A Review Of The UK Lottery Draw

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With an average of 4 million people winning prizes of varying values each week and over 70% of the population taking part, the UK Lottery Draw seems to be an outright success. Every Wednesday and Saturday the national lottery numbers are drawn and are shown live on the BBC.

 

A jackpot requires the matching of all six numbers and lesser prizes are given for three numbers or more. Since the lottery was started in 1994, over £32 billion has been given out to lucky winners.

 

All players need to purchase a ticket to be included in the UK lottery draw, normally at one of the 27500 licensed retail outlets. For those who want immediate results, instant win scratch cards are also available at the till. For the standard tickets, however, you are given a form to complete, give it to the assistant at the counter who then enters the details in a specialised terminal. Once the entry is confirmed, a ticket listing the numbers chosen is printed. This also includes the relevant dates and a serial number in the form of a bar code.

 

As technology has progressed, it has become easy to play the British national lottery on the Internet. This time the selected numbers are entered on to the official website and the player pays the appropriate fee. The ticket is then printed from an email and this is perfectly acceptable to National Lottery outlets should the player win.  Playing in this way is quite safe and reliable, as long as the official website is used. Interestingly, instant wins are also available on the site.

 

Some of us, of course, are unable to make a decision when it comes to picking lottery numbers. Fortunately, help is at hand as the 'Lucky Dip' option gives the responsibility to the computer, which selects six numbers randomly for you. If you want to use the same six numbers for each weeks draw, this is perfectly acceptable.

 

Every week’s national lottery numbers are very well publicised including on the appropriate news and in the next days newspapers. The winners of the national lottery numbers claiming a cash prize write their name and address on the reverse of the ticket and present it to any UK lottery draw retailer. 

 

On some occasions, the jackpot goes unclaimed and on that occasion, the money is added to the following weeks total and is termed a 'rollover.'

 

Most workplaces and clubs have set up at least one UK lottery draw syndicate. One person coordinates the administration and the purchasing of the tickets. It has been revealed that one in four winners of the main jackpot is now a syndicate. On the 30 December 2009. One such syndicate form the north of England won £10 million. Each member took away £1.7 million.

 

Despite its success, the UK lottery draw is not resting on its laurels. Playing the lottery by text from a mobile phone is now available and the chances to play lottery online have been increased by Elottery syndicates, which increase the benefits gained as well as the chances of winning something. 

 

To find out more, come on over to UK Lottery Draw