How Pick3 Payouts Work: Pools, Tiers, and Rollovers

Every game tier has its own pool

Pick3 runs Bronze, Silver, and Gold as separate game tiers. Each tier has its own ticket price, draw, pool, and jackpot. That means Bronze tickets compete with Bronze tickets, Silver with Silver, and Gold with Gold.

• Bronze tickets cost ₦500.

• Silver tickets cost ₦2,000.

• Gold tickets cost ₦5,000.

How the prize pool is formed

All ticket stakes for a game tier are added together as the total pool. From that total, 20% is reserved as the platform share. The remaining 80% becomes the prize pool for players.

From the player prize pool, 85% goes to Tier 1 and 15% goes to Tier 2. If there is an existing jackpot carryover, it is added to the Tier 1 pool.

What wins Tier 1 or Tier 2

Pick3 is an ordered-number game. The position of each number matters.

• Match all 3 numbers in the exact positions to win Tier 1.

• Match exactly 2 numbers in the exact positions to win Tier 2.

• Match 0 or 1 position and the ticket does not win a prize.

For example, if the result is 20, 3, 30, then 20, 3, 30 is a Tier 1 match. A ticket like 3, 20, 30 is not the same result because the first two positions are different.

How winners are paid

Each prize tier is split equally among all winners in that tier. If one ticket wins Tier 1, that ticket receives the full Tier 1 pool. If four tickets win Tier 1, the Tier 1 pool is divided equally between the four tickets.

Tier 2 works the same way: all tickets that match exactly two positions share the Tier 2 pool equally.

What happens when nobody wins the jackpot

If nobody wins Tier 1, the Tier 1 pool rolls over into the next jackpot for that same game tier. This is how jackpots can keep growing over time.

If someone wins Tier 1, the jackpot for that game tier resets after the payout is completed. If there are no tickets at all for a draw, the existing jackpot simply stays in place.