UK national lottery

Carries over to the next draw, "Dropping" the prize and "mandatory" draws.

The jackpot can be carried over for a maximum of five consecutive draws, before it is played without fail. If the jackpot has not been drawn within five draws, there is a “mandatory” draw (Must Be Won). The jackpot must be drawn in it, even if no one guessed all six numbers. If there are no Match winners in such a draw 6 ("Guessed 6 numbers ") the jackpot is dropped, and the money is distributed among all winners of the lower levels, winnings from the Match level 2 ("Guessed 2 numbers ") and higher.

When the prize drops, a certain percentage of the jackpot is transferred to each prize level from the Match 2 ("Guessed 2 numbers ") to Match 5 + Bonus ("Guessed 5 rooms + bonus ») and is distributed among all winners of each level. The table below shows the percentage transferred and the approximate amount of the increase for each individual prize:

How to play

To play the lottery, pick six numbers from 1 to 59. The lottery ticket can be purchased from any licensed retailer in the UK or online. In this case, you can choose your own numbers or the Lucky Dip option ("Pull for luck"), to get six randomly selected numbers. The object of the game is to pick numbers, which match the winning draw numbers. The more numbers you guess, the bigger the prize you get.

When buying tickets online, simply select the numbers you want or the Lucky Dip option

After paying for one or more tickets, you will receive an email confirmation from the National Lottery with important information about your ticket and the draw, in which you participate. Your ticket is automatically verified after the draw and, if you won a prize, you will receive an email notification with the subject "there is important news about your ticket" ("Important news about your ticket")

For security reasons, the email does not inform, how much did you win. Instead, you will be asked to log into your account for more information. Winnings up to 500 pounds are immediately credited to your online account.

For more information on claiming UK National Lottery prizes, please visit our How to Claim page (How to Claim).

Not a UK resident?

If you do not live in England, but want to participate in the British National Lottery, then the "Lottery Concierge" service was created to help you, which will help you purchase tickets online by clicking on the "Buy Lotto Tickets" button above. As proof of purchase, a scanned copy of the purchased tickets will be posted to your account.

British Lotto prizes

You can get prizes, guessing just two numbers, But to win the jackpot you need to match all six. The initial jackpot amount may vary depending on the day of the draw. It starts from 2 £ million on Wednesday and from 3,8 million on Saturday. If two or more players match all six main numbers and win the jackpot, then the main prize is divided equally among the winners. However, if nobody wins the jackpot, then the prize pool will carry over to the next draw and increase the total jackpot amount.

There are six levels of prizes in this lottery. The table below shows the prize amounts, which you can win, Number of rooms, which you need to guess to get each of the prizes, and the probability of winning:

The overall average chance of winning a prize in Lotto is 1 to 9,3.

Lotto winners

Interesting, that 17-year-old Stuart Donnelly was the youngest winner of the British National Lottery. Not even reaching the age of 18, he has already become a millionaire and has secured a good start. And the oldest lucky person is Smith Reginald, he took his 2 million pounds, when he was 85 years.

When it comes to record-breaking prizes, the undisputed leader is a Briton from a small village. He took away 35 million pounds and wished to remain anonymous. The identity of the owner of this condition is carefully guarded by the organizers., no data is disclosed, in order to comply with the desire of the player. It happened in 2018 year.

IN 1648 year in England was passed a law, according to which any lotteries were declared illegal, playing them was strictly forbidden. The exception was the state English lotto. IN 1934 a new law was adopted, followed by laws 1956 and 1976 years. These legislative acts became the basis for the legal activity of several small lotteries..

At the beginning of the new millennium, it was decided to carry out a global rebranding, new additional games appeared, changed the logo and the external design of the studio. IN 2009 r. the used lottery drums have been updated.

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Ireland Lotto Prizes

To win a second category prize up to 250 thousand euros you need to guess five main numbers and 1 additional. If correctly specified only 3 numbers, then the payoff is 10 euros. There are also additional prize categories. Their prize pool varies with each game, depending on the amount of tickets sold. Facilities, won in the Irish lottery, not subject to taxation.

The odds for the top jackpot in the Irish game are significantly higher, than other world lotteries. They align 1 to 10 737 573 and 1 to 55 for the minimum prize. The exact information can be found on the official website of the Irish game in the prize category.

The jackpot of the Irish game often changes due to the transfer of winnings from one draw to the next. The minimum amount was 2 million. euros. Maximum - 18 963 4441 euros. It was won in the summer 2008 a group of 16 Dan Morrissey Ltd from the small town of Karlov. Everyone got 1,1 million. euros. Colleagues correctly pointed out 6 Irish lottery balls. Before they won, the jackpot was carried over 16 time. It was the largest prize pool in the history of Irish Lotto..

Other National Lottery Games

EuroMillions is one of the UK's favorite lotteries, but not the only large lottery in this country. Lots of players every week enjoy playing the games below.

HotPicks Lottery

The HotPicks lottery uses the same winning numbers, as in the main lottery drawing, but it is considered a separate game. Cost of participation - 1 pound sterling per line. You need to decide first, how many numbers do you want to try to guess. for example, you can play different types of games: from the game Pick 1 ("Choose 1"), in which you need to choose and guess only one number, up to the Pick game 5 ("Choose 5"), where you need to choose and guess five numbers. You won't gain anything, if you guess fewer numbers, than chosen. for example, if you play Pick game 5 ("Choose 5"), you won't gain anything, by guessing four numbers or less.

Thunder ball

Thunderball ("Fireball") - another game of the UK National Lottery. It is held every Wednesday, friday and saturday, and the size of the prizes in it reaches 500 000 pounds. Players need to choose 5 main numbers from 1 to 39 and one Thunderball number from 1 to 14. Player, who guesses all five numbers and the Thunderball number, will win the main prize - 500 000 pounds. Besides, there are eight other prize levels. for example, can be won, guessing just the Thunderball number.

As in the case of the EuroMillions lottery, tickets to play the British Lotto can be purchased both online, and in the places of distribution of official representatives. To play online, just select the numbers you want or use the "For luck" option (ang. Lucky Dip), after which, after making the payment, you will receive a confirmation on the email specified during registration. the address. Your ticket will be automatically verified, and in case of any, even the smallest victory, you will receive an email notification. the address. All prizes, not exceeding the amount in 5 000£ are automatically paid to your account - so your winnings won't go unclaimed. With the winners the amount is more than 5 000£ service representatives will contact and help resolve all issues, related to receiving a prize.

«Set For Life»

Set For Life is the first game in the UK, which prizes are paid in the form of an annuity - in partial payments over time. Draws are held on Mondays and Thursdays. The payline costs £ 1.50, and you should note 5 main numbers from 1 to 47 and "Life Ball" from 1 to 10.

Prizes for the first two rounds are paid as an annuity, thanks to which the winner receives their winnings over a period of time. The main prize is £ 10,000 monthly for 30 years, total £ 3.6 million, while the winnings of the second round are £ 10,000 monthly throughout the year (only £ 120,000). The odds of winning the top prize are 1 of 15,339,390, and the overall probability of winning any prize is 1 of 12,4.

Sometimes the National Lottery holds a special series of Set For Life lottery draws called "Super Chance Draws" (Super Chance Draws). In the Super Chance draw, you can win payments by 10 000 £ per month for 30 years, by guessing the numbers of the five main balls. The Super Chance Draw also increases your chances of winning the top prize to 1 of 1 533 939. Super Chance Draws are announced a few weeks before the actual draw dates, and you can take part in them in the same way, as in the regular Set For Life edition.