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The UK's first National Lottery was Believe it or not, way back in 1569. It eventually died out, then resurrected as an annual event between c. 1750 and 1826.

Ever since then, it's not been possible to buy a National Lottery ticket here in the UK until the launch of the current UK National Lottery on Monday 14th November 1994. Why ? Well, a lot of people blame the soccer pools companies for putting pressure to preserve their status as the only way of winning more than a million pounds in this country.

National Lottery

The National Lottery of the UK is one of the most popular and well-known tax free, lump sum lotteries in the world.

It is administered by the Camelot Group plc; who were awarded the license to run the UK National Lotto in May 1994 and have been doing a great job ever since the very first draw on 19th November 1994.

The Camelot Group itself began as a consortium of 4 separate shareholders, all established companies in themselves. This makes the British national lottery quite unique among the euro lottery and global lottery world as it is run by private companies and is not state-run.

The Lottery Commission regulates all UK national lotto operations and looks after the interests of lottery players and the UK's interests in the lottery.

In 2002, as a measure to fight a reduction in sales figures, this lottery was rebranded as Lotto and has enjoyed an even stronger market position since.

Over the years, more and more games have been added to the UK lottery portfolio and together, these games are still collectively known as the National (UK) Lottery, with the main draw being the UK Lotto.

These other games in Camelot's portfolio include Lotto Hotpicks, Thunderball, Dream Number, Daily Play, Euromillions & scratchcards.

UK National Lotto - Overview

The UK Lotto is the main jackpot style game offered by the UK National Lottery - it is a traditional 6/49 game that is so popular, it is played by the majority of the British population. The UK Lotto is the game that creates more millionaires in Britain than any other.

The jackpot for the UK Lotto usually starts at around £4.5 million and rolls over each time the jackpot is not won. This is then added onto the following draw's jackpot and increases in size each draw until somebody wins it when it will revert to the starting jackpot sum of approx. £4.5 million.

The National Lotto began as a once per week draw on Saturdays but as popularity grew and more people play UK Lottery it began a Wednesday draw on 5th February 1997. The UK Lotto produces jackpots that can reach huge figures and has reached £42 million in the past.

How It Works...

The UK National Lottery uses what's known as a 6/49 matrix - which means that when you play UK Lottery, you need to select 6 numbers from a pool of numbers from 1 to 49 - if you match all 6 numbers drawn then you will be a jackpot winner.

As well as the 6 main numbers, a 7th number is drawn. This is the bonus number and is drawn after the 6 main numbers.

In addition to the jackpot itself, there are 4 other ways in which you can win when you play UK Lottery - with prizes to be won if you match either 5 main numbers plus the bonus number, 5 main numbers, 4 main numbers or even just 3 main numbers.

A Lucky Dip facility is available when playing the UK Lotto - very much similar to the Quick Pick facility that is used in many USA & Canadian lotteries - which means that you can ask the lottery retailer or computer to randomly select all your National Lottery numbers for you.

So, when you play UK Lottery it is easy…just select your own 6 numbers or request them to be randomly generated for you by using the Lucky Dip option or you can ....

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The cost of play UK Lottery is just £1 per 6 number selection.

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Dream Number

Dream Number is our Lottery Draw Game that offers prizes of up to £500,000. All Good Causes money raised by this game goes to the fund set up for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

You can play Dream Number alongside Lotto or on its own by selecting 'Yes' on the Lotto play slip. Either play the randomly-generated 7-digit Dream Number shown, or choose 'Lucky Dip' for a new random number.

To win, match the digits drawn in the same order as your Dream Number, reading from left to right, and starting with the first digit.

ThunderBall

There have been some changes to the Thunderball game:

• Increased the top prize to £500,000
• Added an extra draw on Friday for even more chances to win
• A new prize of £3 for matching just the Thunderball
• You can now pick five main numbers from 1-39 and still one Thunderball from 1-14
• The price is still just £1 per play!

Thunderball offers you the best chance of winning up to £500,000 on a £1 National Lottery game - the top prize is fixed and it never has to be shared**. Simply select 5 main numbers from 1 to 39 and 1 Thunderball from 1 to 14.

The Thunderball draw takes place every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 5 main numbers are drawn, along with 1 Thunderball. Match just the Thunderball to win the minimum prize. Match 5 numbers plus the Thunderball to win the top prize of £500,000.

Playing Thunderball is really easy, you can now choose five main numbers from 1-39 and still one Thunderball from 1-14 - or pick a Lucky Dip for a randomly generated line of numbers. As an extra draw has been introduced on Fridays, you have the choice to play up to three times a week; Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays.

Five main numbers are drawn, along with 1 Thunderball. Win prizes simply by matching the Thunderball only, or by matching one or more main numbers plus the Thunderball. If you match 5 numbers plus the Thunderball you win the top prize of £500,000.

Lotto Hot Picks

Lotto HotPicks gives you the chance to win bigger prizes for picking and matching fewer Lotto numbers. Decide how many numbers you want to pick and select the corresponding 'Pick' game. Enter the appropriate amount of numbers for the game you've chosen, from 1 to 49.

Daily Play

Daily Play gives you the chance to win up to £30,000 daily (Not Sundays). Simply select 7 main numbers from 1 to 27.

The Daily Play UK Lottery draw takes place every day from Monday to Saturday, and 7 numbers are drawn. Match a minimum of 4 numbers to win a prize. Get a free Lucky Dip if you match no numbers at all!

EuroMillions

When playing in the UK EuroMillions now costs £2 per line of numbers and includes the Millionaire Raffle, which creates a new UK millionaire every week - guaranteed!

That's right; one UK EuroMillions player is guaranteed to win £1 million every week!

The way you play EuroMillions has not changed; every time you purchase a line of EuroMillions numbers, you'll be issued with a unique Millionaire Raffle selection - which will be displayed on your ticket. This selection will be entered into the weekly Millionaire Raffle draw.

EuroMillions is Europe's biggest-ever, rolling jackpot lottery game. Simply select 5 numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Stars from 1 to 9.

The EuroMillions draw normally takes place every Friday evening in Paris, and 5 main numbers are drawn along with 2 Lucky Stars. Match a minimum of three numbers to win a prize; 3 main numbers, 1 main number and 2 Lucky Stars or 2 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star.

Match 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Stars to win the jackpot, or a share of it!

Who Can Play?

Whilst there is nothing to stop people of different nationalities to actually play UK Lottery, it is generally accepted that you need to be a resident UK citizen to play UK Lottery online.

However, with a variety of online lottery ticket sales agencies such as TheLotter now available who are both authorised and genuine - you are able to select your UK Lotto numbers online and purchase your tickets without worrying about where in the world you are living.

A perfect example of how people from overseas can play UK Lottery is by playing in one of LoveMyLotto's Multi-Lottery syndicates. These multi-win syndicates are open to almost all countries across the world.

All this is great news, of course, if you live outside of Great Britain and want to play UK Lottery and ensure your entry into the next draw or just want to have the convenience and ease of being able to buy lottery tickets online.

Once you have entered to play UK Lottery draw, you can then easily check the UK Lotto results online to see how you have done and to find out if you have become one of the lucky Lotto winners.

With a slightly lower age limit than most countries, you only need to be 16 years of age (in the UK) to be eligible to purchase a ticket for any of the UK National Lottery games including the UK Lotto.

Information & Background

You can check the National Lottery results in many ways, either in local or national newspapers, at the retailers, online or on television.

The draws are shown live on television on Saturdays at 7.30pm GMT on BBC1 and on Wednesdays from 10.35pm also on BBC1.

What Are The Odds?

The odds of winning on the UK Lotto are competitive when compared to some of the other world multi-million jackpot lotteries such as the USA Mega Millions and Powerball games.

The chances of winning a UK Lotto jackpot and matching all 6 main numbers are 1 in 13.98 million. For these odds you could be one of the jackpot winners.

For one of the prizes on the second level and matching 5 main numbers plus the bonus number, the odds come in at 1 in 2.33 million.

The likelihood of winning a third tier prize by matching 5 main numbers comes in at 1 in 456 and for a prize on the fourth tier the odds are reduce right down to just 1 in 55,492.

To win a prize on the fourth tier and match 4 of the main numbers, you are looking at odds of 1 in 1.033 with fifth tier odds and matching just 3 main numbers being 1 in 57.

The overall odds of you winning any prize in a National Lotto UK draw are a very reasonable 1 in 54.

These are the odds for a jackpot game that produces millionaires week in week out and thousands of cash winners every single week.

You can, of course try and increase your chances of winning lottery games such as the UK Lotto and EuroMillions. How? ………….

The 2 primary methods that are the best to employ when trying to increase your chances of winning lottery games are…

• (i) To buy lottery tickets in greater quantities than you normally do.
• (ii) To play your chosen game as part of a lottery syndicate.

Record Jackpots

The current record jackpot won on the UK National Lotto is a whopping £42 million which was won on 6th January 1996. Surely, it is only a matter of time before this great figure is surpassed.

How Are Jackpots Paid?

All UK National Lottery jackpots are paid in the form of tax free cash lump sums. If you win when you play UK lottery, you need to claim your lottery win within 180 days of the draw taking place before your entry becomes invalid and the money you would have won is given to relevant good causes.

If you play lottery online however, whatever your win, this will not be a concern for you, as your accredited lottery ticket sales agency will take care of all this for you, whether it is TheLotter or whichever company you may use.

Where Does The Money Go?

Since it began, the UK Lottery has raised over £22 billion towards various good causes.

Some of the main areas to benefit from lottery funding are - health, education, environmental causes and charities. Lottery proceeds also go towards sports, the arts and heritage causes.

In the case of the Dream Number game by the UK National Lottery, funds raised go towards the fund set up for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games due to be held in 2012.

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