History of the UK Lotto
The game was known as the National Lottery, when it was launched in 1994 year. Draws were originally held once a week on Saturday night, and the choice of rooms ranged from 1 to 49. Wednesday print run appeared in 1997 year, and in 2002 National Lottery changed its name to UK Lotto.
An additional Lotto Raffle draw has been launched in 2013 year, in then in 2015 renamed Lotto Millionaire Raffle, offering a prize in 1 million pounds, and 20 prizes worth 20,000 pounds each. In the same 2015 year, the following changes have occurred in the UK Lotto: pool of balls increased from 49 to 59, there is a jackpot limit, and also an additional prize round was added for two correctly guessed numbers.
In November 2018 of the year the additional Lotto Millionaire Raffle draw has been closed as part of a large-scale change to the UK Lotto prize structure. The jackpot limit has been replaced by the jackpot increase amount, to guarantee, that its amount will be drawn more regularly, and also increased fixed prizes were introduced.
How to play and win UK Lotto
The UK Lotto ticket must be marked with six numbers from 59. You can choose your numbers or use the "Lucky Drop" option, if you want to, so that they are generated randomly. Ticket costs 2 pound, which you can purchase online or from an authorized distributor.
You must make a decision, how many pay lines you want to play - maximum seven on one play ticket, and also note, how many copies in a row do you want, for these numbers to participate in the draws - maximum 4 weeks. You need to remember, that you can buy tickets for the next draw before 19:30 local time on the day of the draw.
During the draw, six main numbers are randomly selected, after which the bonus ball is selected from the remaining 53 rooms. To win the jackpot, you need to match six main numbers drawn, but there are also prizes for matching two, three, four, five main numbers and five main numbers and a bonus ball.
You have 1 of 9.3 chances to win a prize in the UK Lotto, and 1 of 45,057,474 probabilities to hit the jackpot. If the main prize in the draw is not raffled, then he can move with an increase in the next drawing for five subsequent draws. If no one could win the jackpot, then the draw "Must be won". If this draw also does not have a winner with six matches, then the amount of the main prize is distributed among all cash prize categories. Go to the Lotto Prizes page, to learn more about, how it works, as well as detailed information about all available awards.
You can also find out about prize breakdowns and winning numbers on the UK Lotto results page.
