Did You Know These 7 Things About The UK Lotto?

The following article contains seven things you may not know about the UK Lotto.

There is a lot of information about the UK Lotto online, so we thought that it would make sense to give you just a few paragraphs to give you an idea of what is out there.

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The majority of National Lottery scratchcards are sold for £1. Larger scratchcards with two or more chances to win or a larger than usual maximum cash prize, i.e. £250,000, cost £2.

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In Lotto Extra, six numbers are drawn from a range of 1 to 49. If you match all six balls you win the jackpot; the chance of doing so is 1 in 13,983,816. There are no other prizes. If no one matches all six numbers the jackpot rolls over until it is won or reaches £50 million, when, if no one matches all six then the prize will roll down to players matching five, if none then four, if none then three, etc.

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Following the success of London's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic Lottery Scratchcards were launched on 27 July 2005 under the brand name "Go for Gold".

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Tickets for EuroMillions cost £2 per play in most countries above. In the UK, it is the equivalent in Pound Sterling, rounded to the nearest 10p (although it has been fixed at £1.50 since the draw began). In Switzerland it is the equivalent in Swiss franc, rounded to nearest 10c (although it has been fixed at 3.20 CHF since the draw began).

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The Lotto draw is conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Saturday draws started on November 19, 1994, under the name 'National Lottery'. The first Wednesday draw was on February 5, 1997. All draws are shown live on BBC One in the UK, with the Saturday draw shown as a segment in a range of different Lottery branded gameshows throughout the year.

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The game 'Lotto Extra' was rebranded from the launch name of 'Lottery Extra' at the same time as the main game in 2002.

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The National Lottery has so far raised £17 billion pounds for good causes, a programme which distributes money via grants. 28% of lottery revenue goes towards the fund, along with all unclaimed prizes. Additionally, 12% goes to the state.

Hope you found these seven things I unearthed about the UK Lotto interesting!

The Internet is full of information about the UK Lotto, but it's not always easy to find stuff that's actual useful. I hope that this article has been.

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