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Playing The UK National Lottery
What Is the National Lottery?
The National Lottery is the United Kingdom’s largest lottery. It is operated by the Camelot Group and is regulated by The National Lottery Commission. The National Lottery can be played by UK citizens who are at least 16 years of age. Unlike lotteries in the US, all National Lottery prizes are paid as a lump sum and are free of taxes. Winning tickets must be claimed within 180 days or the money is forfeited. Like most US states, much of the money earned by the lottery is given back to benefit the citizens. Of every pound spent on National Lottery games, 50 pence goes to the prize fund, 28 pence goes to ‘good causes’ as designated by Parliament, and 12 pence goes to the British Government as duty.
Playing Lotto
The National Lottery offers many exciting games for citizens to play, including Lotto, Thunderball, Dream Number, and many other games. The most popular and long running National Lottery game is Lotto. To play Lotto, a person simply draws six numbers from a set of 49 as well as a bonus ball. Players win prizes for matching at least three of the six numbers drawn and the prize increases as the number of matches increase. The bonus ball only count if a player matches at least five of the six numbers. Any player who matches all six numbers drawn wins a share of the jackpot. If no player wins, the jackpot rolls over, and this continues 3 consecutive times. Lotto only costs 1 pence to play and the results are announced on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Playing Thunderball
The National Lottery also offers a game called Thunderball. Thunderball began in 1999 and has been a popular game in the UK since then. To play, players pick five main numbers from 1 to 34 and one ‘Thunderball’ number from 1 to 14, for an entry fee of only 1 pence. Results are announced every Saturday and Wednesday.
Instant Win Games
The National Lottery also offers a variety of instant win games to satisfy your desire to win instantly. These instant win scratch cards can result in prizes of up to ?100,000.
The majority of National Lottery scratchcards are sold for ?2 and there are also scratch cards sold for ?1 and ?5.
EuroMillions
The UK National Lottery also participates in the pan-European lottery, EuroMillions. Along with the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland participate. EuroMillions costs ?1.50 to play. To play EuroMillions, you simply choose 5 main numbers from 1-50 and 2 Lucky Star numbers from 1-9. You can also choose a
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