The UK National Lottery - a guide for beginners | plus.maths.org The UK National Lottery - a guide for beginners By Submitted by plusadmin on March 1, 2004 March 2004 The UK National Lottery began in November 1994. Optimistic statisticians hoped that the surrounding publicity might increase interest in ideas of chance and probability, and perhaps even enhance the nation's numeracy. Hot tips In the early days of the Lottery, it was quite common to see newspaper articles that looked back on what numbers had recently been drawn, and attempted to identify certain numbers as "due" (they hadn't appeared for a dozen draws), other numbers as "hot" (having occurred several times in succession), much in the manner of racing tipsters studying form. The question of how these inanimate rubber spheres, whirling around a plastic tub, were supposed to be influenced by previous draws was never addressed. Few such articles appear now; without these words being specifically used, it does seem to be generally believed that the outcome of each draw is independent of the rest, and that each of the possible combinations has the same chance every time.

The game has tightly drawn rules about the amount of prize money available, and how it shall be allocated. The mathematics of counting then allow you to work out your winning chances, and how much your prize might be. For the principal game, players must select six different numbers from the list {1,2,...,49}; in the Lottery draw, six of these numbers are selected at random as "main" numbers, and a seventh is also chosen (the Bonus number). Players win some prize if their selection matches at least three of the main numbers. If they match all six main numbers, they qualify for a share of the Jackpot prize, with an average value of £2 million - and, occasionally, ten times this amount! However, less than half the money staked is returned as prizes, so, on average, you lose more than 50p each time you buy a £1 ticket. To work out the winning chances, note that the number of different choices of six numbers from a list of 49 numbers is , say. And all these combinations are taken to have an equal chance of being the six main numbers.

So if you buy one ticket, your chance of a Jackpot share is 1 in , or, in round figures, one in 14 million. It is hard to appreciate how small this figure is: for example, the chance of death within one year for a middle-aged healthy man might be one in 1,000. If so, the chance he dies within the next week is one in 52,000; within the next day about one in 365,000, within the next hour about one in nine million - still bigger than the chance of a jackpot share. Indeed, on these figures, he is about as likely to win a jackpot share with one ticket as he is to die in the next 40 minutes. All those who match all six main numbers share the amount in the Jackpot pool, which depends mainly on total sales. To win a gigantic prize, you hope to be the only person with a winning ticket. What can you do to bring this about? Really random Very little information has been disclosed about what combinations UK players have chosen.

Apparently, at one stage, 10,000 people were selecting the numbers 1 to 6, while the most popular single choice is said to be those multiples of seven, {7,14,21,28,35,42}. Of course, after every draw, we learn how many players shared the jackpot, and hence exactly how many selected that particular combination that draw. Almost one time in six, no-one has won a jackpot share; and one time in five, one winner has scooped the entire jackpot pool. At the other extreme, 133 people selected the winning combination {7,17,23,32,38,42}, while on another occasion 57 chose {2,12,19,28,38,48}.

But the Swiss Lottery permitted Hans Riedwyl complete knowledge of player choice for one particular week; on average, each combination was chosen about twice, but he identified types of combinations that attracted far, far more players: previous winning combinations, going back several years; winning combinations from Lotteries in neighbouring countries; combinations that, when marked on the Lottery ticket, made straight lines, zig-zags, or symmetrical patterns; other systematic choices, such as last week's winning numbers, all with one added (or subtracted). If the mind-sets of Swiss and UK players are similar, there are lessons here. How to win more Avoid any such systematic choices! Too many other players may think along your lines, and some may copy your selection. Be aware of the two players who split the jackpot in the Irish Lottery, both having picked their numbers using the dates of birth, ordination and death of the same priest! One idea is to choose your numbers completely at random, perhaps by use of an ordinary deck of cards (discard three of them, shuffle well the other 49), or the official Lucky Dip facility. But do not fall into the trap of believing that spreading your choices evenly across the card is the same as choosing randomly: far from it!

If the combinations listed above, with 133 and 57 winners are marked on the Lottery ticket as set out at the time (nine rows of five numbers, a bottom row with four numbers), you will see that every number is on a different row no two numbers are adjacent vertically no numbers are in the outside columns. It is as though players had run their pencils down the middle of the ticket, dodging a little from side to side, thinking they were choosing at random. They were not - as their disappointing jackpot prize proved. One further factor: many players choose numbers based on family birth dates, and so the numbers 1 to 31 are be selected more often. To help avoid their choices, bias your random choice towards the higher numbers. How? Plainly, the mean value of a single number is and so the mean total over six numbers chosen at random is .

The calculation for the variance is more complicated - successive choices are not independent - but Riedwyl's advice is to select your numbers at random, but then reject them en bloc unless: their total is at least 177 3,4 or 5 of them are on the edge of the ticket they do not form a single cluster, nor are they spread as six isolated numbers. This still leaves over 1,500,000 combinations, and following his advice makes no difference whatsoever to your winning chances - but it is likely to lead to bigger prizes. The smaller prizes The door to riches? We have concentrated on the prospects of winning a jackpot share, as that is the main motivation for most Lottery players. But working out the chances of the other prizes is not difficult. Call the six winning numbers the Good numbers, the other 43 the Bad numbers. So to match exactly five of the winning numbers, your selection combines five of the six Good numbers (with 6 ways to select them) along with one of the 43 Bad numbers (43 choices), making possible winning tickets.

The Bonus number is just one of the Bad numbers, so six of these choices win a share of the Bonus prize, the other 252 qualify for a Match 5 prize. Similarly, to win a Match 4 prize, you select 4 of the 6 Good numbers (in ways), along with 2 of the 43 Bad numbers (in ways), giving About Lotto | Games | The National Lottery The nation's favourite What is Lotto? Join in the excitement of the nation’s favourite lottery game that’s helped change lives and made dreams possible. Lotto is yours to play every Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets costs £2 per play and include entry to the ‘Millionaire Raffle’ that guarantees £1 million prize in every draw. Alongside the jackpot, that's two chances to become a millionaire. Plus there are 20 prizes of £20,000 in every draw. Remember, anyone can win with Lotto. How do I play Lotto? Simply select six numbers from 1–59 or pick Lucky Dip for a random selection Choose how many lines to play You can play up to 7 lines of numbers on each play slip and buy up to 10 play slips at a time.

Then, choose the draws and number of weeks you'd like to play. You can play up to 8 weeks in advance or continuously by Direct Debit. You automatically get a randomly-generated Millionaire Raffle entry with every line of Lotto numbers you play. The Millionaire Raffle takes place on the same day as the Lotto draw you have entered. Millionaire Raffle entries start with four letters that spell out a colour and are followed by eight numbers. You can play Lotto online every day from 8:00am (sometimes earlier) until 11:00pm. But remember: Lotto ticket sales close from 7:30pm to 9:00pm on Wednesday and Saturday for that evening's draw. To play Lotto on the day, you'll need to buy your ticket before 7:30pm. If you want to make sure you're always in the Lotto draw, play by Direct Debit . You can also spread the excitement of playing Lotto by starting a syndicate . Check out our how to play Lotto video guide What is the Millionaire Raffle? The Lotto raffle has become the Millionaire Raffle. This gives you two chances to become a millionaire with every Lotto ticket.

The Millionaire Raffle has two prize tiers in every draw – one guaranteed £1 million prize and 20 guaranteed prizes of £20,000. The Millionaire Raffle takes place on each Lotto draw day, and at least 21 raffle numbers will be selected. We draw the £1 million winning raffle number first, followed by the 20 prizes of £20,000. Free Lucky Dip Match 2 main numbers and you win a free Lotto Lucky Dip ticket, giving you another chance to become a millionaire in a future draw. If you have purchased your Lotto ticket online or by Direct Debit, then your free Lucky Dip will automatically be entered into the next draw. We will let you know that you have won and give you the option to decide which Lotto draw you would like any future Match 2 Lotto prizes to be entered into (next Lotto draw, next Wednesday Lotto draw or next Saturday Lotto draw). If you play in retail, you will need to present your winning Lotto ticket at a National Lottery Retailer. The retailer will then give you the option of receiving a free Lotto Lucky Dip for either the next Wednesday or Saturday Lotto Draw. What can I win?

Match all 6 main numbers to win the jackpot. If there's more than one jackpot winner, the prize will be shared equally between all the jackpot winners. Match just 3 main numbers to win £25. Match 2 main numbers and win a free Lotto Lucky Dip and another chance to become a millionaire on the next Lotto draw. Match your Millionaire Raffle entry with a drawn Millionaire Raffle number to win a Millionaire Raffle prize. The Millionaire Raffle has 2 prize tiers in every draw – one guaranteed prize winner of £1 million and 20 guaranteed prizes of £20,000. You can win both the Lotto jackpot and Millionaire Raffle on one ticket. Prize table for Lotto One free Lotto Lucky Dip Millionaire Raffle Guaranteed £1 million & £20,000† prize tiers †Camelot may decide at any time to hold a promotional Millionaire Raffle Draw in which additional Millionaire Raffle Prizes (of amounts to be decided) may be available to be won.

These Prizes will be in addition to the one guaranteed Millionaire Raffle Prize of £1,000,000 and the 20 guaranteed Millionaire Raffle Prizes of £20,000 that can be won in that Millionaire Raffle Draw. The odds of winning a Millionaire Raffle Prize will vary depending on the number of Millionaire Raffle Entries in each Millionaire Raffle Draw. For more information about playing Lotto online, see the Lotto Game Procedures . How many times can the Lotto jackpot rollover? If nobody wins the Lotto jackpot in the draw when it hits £22M or more, it will roll to the next draw one final time. Then, the jackpot MUST BE WON! So, if no one matches all six main numbers, the prize WILL be shared by the players with the most winning numbers. For the full details refer to the Lotto Game Procedures . Guaranteed millionaire in every Lotto draw WOOHOO! UK Lotto | UK National Lottery UK National Lottery European Lotteries › UK Lotto The UK National Lottery was launched in November 1994 to give players the chance to win life-changing prizes.

Since then UK Lotto has undergone a number of changes, including the addition of a Wednesday draw in February 1997 and the introduction of the Lotto Raffle in October 2013. In October 2015, ten more balls were added to the game’s matrix, along with the introduction of the Lotto Millionaire Raffle, which guarantees a single £1 million winner in every Lotto draw. On Saturday 9th January 2016, two winning ticket holders shattered a 20-year-old record as they split a Lotto jackpot of £66 million, with each player receiving £33 million. Another gigantic prize was given away the following month when a single player landed £32.5 million on Saturday 13th February 2016. Buy Tickets Buy tickets for the next UK Lotto draw: Next Estimated Jackpot: 33 How to Play To play the game, choose six numbers between 1 and 59 and if all six of your numbers match the main balls drawn on the night, you win the jackpot. If you're struggling to pick your own numbers you can also opt for a Lucky Dip, which randomly selects a set of numbers for you to play in the draw.

UK Lotto starting jackpots vary, with a base draw on Wednesday usually worth around £2 million and Saturdays generally worth between £3.8 and £4 million. If two or more players match all six main numbers to win the jackpot, then the top prize is shared equally between the winners, but if there are no jackpot winners then the prize money is rolled over to the next draw. Rollovers can keep occurring until the top prize reaches the current jackpot cap of £22 million, although this limit can be changed by lottery officials. When it hits the cap, the jackpot will only roll over once more before it has to be won, with the entire amount being shared by the players in the next winning prize tier if there is still no Match 6 winner. It is worthwhile to note that the jackpot can exceed the value of £22 million during this time, with ticket sales adding to the overall value of the top prize. Living Outside the UK? If you don't live in the UK, don't worry, you can use the lottery ticket concierge service to buy your tickets by clicking the link above. You get a scan of the ticket as proof that it has been bought for you.

UK Lotto Prizes The UK National Lottery has six prize tiers in all and the table below shows the numbers that are required to win each level and the odds of winning in that tier: Winning Combination Overall odds of winning a Lotto prize are 1 in 9.3. Lotto Millionaire Raffle The Lotto Millionaire Raffle was introduced in October 2015, taking the place of Lotto Raffle. In each draw, one Lotto ticket holder is guaranteed to win £1 million by matching the first code drawn, with a further twenty players being presented with £20,000 each. For every Lotto line you play, you receive a randomly generated Lotto Millionaire Raffle code consisting of a four-letter colour and eight numbers. The £1 million prize code and the 20 different £20,000 combinations are drawn in coordination with the main Lotto draw. The results for both games are available shortly afterwards. Occasionally, there will be more prizes on offer to celebrate special occasions, such as the 25 prizes of £1 million distributed on Saturday 10th October 2015 to commemorate the first ever Lotto Millionaire Raffle draw.

Draw Day 1 in 686,000 (based on estimated 14.4 million Lotto tickets sold) Other National Lottery Games Thunderball Thunderball is another UK National Lottery game which takes place every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, offering prizes of up to £500,000. Players must select five main numbers between 1 and 39 and one Thunderball number from 1 to 14. Anyone matching all five numbers plus the Thunderball wins the £500,000 top prize. In addition there are eight other prize levels on offer – you can be a winner by matching only the Thunderball! Tickets for UK National Lottery games can be bought quickly and easily online or in person from an authorised UK lottery retailer. For online ticket purchases, simply select the numbers you wish to play or choose the Lucky Dip option to have a selection of numbers randomly generated. Once you have paid for your ticket(s), you will receive an email confirmation from the National Lottery that contains important details about your ticket as well as the draw that you have entered.

Your ticket will be automatically checked following the draw and, if you have won a prize, you will receive an email stating that “there is important news about your ticket”. For security reasons, the email will not disclose how much you have won but instead ask you to log in to your account for further details. Winnings of up to £500 will be paid into your online account straight away. Further information on the claims process for UK lottery prizes can be found on the How to Claim page. Material Copyright © 2017 Euro-Millions.com How to Play Lotto National Lottery › Lotto › How to Play How to Play Lotto Lotto players must pick six main numbers between 1 and 59, matching at least two to win a prize and all six to claim the multimillion-pound jackpot. A seventh ball, known as the Bonus Ball, is drawn from the same pool, and increases the winnings for those who match it along with five of the main numbers. Lotto draws take place on Saturday and Wednesday nights, with the winning numbers appearing on the Lottery Results page soon afterwards.

Those who play Lotto online receive an email notification if they have won a prize, whereas those who buy their tickets from authorised retailers must keep them safe and remember to check them against the draw results. Lotto prizes expire 180 days after the winning draw, and you can find out information on how to receive your awards from both online and physical tickets at the Lottery Claims page. Players who play Lotto at authorised retailers are advised to sign the back of their ticket as proof of ownership in case they lose their ticket. Methods of Checking Your Lotto Tickets Download iOS and Android Lottery Apps How to Win Lotto A player who matches all six main Lotto numbers wins the jackpot, or a share of it if more than one ticket holder plays the correct winning line. The minimum match required to win a Lotto prize is two main numbers, which entitles players to a free Lotto Lucky Dip. For online players, this ticket is automatically entered into the next Lotto draw, whereas those who win on a physical ticket can choose between entering either the following Saturday or Wednesday draw. The prize for matching three main numbers is fixed at ï¿½25, with all larger awards dependent on how many other winners there are in the same tier and how many tickets were sold for that draw.

The jackpot can be boosted by rollovers up to an amount set in advance by the National Lottery. See the Lotto Prizes page for more information on what you can win and the odds of claiming a prize. Lotto Millionaire Raffle Lotto Millionaire Raffle guarantees that at least one player in every draw wins ï¿½1 million thanks to a code that is automatically generated on the ticket when you play Lotto. There are an additional 20 prizes of ï¿½20,000 available in every draw and occasionally multiple top tier awards are given away too. Take a look at the Lotto Millionaire Raffle page to find out all you need to know about this supplementary game. New £2 Lotto and how to boost winnings - Telegraph Note: Prizes are estimates bar three balls which is fixed. Should I pick unlucky numbers? Ignore all claims about strategies promising unloved numbers that are due to come up. The lottery numbers are picked entirely randomly, although for the record, 38 is the most drawn number and 13 is the least lucky. ...but you can win more On Saturday, 14th January 1995, the National Lottery prize was £16m.

But the excited winners had a shock - there were 133 of them. Each won £122,510. The numbers you pick can help avoid this. Players tend to pick favourite numbers or what they believe to be unusual sequences. The “birthday bias”, for example, means numbers under 31, the maximum in a calendar month, are more popular and a disproportionate number of people pick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in the mistaken believe that others won’t. This is mostly speculation based on the numbers bought in lotteries in other countries and by analysing the top numbers. Camelot no longer publishes data on numbers bought. But yesterday it did admit that the most commonly bought numbers, in order, were 7, 3, 5, 6, 4, 2, 13, 9, 11, 12. Dr John Haigh, an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Sussex who has published a paper on the lottery, said: “You should avoid anything that forms a nice pattern on the selection ticket, such as a diagonal line as many people do this.

And avoid anything that has any sort of sequence to it. People also pick last week’s winning numbers because they don’t think anyone else will. “The best thing to do is avoid any patterns and don’t pick many low numbers.” However, this strategy doesn’t always work. Those winning numbers on that night in 1995 were 7, 17, 23, 32, 38, 42. Should I bet elsewhere? If you are hellbent on having a flutter, National Savings & Investments Premium Bonds pays a £1m prize each month with nearly two million other prizes, an a one in 26,000 chance of winning one of them, for each £1 stake (although most people hold far more). The upside is you get unlimited plays and your money back whenever you want it. The downside is that the odds of winning £1m are around one in 40 billion.

Get the best of our money advice and tips once a week: newsletter Health Lottery | Information, Results and How to Play Lottery.co.uk Health Lottery The Health Lottery is an independent UK lottery which isnï¿½t run as a national lottery, but as a coordinated group of 51 separate society lotteries. Each society lottery is licensed by the Gambling Commission and represents a different region of Great Britain. The 51 individual lotteries operate on rotation, meaning that every area in England, Scotland and Wales gets a share of the funds raised. Health Lottery Results Health Lottery draws take place every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and are broadcast on Channel 5. In the draw, five random numbers are chosen from 1 to 50, with an additional Bonus Ball drawn from the remaining 45 numbers. You can view the latest results on the Health Lottery Results page. Saturday 31st December 2016 More Information About This Draw Playing the Health Lottery All you need to do to play the Health Lottery is select five numbers from 1 to 50 or select the Quick Pick option to have your numbers randomly selected.

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When more than one ticket holder matches all five main numbers, the jackpot prize is shared equally between the winners. Hereï¿½s a look at some of the more memorable Health Lottery winners. Richard Frost, Yorkshire 26-year-old Richard Frost had bought just two tickets in his entire life when he won the ï¿½100,000 jackpot on December 7th 2013. After being diagnosed with a debilitating brain tumour at the age of three, Richard spent over a decade having invasive surgeries and gruelling physiotherapy. ï¿½It is just amazing to finally have some good luck for a change.ï¿½ He said. Richard used his winnings to buy his dream car, a ï¿½32,500 Audi TT. Roy Baker, Hertfordshire With the rising price of gas and electricity, winter meant a constant struggle to stay warm for 77-year-old Roy Baker and his wife Margaret. However, after scooping the ï¿½100,000 jackpot Roy said ï¿½We wonï¿½t have to worry about the bills now!

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A third weekly £1 draw was introduced on Thursday 13th August, 2015. While the main ball pool had remained the same throughout the game's history, in July 2012 adjustments were made to the Health Lottery prize structure. The prize for matching three numbers decreased from ï¿½50 to ï¿½20, and the prize for matching four numbers decreased from ï¿½500 to ï¿½250. Further changes to the game took place in May 2013 when a Bonus Ball was introduced. The addition of the Bonus Ball, which is drawn from the ball pool after the five main numbers are selected, gives players the chance to win prizes for matching two, three or four main numbers plus the Bonus Ball. Throughout the duration of the game there have been several Health Lottery promotions, which include Hot Ticket, Magic Monday and Second Chance Guaranteed Winner. A third weekly ï¿½1 draw was introduced on Thursday 13th August 2015, with Tuesday and Friday ï¿½1 draws added on Wednesday 28th October 2015. To see a timeline of The Health Lottery, visit the Health Lottery history page.

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Question: How many matching numbers are required to win a prize in the UK National Lottery?
Answer: Three