The UK National Lottery comprises a number of Lottery Draws:
1. Lotto
The main draw for the National Lottery is called Lotto and takes place twice a
week on a Saturday and a Wednesday. It costs just £1 to play the UK Lotto making it very popular with casual Lottery players looking for a low cost way of winning life changing money.
Jackpots in the Lotto have been as high as £42 million for matching the 6 main balls and 1 bonus number but since the introduction of the Euromillions Lottery jackpot amounts have slowly been decreasing as more players set their sights on the Massive Jackpots available in the European Lottery.
2. Lotto Plus 5
Along side the main Lotto draw is a side game called Lotto Plus 5. It costs an additional £1 and gives you 5 additional chances to win a prize of £250,000. The Lotto Plus 5 draw takes place 5 days a week on the days that the main Lotto draw is not played so Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
One of the features of the Lotto Plus 5 draw is that it has a fixed prize structure which can be seen below:
- Match 6 main numbers – £250,000
- Match 5 plus bonus – £25,000
- Match 5 – £250
- Match 4 – £25
- Match 3 – £2.50
3. Euromillions
The Euromillions Draw takes place across Europe but in the UK we have an additional game called Millionaire Raffle which gives a fixed prize for every draw of £1m. For more information on Euromillions read our dedicated Euromillions page here.
4. Thunderball
Thunderball is a National Lottery draw that takes place each Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and offers players a £500,000 jackpot which is unique in that it is not shared with other players. The cost of entry for Thunderball is £1 and you can either play it as a stand-alone lottery draw or buy tickets in combination with Lotto and Lotto Plus 5.
5. Lotto HotPicks
Lotto HotPicks is an additional National Lottery game that allows players to win bigger prizes by matching few numbers from the main Lotto draw. The top prize for Lotto Hotpicks is £130,000 with a minimum prize of £5 for matching a single number.
