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UK National Lotto No. 3017 - double
rollover jackpot 20th Nov 2024 |
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Jackpot not won, triple rollover on 23rd Nov |
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Category |
Winners |
Prize |
Total |
Match 6 (Jackpot) |
0 |
£5,297,691 |
£0 |
Match 5 plus bonus |
0 |
£1,000,000 |
£0 |
Match 5 |
35 |
£1,750 |
£61,250 |
Match 4 |
3,143 |
£140 |
£440,020 |
Match 3 |
74,234 |
£30 |
£2,227,020 |
Match 2 |
675,665 |
Lucky dip |
£1,351,330 |
Totals |
753,077 |
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£4,079,620 |
Sales |
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UK National Lotto |
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Last 30 Weeks |
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Key : |
LD = Lucky Dip - (2) = number of 5+ winners ¹ = jackpot rolled down
to all prizes - * = rollover jackpot |
Must Win lotto |
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Date |
Numbers |
B |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5+bonus ball |
Jackpot |
Win |
Sales |
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16-11-24 |
12 16
31 38 58 59 |
41 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£4,026,427 |
0* |
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13-11-24 |
11 12
28 29 41 54 |
17 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-8.8% |
09-11-24 |
33 36
43 44 50 56 |
18 |
LD + 5 |
92 |
264 |
7,836 |
£1,262,917 (1) |
£15,000,000¹ |
0 |
£27m |
33.1% |
06-11-24 |
3 6
14 19 32 35 |
17 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,275,282 |
2* |
£13.2m |
+9.7% |
02-11-24 |
11 12
16 19 35 50 |
34 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£3,986,658 |
0* |
£20.3m |
-6.1% |
30-10-24 |
27 36
41 43 54 57 |
7 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-5.8% |
26-10-24 |
9 16
30 41 44 47 |
13 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (3) |
£7,359,568 |
1* |
£21.6m |
+5.9% |
23-10-24 |
6 9
23 27 45 51 |
47 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£5,243,988 |
0* |
£12.7m |
+6.1% |
19-10-24 |
22 43
44 47 48 54 |
25 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£3,997,249 |
0* |
£20.4m |
-4.5% |
16-10-24 |
9 11
29 41 42 48 |
43 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-10.2% |
12-10-24 |
2 11
13 17 39 41 |
37 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£7,422,407 |
1* |
£21.4m |
+3.5% |
09-10-24 |
4 7
20 41 55 56 |
48 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£5,330,124 |
0* |
£13.4m |
+11.4% |
05-10-24 |
8 12
13 20 44 49 |
19 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£4,021,501 |
0* |
£20.7m |
-23.6% |
02-10-24 |
4 5
6 20 21 59 |
2 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-13.7% |
28-09-24 |
18 23
36 38 39 54 |
12 |
LD + 5 |
66 |
211 |
4,981 |
£1,052,357 (3) |
£11,310,063¹ |
0* |
£27m |
+29% |
25-09-24 |
1 3
4 14 55 57 |
2 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£8,665,211 |
0* |
£13.9m |
+7.9% |
21-09-24 |
5 17
26 48 49 57 |
56 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£7,303,317 |
0* |
£20.9m |
+3.1% |
18-09-24 |
7 20
33 50 51 57 |
44 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,252,313 |
0* |
£12.9m |
+7.4% |
14-09-24 |
21 27
38 47 49 55 |
54 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£3,990,111 |
0* |
£20.3m |
-24.7% |
11-09-24 |
3 10
23 41 53 57 |
28 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-38.3% |
07-09-24 |
13 32
33 37 38 50 |
2 |
LD + 5 |
87 |
255 |
6,997 |
£1,127,504 (2) |
£15,000,000¹ |
0 |
£27m |
+16.9% |
04/09/24 |
3 6
15 25 29 41 |
17 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (7) |
£12,626,193 |
1* |
£19.5m |
+42.8% |
31-08-24 |
2 3
29 45 48 52 |
54 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£10,721,591 |
0* |
£23.1m |
+8.9% |
28-08-24 |
4 10
25 29 49 53 |
30 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£8,460,930 |
0* |
£13.6m |
+6.5% |
24-08-24 |
4 17
30 34 39 43 |
45 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£7,127,514 |
0* |
£21.2m |
+6.0% |
21-08-24 |
9 23
37 42 53 57 |
58 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£5,051,614 |
0* |
£12.8m |
-0.7% |
17-08-24 |
3 6
10 18 52 59 |
49 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£3,800,000 |
0 |
£20m |
-2.0% |
14-08-24 |
7 15
30 36 45 48 |
27 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,262,943 |
1* |
£12.9m |
+7.3% |
10-08-24 |
2 25
40 42 48 59 |
12 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£4,002,090 |
0* |
£20.5m |
-24.3% |
07-08-24 |
10 11
22 42 49 56 |
58 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-9.2% |
03-08-24 |
6 19
20 26 28 45 |
7 |
LD + 5 |
62 |
196 |
4,898 |
£1,211,569 (1) |
£15,000,000¹ |
0* |
£27m |
+31.7% |
31-07-24 |
12 16
21 33 52 58 |
37 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£5,300,769 |
0* |
£13.2m |
+10.1% |
27-07-24 |
3 25
27 33 40 45 |
58 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£4,007,501 |
0* |
£20.5m |
+2.2% |
24-07-24 |
3 17
23 29 31 34 |
46 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-5.5% |
20-07-24 |
9 19
22 41 55 58 |
44 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£7,233,404 |
1* |
£20.1m |
-3.1% |
17-07-24 |
2 7
32 44 45 49 |
39 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£5,269,627 |
0* |
£12.7m |
+5.8% |
13-07-24 |
22 27
37 38 49 51 |
59 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£4,026,647 |
0* |
£20.7m |
-23.3% |
10-07-24 |
8 9
13 19 26 48 |
54 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
+0.0% |
06-07-24 |
11 18
24 37 47 59 |
13 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£15,000,000 |
1* |
£27m |
-1.4% |
03-07-24 |
1 8
42 46 50 58 |
581 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-18.5% |
29-06-24 |
7 11
19 25 29 31 |
6 |
LD + 5 |
39 |
152 |
2,077 |
£1,009,730 (9) |
£11,473,912¹ |
0* |
£27.4m |
+28.2% |
26-06-24 |
8 27
34 36 37 56 |
54 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£8,792,560 |
0* |
£14.7m |
+12.2% |
22-06-24 |
5 9
18 32 44 58 |
34 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£7,351,116 |
0* |
£21.4m |
+5.8% |
19-06-24 |
3 7
13 15 21 52 |
23 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,260,136 |
0* |
£13.1m |
+9.3% |
15-06-24 |
1 9
25 29 34 39 |
22 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£3,975,857 |
0* |
£20.2m |
-26.4% |
12-06-24 |
13 40
41 42 51 59 |
5 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12m |
-15.7% |
08-06-24 |
3 7
10 23 24 41 |
59 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£11,449,068 |
1* |
£27.4m |
+26.8% |
05-06-24 |
1 9
13 21 33 58 |
28 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£8,765,924 |
0* |
£14.2m |
+9.8% |
01-06-24 |
6 11
16 21 43 50 |
9 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£7,373,052 |
0* |
£21.6m |
+6.4% |
29-05-24 |
1 8
16 22 25 56 |
4 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (5) |
£5,257,712 |
0* |
£13m |
+3.7% |
25-05-24 |
6 28
30 40 53 58 |
13 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£3,989,017 |
0* |
£20.3m |
+1.1% |
22-05-24 |
6 7
25 31 35 43 |
12 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (4) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12.5m |
+0.0% |
18-05-24 |
9 13
22 45 46 48 |
29 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£3,967,428 |
1* |
£20.1m |
-25.6% |
15-05-24 |
11 17
25 47 52 53 |
37 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12.5m |
-50% |
11-05-24 |
12 13
14 34 50 51 |
22 |
LD + 5 |
93 |
274 |
8,173 |
£1,087,363 (3) |
£15,000,000¹ |
0 |
£27m |
+18.1% |
08-05-24 |
4 13
34 38 43 52 |
36 |
LD + 5 |
108 |
297 |
8,882 |
£1,248,208 (1) |
£12,644,545¹ |
0* |
£25.0m |
+76.4% |
04-05-24 |
2 7
16 31 54 59 |
10 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£10,767,270 |
0* |
£22.9m |
+6.7% |
01-05-24 |
13 16
21 22 44 53 |
36 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£8,528,659 |
0* |
£14.2m |
+4.2% |
27-04-24 |
2 15
18 25 57 58 |
53 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£7,141,148 |
0* |
£21.4m |
+7.2% |
24-04-24 |
8 14
18 53 56 59 |
40 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£5,043,064 |
0* |
£12.7m |
-2.5% |
20-04-24 |
5 26
29 43 52 54 |
32 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£3,800,000 |
0 |
£20m |
-2.0% |
17-04-24 |
11 26
28 31 35 39 |
40 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,281,290 |
1* |
£13.0m |
+4.2% |
13-04-24 |
17 26
31 33 45 48 |
47 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (3) |
£4,006,444 |
0* |
£20.5m |
-6.0% |
10-04-24 |
9 19
24 31 39 56 |
55 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12.5m |
-4.9% |
06-04-24 |
10 12
14 17 20 29 |
33 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£7,530,298 |
1* |
£21.8m |
+1.2% |
03-04-24 |
3 32
38 41 46 48 |
40 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,395,739 |
0* |
£13.1m |
+5.1% |
30-03-24 |
15 16
19 37 49 51 |
17 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£4,108,976 |
0* |
£21.5m |
-22.4% |
27-03-24 |
1 3
22 27 42 48 |
9 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (4) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12.5m |
-13.4% |
23-03-24 |
7 15
41 43 45 50 |
28 |
LD + 5 |
66 |
214 |
6,402 |
£1,161,913 (1) |
£11,669,564¹ |
0* |
£27.7m |
+25.6% |
20-03-24 |
8 10
14 25 29 35 |
32 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£8,953,344 |
0* |
£14.4m |
+9.4% |
16-03-24 |
11 16
18 35 44 45 |
51 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£7,539,659 |
0* |
£22.1m |
+3.7% |
13-03-24 |
24 26
28 34 35 37 |
48 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,377,171 |
0* |
£13.2m |
+5.6% |
09-03-24 |
14 15
17 33 53 55 |
43 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£4,085,324 |
0* |
£21.3m |
-23.9% |
06-03-24 |
7 11
32 37 48 58 |
28 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12.5m |
-18.3% |
02-03-24 |
2 20
34 40 48 59 |
6 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1.750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£15,000,000 |
1* |
£28m |
+25.1% |
28-02-24 |
12 21
39 44 45 50 |
51 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£9,124,362 |
0* |
£15.3m |
+11.5% |
24-02-24 |
3 4
11 20 36 56 |
28 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£7,626,305 |
0* |
£22.4m |
+4.8% |
21-02-24 |
25 27
32 50 54 58 |
55 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£5,434,354 |
0* |
£13.7m |
+9.7% |
17-02-24 |
5 19
28 39 41 42 |
43 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£4,091,406 |
0* |
£21.4m |
-24.3% |
14-02-24 |
9 11
32 36 45 54 |
24 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (2) |
£2,000,000 |
0 |
£12.5m |
-18.3% |
10-02-24 |
4 19
24 29 43 53 |
34 |
LD + 5 |
57 |
194 |
4,323 |
£1,048,373 (3) |
£11,888,763¹ |
0* |
£28.2m |
+24.4% |
07-02-24 |
1 2
17 33 40 51 |
42 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (1) |
£9,127,555 |
0* |
£15.3m |
+13.3% |
03-02-24 |
8 19
25 28 29 50 |
46 |
LD |
30 |
140 |
1,750 |
£1,000,000 (0) |
£7,630,439 |
0* |
£22.7m |
+6.1% |
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Lotto - Latest Changes |
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2020 Changes In Rolldown lottery draws (quintuple rollovers) and special
one-off £15m or £20m draws, there is an extra £5 prize given to winners of Lucky Dips, that is those people who picked two numbers correctly
on a single ticket.
2018 Changes Radical changes to the main draw with bigger cash prizes in the main game which have replaced the old raffle.
New prizes came into effect for all Lotto draws from 21st November 2018. See table below. Read more on 2018
Lotto changes. |
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Match |
New Prizes |
Old Prizes |
Rollovers |
5 rollovers max. |
Limited to £22m |
6 numbers |
Jackpot |
Jackpot |
5 numbers + bonus |
£1,000,000 |
~£50,000 |
5 numbers |
£1,750 |
~£1,000 |
4 numbers |
£140 |
~£100 |
3 numbers |
£30 |
£25 |
2 numbers |
Lucky Dip |
Lucky Dip |
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Perhaps the reduced size of the jackpot is no longer attracting people to play in the
numbers they used to. If you want bigger then maybe check out the latest USA Powerball or EuroMillions.
2015 Changes The UK national Lotto
(which used to be called Lottery for sensible reasons) changed fundamentally from 10 October 2015. The big difference is that the numbers from which you make
your six selections went up up from 1 to 49, increasing to 1 to 59.
The Lotto jackpot can roll over 4 times. If it isn't won the entire jackpot will
roll to the next Lotto draw and must be won in that draw. If no player matches all six main numbers drawn, then this massive prize rolls down to the next prize
level (five main numbers plus the bonus ball, then five main numbers, etc), as specified in the Lotto Game Procedures, until there is a winner or
winners. |
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Old Main Lotto pre 2015 |
New Main Lotto after 2015 |
Increase |
Balls |
49 |
59 |
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Jackpot |
13,983,816 to 1 |
45,057,474 to 1 |
x 3.22 |
5 + Bonus |
2,330,636 to 1 |
7,509,579 to 1 |
x 3.22 |
5 balls |
55,491 to 1 |
144,415 to 1 |
x 2.60 |
4 balls |
1,033 to 1 |
2,180 to 1 |
x 2.11 |
3 balls |
57 to 1 |
97 to 1 |
x 1.70 |
2 balls |
Nothing |
10.3 to 1 Lucky Dip |
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Rafffle |
50 x £20,000 + Super Raffles * |
1 x £1m + 20 x £20,000 |
x 2.38 |
Odds to Win |
54 to 1 to win cash |
93 to 1 to win cash |
x 1.71 |
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What is it? |
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The lottery is a great game often played by many members of the family. Just like many
bingo games the main object of the game is simply to pick the right numbers. If you're playing the national lottery in the UK then you are playing a 6/49
lottery draw. So you are if you are in Canada. This simply means you get to chose 6 numbers from a choice of 49. In Switzerland its 6/45 and in New Zealand its
6/40. The differences allow for how many people the organisers think will buy the tickets and therefore win the jackpot.
Country |
Population |
Lottery |
Jackpot Chances |
iPurchase¹ |
Europe |
750,000,000 |
5/50 + 2/12 |
1 in 139,838,160 |
Yes |
UK |
64,000,000 |
6/59 |
1 in 45,057,475 |
Yes |
UK |
64,000,000 |
6/49 |
1 in 13,983,816 |
Yes |
California |
33,145,000 |
6/51 |
1 in 18,009,460 |
No |
Canada |
30,491,300 |
6/49 |
1 in 13,983,816 |
No |
New York |
18,196,000 |
6/51 |
1 in 18,009,460 |
No |
Switzerland |
7,262,000 |
6/45 |
1 in 8,145,060 |
Yes |
Ireland |
3,797,000 |
6/42 |
1 in 5,245,786 |
Yes |
New Zealand |
3,829,600 |
6/40 |
1 in 3,838,380 |
No |
Main (U.S.) |
1,253,000 |
6/42 |
1 in 5,245,786 |
No |
(1) iPurchase means ticket
sales online |
Prize monies are distributed differently throughout. In New York for instance, 70% goes to the
jackpot and if you get 5+bonus (pretty difficult), you get a measly $10,000! There is a consistent theme however, they all take around 50% out of the pool
for "good" causes. |
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Is it a good bet? |
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No. But hold on, you didn't expect it to be. Only 50% of the money spent on tickets is returned in
the UK lottery. However only around 28% of it goes to "good" causes, whatever they are. You can think of it as a small crack at a big pot and some good gets
done in the world whether you win or lose.
The worrying thing is the 22% or so that gets eaten by the ticket sellers, Camelot and the government. We
call this the 'vig', or the 'juice' in the U.S. This is huge. The inefficiency of the system costs the decent
punters of Britain around £14m per week. Lets hope that iPurchase, or buying tickets on the Internet, changes
that. |
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Odds |
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The UK lottery is a 6/59 system, called 659 in other countries. Each six ball combination is unique and there are 45,057,474 of them.
Odds of matching balls on one lottery
ticket |
Number of balls matched |
One chance in |
Prize |
6 |
45 million |
Jackpot |
5+bonus |
7.5 million |
Bonus |
5 |
144,415 |
Match 5 |
4 |
2179 |
Match 4 |
3 |
96 |
Match 3 |
2 |
10.3 |
Ticket |
1 |
1 in 2.6 |
None |
0 |
1 in 1.96 |
None |
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Lotto Raffle |
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Prior to 21st November 2018 players were automatically given a randomly-generated Lotto raffle
number, which consisted of a four-letter colour, such as 'AQUA' or 'BLUE', followed by an eight-digit number ie AQUA 1234 5678. 20 raffle numbers were selected
for a normal draw by an Automated Draw Machine and each raffle number selected won a guaranteed £20,000 and one £1,000,000 prize.. |
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Is it fair? |
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Tough call, but here we think that only 28% of money going to good causes and only 45% being
returned to the good people who contributed is a bit hard to swallow. |
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Top Tips |
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You would be right in thinking that any combination of numbers is as likely to come up on draw
night as any other. So therefore there is no point in making a special point of using systems or checking numbers that haven't come up for a while, unless that
process adds to your enjoyment.
Question: So is there anything we can do? Well the answer is yes, there is something that
you can do to maximize the money you win when you win.
A crazy day in January 1995 when 133 people won the jackpot meant they picked up a measly
£122,510 each. This was no fluke, it was because the numbers fell into a regular pattern on the lottery form, a pattern that people use to create
their six numbers in a flash at the side of the terminal.
This gives us a clue as to what to do and its a trick that professional gamblers use all the time
to gain an advantage in any system where a pool of money gets distributed to a few winners. (like betting on horses) Camelot rather strangely refuses to publish details of players choices but we can get a good understanding of players habits from snippets that they
have released and from lotteries around the world.
Basically, people are very lazy when creating an original set of numbers. For instance, some
players chose the sequence 1,2,3,4,5,6 in the belief that no one else would think of such a crazy thing. But more than 10,000 tickets are bought
with that combination every weekend!!! If it ever comes up, those lucky winners will have won around £1000. Just about enough to buy that gun and point
it to their heads.
Many other sequences have way above average subscription. Last weeks numbers, last weeks
plus or minus one, consecutive numbers, equally spaced numbers, famous peoples' birth dates, nice patterns, etc....... .
Top Tips
1. Go against all those things mentioned above and try and include high numbers, especially
above 31 which rules out most dates from getting in. It won't just benefit you on the jackpot, but when there is a must win lotto draw and you match 3, 4, 5 or
5+bonus then your payouts will be that much more than average when no one wins the jackpot, which is quite often. Happy hunting.
2. Play on the
must payout 5th rollover only. Your £2 ticket will be much closer to the true equity in your ticket. |
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Fun |
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If you want have a game of your own without giving money away to the lost causes, I mean good
causes, then you can. Try running a paris-mutual pool amongst your friends, like a mini lottery. Its easy and you can adjust the game to suit the number
of players. Here's how;
- First, you don't need to know exactly how many people are playing but a
rough guide will do.
- Second, you don't need to know how much they are going to play for, but for
sense make the minimum bet £1 and the maximum £10.
- Third, decide who is going to run the thing and split the pool and make the
decisions.
And now to the game:
Each player decides how many people are going to win the Jackpot on draw night and writes that
number with their name on paper (Note: Zero is a number). Fold it. Put the amount bet on the outside of the folded paper. Show the amount written to operator,
pay them and put the paper in the draw box..
When the number of jackpot winners is declared, open the box and see who got it right. (If no one,
roll it over or give them their money back) If there's one winner, they get it all. If there's two or more, you split the pool pro-rata according to the
original bet size.
Now to Jazz it up, you can allow betting (by the original players) after the draw has been made for
about ten minutes (so they can't find out the result). This gives people the chance to use their heads and think how 'unusual' the draw numbers are.
Good Luck. Also, the whole thing can be done after the draw (10mins!).
(If there's a lot of people, like 50 or more, then work with the number of bonus prize winners) |
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Good Causes |
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Camelot operates The National Lottery and The National Lottery raises money for The National
Lottery Distribution Fund. The National Lottery Distribution Fund is held by the Department of Culture, Media and Sports and is divided between the six Good
Causes which were chosen by Parliament: Arts, Sport, Heritage, Charities, the Millennium and the New Oppotunities
Fund/Nesta. |
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The National Lottery was established by Parliament to raise money for worthwhile causes. There are
six Good Causes - arts, sports, charities, heritage, celebrating the millennium and the new health, education and environment cause.
There are twelve
distributing bodies responsible for giving grants to these Good Causes and of the 28 pence from each lottery pound they recieve the percentages in brackets.
- (16.7)The Arts Councils of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
- (16.7).The Sports Councils of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
- (16.7)The National Lottery Charities Board
- (16.7)The National Heritage Memorial Fund
- (33.3) New Opportunities Fund/Nesta
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Lotto Plus 5 |
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The first Lotto Plus 5 draw took place on Sunday 13th February 2011. The last Lotto Plus 5 draw
took place on Tuesday 1st October 2013. |
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Lotto Plus 5 was five daily draws for your main Lotto numbers commencing the day after the
Lotto draw for an extra £1.
Lotto Plus 5 draws take place between Lotto draw days - on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays and
results are available from around 8pm. When you choose to play Lotto Plus 5, the five Lotto Plus 5 draws you're entered into are those starting the day after
the main Lotto draw you've selected.
Plus 5 your Saturday Lotto numbers were entered into five Lotto Plus 5 draws starting from Sunday onwards.
Plus 5 your Wednesday Lotto numbers and you were entered into five Lotto Plus 5 draws starting from Thursday onwards.
Match & Win |
Prize |
6 main numbers |
£250,000 |
Match 5 plus bonus |
£25,000 |
Match 5 |
£250 |
Match 4 |
£25 |
Match 3 |
£2.50 |
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Health Lottery |
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The Health Lottery is a lottery in Great Britain launched on 8th October 2011. |
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Health Lottery is weekly, drawn on Saturday, and players must choose five different numbers
from the range 1 to 50 and match at least three in order to win a prize.
The Health Lottery Scheme manages 51 separate society lotteries which operate
in rotation and together represent each geographical region of Great Britain.
Match & Win |
Prize |
Odds |
Match 5 |
£100,000 |
1 in 2,118,760 |
Match 4 |
£500 |
1 in 9,417 |
Match 3 |
£50 |
1 in 214 |
The overall odds of winning any prize is 1 in 209.24 |
Breakdown of revenue |
22.0% |
In operating costs, marketing and administration |
20.3% |
To good causes |
33.4% |
To winners |
24.3% |
Maybe profit? |
The game has been criticised for donating only 20.3% of the ticket price to good causes,
verses 28% donated by the National Lottery. If you want to read the editorial on the Health Lottery then follow this link on
Health Lottery Editorial.
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