How To Play Lotto Uk
- How To Play Lotto Uk National Lottery
- How To Play Lottery Machine
- How To Play Irish Lotto Uk
- How To Play Lotto Max Bc
- How To Play Lotto Uk 49s
Many people now find that playing the National Lottery (Lotto) online is much easier than travelling to a shop to write out a ticket. You can also play a number of lines for a number of weeks, save your numbers for next time or set up a direct debit so that you never miss a draw.
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How to Play UK Lotto. The UK Lotto offers the chance to become a millionaire not once but TWICE a week! The rules of this lottery are easy! To win, players have to match 6 numbers from a range of 1-59. The minimum jackpot amount is estimated at over $3 Million (£2 Million). Play the UK National Lottery, see your latest lotto results and get updated news on international lottery games from around the world. You can also play the Lotto Hotpicks lottery by using Lucky Dip. As mentioned earlier, Lucky Dip randomly assigns you your numbers. Each Lotto play costs £2 and for each Lotto Hotpicks game, it's £1. The Lotto Hotpicks tickets are sold online from 6 am to 11 pm.
Playing online also means that if you do happen to win anything, you will automatically receive an email giving you the good news!
This guide explains how to access the National Lottery website using Internet Explorer.
You’ll need:
- A computer with internet access.
Follow these step-by-step instructions to play the National Lottery online
Step 1: Open Internet Explorer and go to www.national-lottery.co.uk.
Step 2: You will need to sign in, but if you have not got an account for the Lottery, you will need to set up a new account. Click Open Account.
Step 3: Complete your personal details in the boxes provided and your address and payment details.
Step 4: Once you have set up your account, you can start to play the National Lottery online.
Step 5: Sign into your account using the details with which you registered.
Step 6: Once you have signed in, you will be taken to the home page. At the top right hand corner your account information is shown, with your account balance and any messages that you may have.
Step 7: If you have funds in your account, you can now play lottery games such as Euromillions or Lotto or play instant games, which are the online equivalent of a scratch card.
Step 8: To play Lotto or Euromillions, hover over Play Games. Choose the game you wish to play from the list, in this case we have chosen Euromillions.
Step 9: On the online play slip, choose the draw day you want to enter your numbers for, how many weeks the numbers will be put into the drawer. Then click into each number box and enter your numbers. If you want to choose lucky dip numbers, click on the Lucky Dip button and numbers will be automatically entered into the boxes, but until you complete the transaction you will only see 'LD' in the boxes.
Once you have finished the number of lines you want to play, click the Play button. The amount of money will show at the bottom of your play slip and this will be deducted from your account balance.
Step 10: Once you click play, you will be shown a confirmation page. If you are happy to continue, click Buy now, if not click cancel, or Edit play slip to go back and enter different numbers.
Step 11: The next page will then show your ticket confirmation and the numbers you have chosen, or the lucky dip numbers if you chose this. If you wish to play the Lotto, follow the same instructions as above, but choose Lotto from the list of games in Step 8.
Step 12: If you don’t have enough money in your account balance to play, you will get an automatic alert when you try to buy a ticket and taken to the add funds page. You can also add funds manually by clicking on the add funds link and following the onscreen instructions.
Step 13: It is also possible to set up a direct debit instruction for continuous play. Follow the instructions from the home page by clicking on the link.
Step 14: To play an instant win, hover over Instant Win or hover over Play Games and choose Instant Wins. Choose your 'Instant Win' from the list of choices given.
Step 15: Click Buy now on the next page. Once the 'Instant Win' comes up on the screen, it is played the same as a scratch card, click on each icon/picture to reveal the amount or game picture.
Step 16: Once you have revealed all the icons, you will either have won a prize and you can add the prize money back into your balance account, or you will be told you haven’t won. You will then be able to try again or leave the site for another day!
Karen Maxwell is a Digital Unite tutor and assessor/trainer of computer accessibility.
- Thunderball
Thunderball has been creating big winners since it was launched in 1999 and now takes place four times a week - every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The game costs just £1 per line and you can win up to £500,000 for matching all five main numbers plus the Thunderball.
There are also eight other ways to win Thunderball prizes and you can even pick up a cash prize for matching the Thunderball on its own, making the odds of winning attractive for lottery players.
Thunderball Results - Saturday 6th March 2021
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| Category: | Winners: | Prize: | Total (£): |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match 5 plus Thunderball | 0 | £500,000 | £0 |
| Match 5 | 8 | £5,000 | £40,000 |
| Match 4 plus Thunderball | 46 | £250 | £11,500 |
| Match 4 | 780 | £100 | £78,000 |
| Match 3 plus Thunderball | 1,607 | £20 | £32,140 |
| Match 3 | 22,285 | £10 | £222,850 |
| Match 2 plus Thunderball | 16,704 | £10 | £167,040 |
| Match 1 plus Thunderball | 63,701 | £5 | £318,505 |
| Match 0 plus Thunderball | 76,646 | £3 | £229,938 |
Previous Thunderball Results
Play Thunderball
How To Play Lottery Machine
To play Thunderball you must select five main numbers from 1 to 39 and one additional Thunderball number from 1 to 14. If you don’t want to select your own numbers, you can take advantage of a Lucky Dip feature and have them selected at random on your behalf. Like other UK lottery games, you can enter the same set(s) of numbers for several consecutive draws if you want to play in advance.
When do draws take place?
Thunderball draws take place four times a week, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings and entries for the draw are just £1 each. That means every time a Lotto or EuroMillions draw takes place, a Thunderball draw takes place on the same evening.
Prizes
How To Play Irish Lotto Uk
The top prize in Thunderball is worth £500,000, and to win that sum you need to match all five main numbers as well as the Thunderball itself. There are eight other prize levels in addition to the jackpot which are detailed below, along with the odds of winning in each case:
How To Play Lotto Max Bc
| How To Win | Prize | Odds of Winning |
|---|---|---|
| Match 5 main numbers + the Thunderball | £500,000 | 1 in 8,060,598 |
| Match 5 main numbers | £5,000 | 1 in 620,046 |
| 4 main numbers + the Thunderball | £250 | 1 in 47,415 |
| 4 main numbers | £100 | 1 in 3,647 |
| 3 main numbers + the Thunderball | £20 | 1 in 1,437 |
| 3 main numbers | £10 | 1 in 111 |
| 2 main numbers + the Thunderball | £10 | 1 in 135 |
| 1 main number + the Thunderball | £5 | 1 in 35 |
| Thunderball | £3 | 1 in 29 |
| Overall odds of Winning any prize: 1 in 12 | ||