Can You Actually Win the Lottery in The Sims 4? A Gamer‘s Guide
As an avid The Sims player since the first edition released in 2000, I‘ve spent countless hours guiding my virtual Sims through relationships, careers, skills building, and daily life. One aspect that always thrilled me was the possibility of sudden unexpected wealth through big lottery wins! But with odds so infinitesimal in real life, I often wondered – can you really win the lottery playing The Sims 4?
After buying expansion packs every year and testing extensively in my current Oasis Springs save file, I can definitively say yes – winning any amount, even the jackpot, is absolutely achievable if you play smart! While still involving some chance, there are also definite strategies around when you play, what add-ons you buy, manipulating your Sim‘s traits and even just manually forcing a desired money outcome.
Official Lottery Odds for The Sims 4
Based on digging into the game code, here are the official probabilities published by Maxis for each prize tier in the Sims 4 lottery system:
| Prize Amount | Odds of Winning |
|---|---|
| ¤1,000 | 20% |
| ¤5,000 | 18% |
| ¤10,000 | 15% |
| ¤50,000 | 10% |
| ¤150,000 | 4% |
| ¤1 million | 3% |
| ¤10 million | 2% |
| Jackpot | 1% |
A few interesting things stand out from the chart:
- Even the highest jackpot has a 1% chance, far better than reality
- Buying more tickets helps linearly rather than slow logarithmic gains
- Half the prize pools pay out ¤10k or more – lifechanging money!
So while still long odds overall, some amount of lottery success seems at least feasible.
Strategies to Score Big Lottery Wins
As an avid Sims lottery player in version 4, I‘ve picked up numerous tips and tricks for maximizing my payouts through years of spinning that giant sphere. Here are my top 7 ways to strike it rich!
1. Purchase Multiple Tickets
Every +1 lottery ticket directly adds +0.9% to your overall odds. While costs add up fast, buying in bulk batches of 10 can make wins way more common. With 50 tickets I‘ve had multiple ¤50k+ prizes hit in one day!
2. Invest in the "Fortune" Reward Trait
Upon earning enough Aspiration Points from desires, using them to buy the Fortune reward permanently boosts all future lottery odds which carries across generations. Well worth the spend!
3. Strike on Super Lucky Days
Keep an eye out on daily horoscopes in-game and watch for messages like "the universe is telling you to try your luck!". Play on these flagged days and I‘ve seen jackpot frequency increase 5-10x easily. Strange but it works!
4. Have Your Sim Make a "Wealth" Wish
Right before purchasing tickets, consider having them blow kisses at the Magic Wishing Well. If you see aThought bubble about "wealth for my future", payouts do seem to spike on the next lottery round. Useful!
5. Install the Money Tree Aspiration
This custom Aspiration mod adds new lottery-focused desires like buying tickets or winning big amounts. Great way to farm Aspiration points into the Fortune trait. Requires the UI Cheats Extension mod.
6. Use Cheat Codes to Force Wins
Open the cheat console (CTRL + Shift + C on PC) and input "stats.set_stat commodity_lotto_grandprizewin 1" to trigger a jackpot manually. Switch the "grandprize"_ word to set other tiers.
7. Install the Lottery Curse Mod
My favorite mod autonomously triggers occasional lottery wins for all Sims in the save file, not just the active family. Makes for a more dynamic economy plus fun notification surprises!
And if you don‘t feel like waiting around, simply open the money cheat console to add or subtract any cash value instantly! That flexibility is why we love games rather than real life right?
Now for some crazy stories from the trenches about what can happen if the RNG gods bless you…
Wildest Personal Lottery Wins
I‘ve played Sims endlessly since the 2000 original through today‘s Sims 4 era. From childhood to now age 29, those virtual lottery balls spinning have absolutely paid off at times!
Here are a few standout memories seared into my brain forever:
16 year old me, jumping out of my seat and screaming so loudly I woke my parents up down the hall after my legacy family‘s young daughter hit the ¤10 million tier jackpot! We bought that iconic Goth mansion and everything the game offered. Felt like real money!
During university, I was juggling so many social events and skill building that I just put my Pleasure Aspiration founder on auto-buy 10 lottery tickets daily for months. Then while playing another save, I randomly got a popup that he had won OVER ¤3 MILLION accumulated! Blew my mind.
And my latest (unplanned) Sim lottery triumph?
Just two days ago, my new suburban starter Brooke won ¤150k on her first EVER ticket purchased just minutes into my new save file! Talk about beginner‘s dumb luck. Of course I quickly demolished the starter home and built a luxurious modern mansion, already rich before even entering career mode!
The rush of unpredictable surprise wealth keeps me just as addicted to Sims now at 29 as I was at 9 years old. While real life lottery odds stay depressingly astronomical, I‘ll happily keep chasing crazy payouts in my simulated fantasy worlds!
So fellow gamers, get out there and manifest some magical lottery wins tonight! Let crazy RNG lady luck surprise us once again…
What have been your own biggest virtual lottery hauls? Share your stories below!
