Mifal HaPayis is the national lottery of Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Gambling is illegal in Israel. The only body licensed to provide betting services is Mifal Hapayis.

History

Mifal HaPayis was established in August 1951 to recruit funding for the construction of a hospital in Tel Aviv. At first the project's profits were used only for healthcare applications. Later on, when Mifal HaPayis became a national lottery organization, its support was extended to projects in the fields of education, recreation, and the arts.

Mifal HaPayis supports the establishments of children's clinics, hospitals, sport halls, study rooms and school buildings, youth activity and adult education centers, culture halls, the performing arts, and public parks.

In 2007, Mifal HaPayis earned a total of 3.848 billion New Shekels, of which 2.4 billion were granted as prizes and 1.1 billion used for various public projects..

Games

• The Lottery
  Lottery
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   - a weekly game where the participant is asked to guess 6 numbers out of 34 and an additional one number out of 10, the chances of winning by filling one column is 1 to 13,449,040. with an additional payment there are special columns that allows to increase the chances of winning by filling out more than 6 numbers. In 2008 Mifal Hapayis made a new form called "Double Lottery" where the price of every columns is doubled and the prize for the winner is doubled.

• Chance - a daily game that takes place 6 times a day (except 3 times a day in Fridays and 2 time in Saturday). The game is based on the four cards A, K, Q and J of the game cards and the numbers 7, 8, 9 and 10. Mifal HaPayis draws a sequence of four of those cards and the participant is asked to guess that sequence or one with a 1, 2 or 3 cards out of it.

• Payis 777 - this game is bi-daily where the participant is asked to guess 7 numbers out of 70 while 17 numbers out of them are drawn. In this game the prize is not split between the winners, each winner gets the full prize.

• 123 - a daily game where the participant is asked to guess a sequence of 3 numbers (0 to 9), the chances of winning this game is 1 to 1000.

• Hish Gad - a card scratching game. in each card there is a different kind of game but the winning cards are predetermined, the participant scratches the card and finds out if he won or lost.

• The Big Lottery - In addition to the regular games Mifal HaPayis also runs, ever since its 50 years anniversary, a yearly game called "The Big Lottery" which is a regular lottery game where the grand prize is 50 million New Shekels.