History
Legislation from 1698 the year indicated, that all lotteries in England are illegal, other than directly approved by the state. Act 1934 of the year, as well as subsequent acts 1956 and 1976 years, legalized some small lotteries. The state lottery in Great Britain was founded by the government of John Major in 1993 year. The British National Lottery is operated by a private organization, Camelot Group got a lottery under its control 25 May 1994 of the year. The first draw has passed 19 November 1994 years in a television program with host Noel Edmonds. The first winning combination was the following numbers: 30, 3, 5, 44, 14, 22 + bonus ball 10. Seven winners split the jackpot of £ 5,874,778.
Tickets are on sale on the Isle of Man 2 December 1999 of the year.
AT 2002 The British National Lottery underwent a major update to boost ticket sales. The main game has been renamed to Lotto (Lotto), and National Lottery Extra was renamed to Lotto Extra (Lotto Extra). The crossed fingers logo has also been redesigned. However, the entire gaming community is still known as National lottery. It is one of the most popular types of gambling in the UK.
In November 2009 of the year "Camelot" has updated its lottery machines. The new devices are called Arthur, Ginevra, Lancelot and Marilyn, like their predecessors. At the same time, new devices were presented for the game Thunder ball (Thunderball). All new devices correspond to the Magnum II model manufactured by SmartPlay International Inc., новые аппараты игры Громо-шар — модели СмартПлэй Галоген II.
Legal restrictions
- Older persons are allowed to play 16 years old.
- Tickets can be purchased from licensed UK stores and online.
- Purchasing tickets from the National Lottery website is available only to individuals, have a bank account in the UK, living in the UK or the Isle of Man, and at the time of purchase of the ticket located in the UK or the Isle of Man.
- If a ticket is bought by a group of people, the group representative must meet all of the above criteria, and all group members must be older 16 years old.
- Ticket winnings cannot be transferred to another person, therefore commercial organizations cannot participate in the drawing.
History
Legislation from 1698 the year indicated, that all lotteries in England are illegal, other than directly approved by the state. Act 1934 of the year, as well as subsequent acts 1956 and 1976 years, legalized some small lotteries. The state lottery in Great Britain was founded by the government of John Major in 1993 year. The British National Lottery is operated by a private organization, Camelot Group got a lottery under its control 25 May 1994 of the year. The first draw has passed 19 November 1994 years in a television program with host Noel Edmonds. The first winning combination was the following numbers: 30, 3, 5, 44, 14, 22 + bonus ball 10. Seven winners split the jackpot of £ 5,874,778.
Tickets are on sale on the Isle of Man 2 December 1999 of the year.
AT 2002 The British National Lottery underwent a major update to boost ticket sales. The main game has been renamed to Lotto (Lotto), and National Lottery Extra was renamed to Lotto Extra (Lotto Extra). The crossed fingers logo has also been redesigned. However, the entire gaming community is still known as National lottery. It is one of the most popular types of gambling in the UK.
In November 2009 of the year "Camelot" has updated its lottery machines. The new devices are called Arthur, Ginevra, Lancelot and Marilyn, like their predecessors. At the same time, new devices were presented for the game Thunder ball (Thunderball). All new devices correspond to the Magnum II model manufactured by SmartPlay International Inc., новые аппараты игры Громо-шар — модели СмартПлэй Галоген II.
Legal restrictions
- Older persons are allowed to play 16 years old.
- Tickets can be purchased from licensed UK stores and online.
- Purchasing tickets from the National Lottery website is available only to individuals, have a bank account in the UK, living in the UK or the Isle of Man, and at the time of purchase of the ticket located in the UK or the Isle of Man.
- If a ticket is bought by a group of people, the group representative must meet all of the above criteria, and all group members must be older 16 years old.
- Ticket winnings cannot be transferred to another person, therefore commercial organizations cannot participate in the drawing.
