 9 numbers in the field below (or click "Random"), then click "Create System".
Full system
84
combinations C(9, 6)
Wheel system
30
combinations with guaranteed 5-match
Savings
64%
54 fewer combinations
Select numbers
Select 9 numbers
Selected 0 of 9
Select exactly 9 numbers from 40 — the wheel system will be composed from them.
This is the most important step: you assume that the winning numbers of the next draw will be among these 9 numbers.
Use past draw statistics, hot or cold numbers for selection, or click "Random".
Wheel System
Lottery system with 9 numbers and guaranteed 5-match
Select 9 numbers in each field or click "Create System" — missing numbers will be chosen randomly.
G on keyboard — create system
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the reduced wheel 9 of 40 for Lotto
The reduced wheel contains 30 combinations (tickets) — 64% fewer than the full wheel (84 combinations for 9 of 6). Each ticket matches the Lotto rules: 6 numbers out of 40.
Guarantee 5 is the minimum number of matches on a single ticket that the wheel ensures if any 5 winning numbers are among your 9 picks. In that case, at least one system ticket is guaranteed to contain all 5 of those matches.
Only the full wheel of 9 numbers (84 combinations) guarantees the jackpot. The reduced wheel trades that 100 % guarantee for a 64% ticket reduction: it guarantees at least 5 matches on one ticket whenever any 5 winning numbers fall within your 9 picks. The jackpot becomes a strong chance rather than a certainty.
Total cost = 30 tickets × the ticket price. The current ticket price and final total are shown in the boxes above on this page — values are taken from the latest Lotto draw. On average, the 9-of-40 wheel with guarantee 5 is roughly 64% cheaper than full coverage.