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Polish lottery payouts in July 2026 and ticket reform
Early July 2026 saw a series of routine Polish lottery draws across multiple games, draws, with the Ekstra Premia draw on 4 July offering a 66 186 zloty pool but no jackpot winner, while the Lotto draw that day accumulated built a 5 million zloty jackpot. A week later, the later Mini Lotto game produced unusually large prizes. Between prizes, and between 17 July and 20 July, July six‑figure wins were claimed in Piotrków Trybunalski and the Wielkopolska region, totalling more than 860 000 zloty. The sequence shows a shift from standard draw results to a brief period of high‑value payouts in western and central Poland. At the end of July, the month Totalizator Sportowy announced that, effective its biggest reform since 2009, to take effect after the 18 August draw, draw. From that draw the price of a standard Lotto ticket will rise from 3 zł to 5 zł, and the zł (a 67 % increase). The guaranteed first‑tier prize will increase grow from 2 million zł to 3 million zł, with lower‑tier payouts also raised. The reform is intended the prize for matching three numbers will rise from 24 zł to accelerate jackpot growth 35 zł, and follows a larger share of the July surge in high‑value winnings. pool will be allocated to top‑prize tiers, while the optional Lotto Plus game remains at 1 zł.