The current stage of development of UK lotteries
1993-year is considered the starting point for the development of modern English lotteries, because it was in this year that John Major made the decision to establish a new UK National Lottery. The organization was entrusted to the Camelot Group, which to this day runs the National Lottery.
At the same time, within the framework of the new format, the first game took place in 1994. 19 November, and it was broadcast on television. In 1999, residents of the axis. Meng were also able to take part in it.. At the same time, at the moment there is a division of all official lottery drawings in the UK into those, which are organized by the Camelot Group, and to them, that belong to other third party operators.
Camelot Group constantly conducts drawings in the framework of such lotteries, as:
- Lotto, which is the most famous and popular in the UK;
- Thunderball, which is an alternative analogue of a similar game in America;
- Lotto HotPicks и Lotto Raffle, which are additional games for the original Lotto;
- Scratch cards and online Instant Wins with the ability to quickly win online;
- EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker, which is held throughout Europe.
Among the most famous lotteries of third-party companies are the People's Postcode Lottery and the equally popular The Health Lottery..
How to play online
One of the ways to participate in the drawing of foreign lottery tickets is to use intermediaries of foreign games. The principle of work of intermediaries is quite simple - specialized sites have agents in the states, drawing tickets for world lotteries.
Resellers purchase original tickets for common games. The participant receives a scanned copy of the ticket, and filling in the original is carried out in accordance with the instructions of the participant of the drawing.
The income of intermediaries consists in the sale of tickets for foreign games at a cost, an order of magnitude higher than the market, the intermediary charges a commission for the provision of his services. This is the disadvantage of using intermediary services.
Upon receipt of the winnings, funds are withdrawn to the player's account, which he binds when registering his account on the intermediary's website.
In case of receiving a large cash prize of the second or third category, the account owner must go through the verification procedure, which confirms the identity of the owner of the registered account.
If you win the jackpot, it will be handed out only in person, therefore, in such a situation, it will be necessary to prepare for a trip to the country where the lottery is held. Some large services in such a situation partially cover the costs of organizing the trip., which is the undoubted advantage of using intermediary services.
After that, it is possible to make a payment to the system in any convenient way and pay for the purchase of tickets. Large sites provide the ability to deposit money using any of the most electronic payment methods.
In this case, you can use both bank cards of the most common systems, and various virtual wallets. The disadvantage of most of these sites is the lack of Russian in the interface.
After funds are deposited, they are reflected in the game account, the player only has to independently choose the foreign lottery that interests him. The ticket price is equal to the real, there are no markups of intermediaries, what can be considered one of the advantages of this way of playing.
In order to protect yourself from fraudulent activities, you need to know, that there are two types of intermediaries - transparent and invisible, they work differently.
Transparent intermediaries conduct open activities. The buyer can see all the markups before purchasing the coupon and decide, whether or not to invest in the purchase of a ticket. In order to see the available prices, you do not need to go through the registration procedure on the intermediary's website.
Invisible intermediaries do not provide information on extra charges and the real cost of the ticket, when selling it by an intermediary, the player can see, just putting it in your basket, after completing the registration procedure on the intermediary website.
To protect yourself, you should adhere to the following recommendations:
- choose only reliable ones for the game, large and time-tested services;
- before using the services provided, you need to check the availability of an activity license, especially when purchasing a real ticket, the license is a guarantee of the supplier's honesty;
- you should rummage on the Internet and study the available fresh reviews about the games and sites on which the game was carried out.
