Types of Lottery Games

The first of these games is undoubtedly the most famous of them all – The National Lottery Draw, which also goes by the name of Lotto. The game is played by choosing six numbers and a bonus ball from a series of numbers ranging from 1-49. Everyone's got their own particular system for choosing numbers; some use numbers that have a profound personal meaning them, while others simply prefer to pick numbers at random. If you don't think you can trust yourself to pick numbers randomly to play the lottery, don't worry, you can simply choose a Lucky Dip option which does the job for you! The premise behind the Lotto draw is a simple one – six numbers are drawn (seven including the bonus ball), and the more numbers that you match from your chosen pick, the higher the prize you win. The bonus ball does not actually factor into the equation until a player has matched a minimum of five numbers. As the name suggests, getting the bonus ball matched means more money in the prize fund. The minimum that can be won on the Lotto draw is a fixed amount of £10; while the jackpot amount (that reaches into millions of pounds) can rollover to the following weeks draw if there is no winner. Draws for Lotto are held every Wednesday and Saturday, costing £1 to enter.

Euro-Millions began in 2004 and services a total of 9 different European countries. In this game a player must choose five numbers from 1-50, with two lucky star numbers from 1-9 (draws cost £1.50 to enter). Draws for this game are held every Friday.

Lotto Hot Picks and Thunderball were both introduced in 1999. Hot Picks allows players to choose the amount of numbers they want to match up; this can be anything from one to five. Thunderball entails players trying to match up five numbers from 1-34, as well a a Thunderball from 1-14.

The final two games available are the Dream Number and Daily Play. Daily Play is available every single day apart from Sundays and Christmas; a player picks seven numbers from 1-27 (prizes range from £30,000 to a free lucky dip ticket). Dream Number puts the emphasis on getting the drawn numbers in the right order, with tickets costing £1 (where matching one number in the right order earns a double return of £2).