National Lottery
The National Lottery is the state-franchised lottery in the United Kingdom. It is controlled by the Camelot Group. The license was granted in 1994, 2001, and again in 2007. In the beginning, the lottery was governed by the National Lottery Commission, its responsibilities channeled to the Gambling Commission, and was proved by the government of John Major in 1994.
All Awards are paid as a lump sum and are free of tax. All the money obtained is spent on National Lottery games in a way as mentioned below
- around 53% is spent on the prize fund
- 25% to good causes as set out by parliament
- 12% goes to the UK Government’s lottery duty
- about 4% to retailers as commission
- 5% of the total to operator Camelot, with 4% to cover operating costs and 1% as profit.
Scratch cards and Lottery tickets were introduced in 1995 and bought only by people at least 16 years of age.
History Background
An act passed by a legislative body of 1698 provided that in England lotteries were by default illegal unless specifically authorized by law. An early English state lottery included the Million Lottery (1694) and the Malt Lottery (1697). These types of Lotteries were part of a series of financial experiments by the English government including coinage and the Base of the Bank of England.
Because of security risks, in 2018, Camelot advised many of the players to change their passwords because of a “low-level” cyber-attack that affected 150 customer accounts. The title that no money was taken from customers. Camelot claimed that the hackers used a technical method called credential stuffing and said that the attack appeared to have begun on 7 March.
Eligibility
According to December 2016, eligibility demand includes:
- Players who want to take part in the lottery must have at least 16 years old to buy C or to play Lotto, Thunder ball or Euro millions
- Tickets can be bought in by the person at approved assumption in the UK, or online over the Internet
- Buying of the tickets from the National Lottery website is restricted to people who have a UK bank account, and are resident in the UK or Isle of Man, and for those who are physically present in the UK or Isle of Man when making the ticket purchase.
- The ticket purchaser for a syndicate must meet the eligibility criteria for ticket purchases. Syndicate members must be aged 16 or over
- Lottery tickets cannot be transferable, so commercial syndicates are not permitted.
Lotto
The players can buy tickets with their choice of six different numbers between 1 and 59. There is planning for random numbers to be generated automatically for those who do not wish to choose, known as ‘Lucky Dip’. The entry fee to the Lotto draw was set at £1 per board from its introduction and increased to £2 in October 2013
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LottoHotpicks
| Lotto Hotpicks odds and payouts from October 2015 | ||
| Match | Prize | Odds of winning |
| 1 number | £6 | 1 in 10 |
| 2 numbers | £60 | 1 in 115 |
| 3 numbers | £800 | 1 in 1,626 |
| 4 numbers | £13,000 | 1 in 30,342 |
| 5 numbers | £350,000 | 1 in 834,398 |
Lotto Hotpicks uses the main Lotto draw for its numbers but it is a game of different types. The player has to choose both the numbers and the number for the draw balls that he wants to try to match up, up to the maximum range of five. If the player, however, does not match all the numbers that were chosen, they are not a winner.
The National Lottery identifies the Hotpicks as five games in one, as the player has an option of five ways of playing the game, each offering different odds and payouts.
The fee for the Lotto Hotpicks draw is £1 per board.
Thunderball
The Thunderball jackpot draw demands the players to pick five major numbers from 1 to 39 and one Thunderball number from 1 to 14 per board. Prizes may be won in both ways, either by matching the main numbers or with the match of the thunder ball number winning bigger prizes.
If all the five main numbers as well as the Thunderball are matched then, the top prize of £500,000 can be won. There is a prize of £3 for matching the only Thunderball. Four times a week Draws take places in the following days
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Friday
- Saturday
They are also shown live on the official website at 08:00 pm.
On 12 June 1999, the first thunder ball draw was held and it was originally only held on Saturday until the major rebrand in October 2002, when it was also held on Wednesday. For two years, from 2006 to 2008, only the draw on Saturday was televised. On Wednesday, the draw took place to the live TV show and the results for the winning draw were announced during the show.
Set for Life
The first Set for Life draw took place on 18 March 2019. The game offers the top prize offer for this game was £10,000 per month for thirty years. Each line has a cost of £1.50 and draws take place on Monday and Thursday. For this game, the players have to choose five main numbers from 1 to 47, and 1 “Life Ball” from 1 to 10
EuroMillions
The lottery operator Camelot launched a pan-European lottery on 7 February 2004. The first draw took place on the 13th of February 2004 in Paris. The UK, France, and Spain were involved initially. Lotteries from Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland joined the draw on 8 October 2004. Nowadays, draws are made in Paris and After three hours the draw has taken place, is shown recorded in the UK on the official website two times a week on Tuesday and Friday. The entry fee to the EuroMillions draw is £2.50 per board.
EuroMillionsHotPicks
The first EuroMillionsHotPicks draw was taken place on the 26th of January 2018. The same main five numbers were used which were used for the EuroMillions draw and provide the chance to the players to win one of the five prizes from £1 up to £10 million. The working of the game is similar to Lotto HotPicks whereby the players have to choose how many numbers they want to match. No prize will be awarded if the player is failed to match any of the numbers they selected.
Online Instant Wins
Instant Wins are online games where the winner of the game gets the prize instantly. Some of the games have a similar format to that of scratchcards, and some others involve more interactional play such as dice-rolling or matching some special symbols. It should be clear that the Instant Win games are Exclusively based on luck it means that no skills or judgments are involved. The necessary condition for the game is that the Player must be registered in order to buy or try an Instant Win. “Try” games are free of cast. As with scratchcards, there are various types of Instant Win games available with different odds of winning prizes. The cost of playing games varies from 25p to £10. The current highest award is £4 million on a £10 game. Chances of winning a top prize vary in each Instant Win Game.