Australian Lotteries 6 From 38 Soccer Pools is one of many lottery games and related products in Australia that are available right across the country. Some of these are in-state lotteries and games while others such as the Oz Lotto and Powerball, Tattslotto and the 6 From 38 Soccer Pools are country-wide games.

The Australian Lotteries Soccer Pools goes by the name of 6 From 38 Soccer Pools, The Soccer Pools or simply The Pools depending upon which state or territory you are in.

This game is quite different from other Australian lotteries where the numbers are randomly drawn. The Pools are based upon soccer scores in Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe.

When using Australian soccer games, mainly state league scores are used. When using soccer game scores from the UK or Europe, these are referred to as Northern Hemisphere matches.

The Australian Soccer Pools normally has a starting jackpot figure of AU$75,000 which will roll over when it is not won and does tend to jackpot often.

The 6 From 38 Australian Soccer Pools is a game particularly suited to people who have a good understanding of soccer – so if you are a football fan and enjoy playing lottery based games you will have a slight advantage there.

The Pools is still a game of chance, though, so most retailers of tickets for the Australian Pools offer randomly generated computer picks.

You will need to get your entries for Australian Lotteries Soccer Pools by Saturday afternoon or evening as this is when entries close for the games. The exact times depend upon where the games used are being played.

The Australian Lotteries Soccer Pools uses a matrix of 6/38 plus a supplementary number.

This means that 6 numbers are selected out of 38 with the supplementary number being used for The Pools’ prize Divisions 2 and 5.

Basically, a list of soccer matches is drawn up each week comprising of 38 games and numbered 1 to 38 plus a number of “reserve” games which are numbered from 39 onwards up to 60.

Once the results are known of the matches on the list, the games are then ranked in a particular order from highest to lowest as per the following….

Tie Breakers…

There is a system used if all other “tie-breakers” at each ranking level have been exhausted – this is the “final tie-breaker” and is the match order itself.

In this instance, game number 38 would rank the highest and game number 1, the lowest meaning that in practice when this is used, higher numbers can occur a little more often than lower numbers.

“Void” Games…

If games are “void” for whatever reason – ie. not being played – the “reserve” matches results will take the place of the “void” games.

When this happens, the first “reserve” match result used would be game number 39 which would replace the lowest numbered “void” match, then game number 40 which would replace the second lowest numbered “void” match and so on.

Should there be less than 38 matches played or less than 7 results declared – which is nearly impossible to happen – different states have their own rules on how to deal with this…

New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland conduct a separate drawing of the remaining numbers from a barrel to determine The Pools remaining winning numbers whereas in Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territories and Western Australia, the draw is simply cancelled and all entries are re-entered into the next Pools draw.

As with most lottery games around the world, you would normally have needed to live in the country concerned to actually take part in any of its games.

Now, however, with the welcome presence of authentic and authorized online lottery ticket sales agencies such as OzLotteries or TheLotter, you are able to play most lotteries from the comfort of your own home no matter where in the world you live.

This applies to the Australian Soccer Pools and all other Australian lotteries and you can now choose your Australian Lottery numbers online and purchase your tickets whether you live in Australia or anywhere else around the world.

This is excellent news, of course, if you live outside of Australia and want to play the Australian Soccer Pools 3 From 38 game and guarantee your entry into the next draw or just simply wish to enjoy the convenience of being able to quickly and easily buy lottery tickets online.

Once you have entered into the Soccer Pools, you are then easily able to check these Australian Lotto results online to see how you have done and to find out if you have become one of the lucky soccer pools winners.

The age limit at which you can purchase tickets for any of the Australian lotteries varies from state to state but will either be 16 years or 18 years of age.