How To Play Lotto Uk
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. Play lottery online and take advantage of the biggest jackpots in the world. Get your Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets here!
FAQs - How does it work?
What is the Lotto?
Lotto is the UK's National Lottery. The UK's National Lottery is run by Camalot Ltd. and they have two Lottos draws per week. one on Wednesday and one on Saturday. FREE Cash Lotto is not associated with the UK's National Lottery (Lotto) in any way.
How do I enter for FREE?
Simply submit your entry on the 'Play Lotto FREE' page. Join FREE or sign-in to your account, then visit the 'Play lotto FREE' page and click the 'Submit a FREE Entry' button.
How much can I win?
You can win up to 10% of the total weekly winnings. For example - If the total winnings from the Lotto lines we purchase in a single Saturday draw is ten million. You could win/claim up to one million pounds (£1,000,000).
The min payout threshold is £5 per winning entry.
How many entries can I submit?
You can submit an entry every day. As we buy lines on the Lotto's (UKs National Lottery) Saturday Draw, you can submit a maximum of 7 entries each week - one every day.
How do I claim my winnings?
Simply click your 'USERNAME' when you see it. Sign in to the site and click 'Play Lotto FREE' then 'View Winning Entries & Claim'. If your username is displayed, you have a winning entry. Simply click your 'USERNAME' to submit your claim. You have until the next Lotto draw to submit your claim.
How do you select the winning entries?
How To Play Lotto Uk National Lottery
We randomly select 60 winning entries each week. Each randomly selected entry is a winner and can claim an equal share of the total winnings from the Lotto lines we purchase in a single Saturday draw.
How do you select the numbers?
We use the numbers, members have selected & lucky dips We either purchase lines made up of the most common numbers, members have selected in the 'Daily Draw' or we purchase lucky dips. Lucky Dips are randomly selected numbers by the Lotto website.
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.
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.
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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.