The UK National Lottery was launched on the 14th of November 1994 and the first draw took place on the 19th of November 1994. Camelot Group Plc were licenced by the UK government to operate this British lottery since it first began. The first numbers drawn were 30, 3, 5, 44, 14 and 22, the bonus was 10 and there were seven jackpot winners who shared a prize of £5,874,778.
There was a lot of excitement throughout the UK when it was announced by the government that they were going to create a UK National Lottery. For years all that was available were ungainly complicated games of chance where players had to guess how many draws there would be to win any prizes. Once they could play the UK National Lottery, it was much quicker and easier and became even easier still when the internet came along and you could play UK Lotto online.
All that is required for you to play UK Lottery online is to:
Playing the UK Lotto online is very easy when you buy UK Lottery tickets online from PlayUSALotteries.com.
The way to play the UK Lotto online is to:
There are also lower prize tiers which have smaller prizes if you match between two and five numbers. If you’re not sure which numbers to pick you can use our ‘Quick Pick’ option where your numbers are randomly selected for you by our random number generator.
When you play the UK Lotto, there are various ways to win cash prizes. To win the jackpot you will need to match all six winning numbers or if you should match five winning numbers and the ‘bonus ball’ you will win a £1 million special prize which was recently introduced. Otherwise, you will need to match a minimum of two numbers to win a prize.
The prizes for all the lower tiers are now fixed amounts and no longer based on a percentage of the total prize money.
If you match five balls and no bonus ball, players will win £1,750 and matching four balls wins you a prize of £140.
If you match three balls you will win £30, which is up from £25.
The first draw took place in November 1994 and in January 1997 the midweek draw started. The one thousandth millionaire was created at the start of the new millennium in 2000 and in 2002 the UK National Lottery was rebranded as the UK Lotto. On the 19th of November 2019 this fabulous British lottery celebrated its 25th anniversary.
The ‘Must Be Won’ roll down draw was implemented on the 21st of November 2020 and was also where larger cash prizes were introduced. This resulted with the UK National Lottery jackpot being won more often and bigger cash prizes being handed out to the lower tiers.
You can play the UK National Lottery on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the draws taking place at 21:00 hrs BST and it is broadcast live on the TV channel BBC One in the UK. Straight after the numbers are drawn, the UK Lottery results are published on the results page of our website at PlayUSALotteries.com.
If you buy UK Lottery tickets online from PlayUSALotteries.com, you can play UK Lottery online from anywhere in the world where there is an internet connection or smart phone data is available.
To play UK Lotto online you must be at least 18 years old.
The UK Lottery jackpot rollovers were changed and only allow the jackpot to roll over five times and then it must be won. If no player wins the jackpot after the fifth draw in a row, it is divided between the players who matched three or more numbers.
The UK National Lottery only rolls over five times before it must be won. If nobody picks the winning numbers by the fifth roll over, the jackpot is then split between the lower tier players that managed to match three or more numbers.
Match six (6) numbers
Jackpot
Match five (5) numbers + one (1) bonus number
3%
Match five (5) numbers
5%
Match four (4) numbers
7%
Match three (3) numbers
85%
Match two (2) numbers
Lucky Dip
If you should win the UK Lotto jackpot, there is one payment option available, the lump sum payment option. The lump sum payout option pays out your winnings immediately.
Under exceptional circumstances, PlayUSALotteries.com reserves the right to pay the winning jackpot total in the form of an annuity payout.
Your chance of winning the UK Lottery jackpot is 45,057,474 to 1 and you have a 1 in 10 chance to win one of the smaller prizes.
1 in 45,057,474
in 7,509,579
1 in 144,415
1 in 2,180
1 in 97
1 in 10.3
58 (66 times)
48 (41 times)
52 (66 times)
6 (42 times)
54 (65 times)
24 (42 times)
8 (65 times)
28 (42 times)
42 (63 times)
33 (42 times)
55 (61 times)
9 (43 times)
There is a big advantage when you play the UK Lottery online at PlayUSALotteries.com as it makes claiming your winnings very easy for you. Soon after the UK Lottery winning lotto numbers have been published and if you have matched any prize winning numbers, your PlayUSALotteries.com account will be credited.
UK Lotto players who won £/$/€200 or more will receive a telephone call from one of our PlayUSALotteries.com customer service agents to congratulate you on your win and to ask you to file a ‘cash withdrawal’ request from your PlayUSALotteries.com account. Once your account has been verified your winnings will be deposited into your preferred bank account.
The minimum withdrawal amount for all our PlayUSALotteries.com lottery players is set at £10, €12 and US $15.
Play the UK Lottery online today right here at PlayUSALotteries.com and you could join the ranks of the mega rich and after all, if you play UK lottery online and buy UK Lottery tickets online you could be making the wisest decision any lotto player could ever make. Good luck!