Archive for the ‘UK National Lottery’ Category

The Camelot Group operates the UK National since 1994. The government has relicensed the Camelot in 2001 as well as in 2007. The National Lottery Commission regulates the National Lottery. The value of one UK National Lotto ticket is one pound. Fifty percent of the amount generated by the players is forwarded directly to the collective prize fund. The other 28 pence is then invested for Good Causes fund which was founded by the parliament, 12p is then passed over to the British Government, 5p comprises of the commission meant for the sellers, while the rest of the 5p is forwarded to the Camelot Group.
The National Lottery players need to choose six numbers between 1 and 49. Players who succeed in matching three or above numbers are qualified for prizes, while larger prizes are meant for players who succeed in matching more numbers. Players who succeed in matching all six are declared the winner of the game.


UK National Lottery Plays £10M And Has 5 Prizes About To Expire

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

 The UK National Lottery’s playing its jumbo jackpot of £10 million tonight, which means that August is a special month for that lottery in more ways than one! On a not-so-great note, there are FIVE National Lottery prizes that are set to expire throughout the month of August unless their rightful owners come forward with their tickets to claim them! The first expires on August 9th and the last, on August 30th. All prizes are pretty hefty sums between the £60,000 and £120,000!

EuroMillions and UK National Lottery Roll Over

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Big European lotteries saw a couple of rollovers this past weekend. First off, EuroMillions went without any grand prize winners after last Friday’s draw - except for a Belgian second-tier winner-. Also, the UK’s National Lottery yielded no jackpot winners in Saturday’s game. This means that the big prize up for grabs this week is a whopping £10 million, a sum not seen since May!

UK National Lottery Rolls Over For Saturday

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

This past Wednesday’s UK National Lottery draw left no jackpot winners, which means that the grand prize has rolled over and is up to anice £7 million for this Saturday’s game. The winning numbers for Wednesday’s draw were 8, 16, 25, 27, 28, 34 and 32 as bonus ball. Maybe the lottery will continue with it’s latest trend of having winners every Saturday, we’ll just have to wait and see.