Multi Multi and the Plus option — how Oczko works

Multi Multi differs from Lotto in one fundamental respect: it is the player who decides how many numbers to mark. In Lotto you always pick six numbers, here you can go for one or for ten, and each of these variants has its own prize table. Below we describe the drawing mechanics, how the Plus option works, and what Oczko is and why it is a separate entity from the main draw.

How many numbers does the machine draw and how many does the player pick

The pool in Multi Multi has 80 numbers, from 1 to 80. In a single draw the machine pulls 20 numbers from it. That is a great deal for a number game — in Lotto, from a pool of 49 numbers, six are drawn, here it comes out to a quarter of the entire pool. This is where the impression that hits happen more often comes from: with twenty numbers drawn, each marked number has, statistically, about a one-in-four chance of being among that twenty.

The player marks between 1 and 10 numbers. Choosing the length of the bet is the player's own decision and affects both the prize table and how many hits are needed for any prize at all. A short bet on a single number wins or loses immediately, while a longer one — say, a ten-number bet — has intermediate tiers and sometimes pays a prize even when no number is matched. The exact tables are published by Totalizator Sportowy in the game rules, and those are what settle the matter.

Parameter	Multi Multi	Lotto (for comparison)
Number range	1-80	1-49
Numbers drawn	20	6
Numbers picked	from 1 to 10, player's choice	always 6
Additional number	Oczko, one from 1-80	none
Draws	twice a day	three times a week

A comparison of the drawing mechanics of both games. The prize amounts and detailed prize tables for each bet length are set out in the game rules published by Totalizator Sportowy.

What the Plus option is

Plus is an additional, separately paid draw that covers the same set of marked numbers. It changes nothing in the main draw: the player does not mark a second time, does not add numbers, does not extend the bet. By selecting Plus, the player buys a second, independent chance for their twenty numbers to hit — this time in a second, separate twenty drawn for this option.

The consequence is simple: the same set of numbers takes part in two draws at once. You can win in the main draw and not in Plus, or the other way around, or in both, or in neither. Both draws are independent of each other, and the outcome of one says nothing about the outcome of the other. Prizes from both are added together if hits occurred in both.

Oczko — a number drawn separately

Oczko is a single number from the range 1 to 80, drawn independently of the main twenty. It is not part of it, it is not a twenty-first number, nor is it a number singled out from among those drawn. It is drawn separately, under its own rules, and separately decides on a prize.

The mechanics of Oczko are sometimes confused with the additional number in other games, for example with the Euro numbers in Eurojackpot, where two additional numbers come from a separate, smaller pool and are required for the top prize. In Multi Multi, Oczko concerns the same 1-80 pool as the main draw and constitutes a separate bet, not a supplement to the base bet. Settlement details are described in the game rules.

We publish Oczko results together with the whole draw — the full data for each day can be found in the game's results archive at Multi Multi results.

Two draws a day and what follows from that

Multi Multi is drawn twice a day — at midday and in the evening. This sets it apart from Lotto, where draws take place three times a week, and it has practical consequences when checking results: the date alone is not enough to unambiguously identify a draw. For a single day there are two separate sets of numbers, each with its own sequential number.

This also matters when browsing the archive and statistics. In annual terms, Multi Multi produces many times more draws than any of the other games, so its history builds up much faster. Frequency statistics for individual numbers in this game are therefore based on a much larger sample than the equivalent data for Lotto.

Statistics describe the past, not the future

The statistics we publish — how many times a given number has come up, when it last appeared, how many draws ago — describe only what has already happened. They are not meant to predict the next result, and no advantage can be derived from them. Every draw is independent of the ones before it: a number that has not appeared in a hundred draws has exactly the same probability in the next one as any other number. The drawing machine does not remember its previous results.

A separate matter is the length of the bet. Marking ten numbers instead of one does not make the bet better or worse — it only changes the structure of the prizes and which combination of hits earns a payout. This is a choice about the character of the game, not a way of raising the odds. You can find the full draw history and frequency data in the Multi Multi statistics, and the distribution of occurrences in graphical form in the heat maps.

Checking your ticket and the most common mistakes

With two draws a day and the Plus option, the easiest thing to get wrong is which draw you are checking against. The ticket contains information about the date and time of the draw it relates to — without it, comparing numbers settles nothing, because the same day has two different results. The second common mistake is comparing your picks against the Plus draw numbers when the Plus option was not purchased: in that case, that draw simply does not apply to that ticket.

The third mistake concerns Oczko. A marked number can appear in the main twenty and at the same time not be Oczko, because these are two independent outcomes. You can compare your set of numbers and the draw time automatically with the ticket checker, which selects the correct draw based on date and time.