All Lotteries
When the National Lottery first launched in 1994 there was just one draw to look forward to every week, but as interest grew and more players looked to the game to win life changing amounts of money, all of that has changed and a number of draws now take place each week. Many draws mean many prices and different sets of rules and number matrices. The sheer selection of draws can be difficult to keep up with, but if you want to know the rules and prices of any of the UK draws, the Euro Millions, or even the Irish Lottery then you’ll find them all below.
The flagship UK draw, the Lotto, is included as is the multi-national Euro Millions draw. You’ll also find all the information you need about the smaller, complimentary draws. Thunderball, Lotto HotPicks and Lotto Plus 5 whilst not forgetting the flagship Irish Lotto draw which is popular with players in Ireland and around the world too.
Simply scroll down, find the lottery draw you’re interested in on the list and you’ll find all the information for that draw, including the cost of tickets, the days each draw takes place, the format of the lottery in question, how to play, buy lottery tickets and of course how to win and find the lottery results just shortly after the draw has taken place.
Lotto
Ticket price: £1 per line
Number Matrix: 6/49
Draws: Wednesday and Saturday
Prize Tiers: Six
First Draw: 19th November 1994
Largest Jackpot: 6th January 1996 - £42,008,610 shared between three tickets
See our section for Lotto results, we list all past results there and update it as soon as the new results come out.
You can also use our Lotto checker form to check if you've won on a draw - it also allows you to check past dates too! There is also a fun tool that will check your numbers against all past draws to see how much you would have won if you had always played those numbers.
Euro Millions
Ticket price: £2 in the UK, including Millionaire Raffle, €2 across Europe
Number Matrix: 5/50 Plus Two Lucky Stars between 1 and 11
Draws: Tuesday and Friday
Prize Tiers: Thirteen
First Draw: 13th February 2004
Largest Jackpot: 12th July 2011 - £161 million won by Colin and Christine Weir
We list the latest, and all past, Euro Millions results in our results section. Be sure to check that out.
If you're looking to check your ticket for a win then you can use our Euro Millions checker, just plug in your numbers and it'll tell you how much you've won - if you're lucky that is!
Health Lottery
Ticket price: £1
Number Matrix: 5/50
Draws: Saturday
Prize Tiers: Three
First Draw: 8th October 2011
Largest Jackpot: £250,000 on 21st January 2012
We list the latest, and all past, Health Lottery results in our results section. Be sure to check that out.
If you're looking to check your ticket for a win then you can use our Health lottery checker, just plug in your numbers and it'll tell you how much you've won - if you're lucky that is!
Irish Lottery
Ticket price: €3 for two lines
Number Matrix: 6/45
Draws: Wednesday and Saturday
Prize Tiers: Seven
First Draw: 16th April 1988
Largest Jackpot: 28th June 2008 - €18,963,441 won by one ticket bought by a lottery syndicate
Thunderball
Ticket price: £1
Number Matrix: 1/39 Plus Thunderball between 1 and 14 inclusive
Draws: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
Prize Tiers: Nine
First Draw: 12th June 1999
Largest Jackpot: Thunderball has a fixed £500,000 jackpot
See our results section whre we publish all of the Thunderball results for the most recent and also all past draws.
Our checker section also has a Thunderball checker form that will tell you if you've won or not! It's quick and simple to use and there's also an extra historical check that will give you results for all past draws!
Lotto Hot Picks
Ticket price: £1
Number Matrix: 1 to 5 of 49, dependent on your selection
Draws: Wednesday and Saturday
Prize Tiers: Five
First Draw: 10th July 2002
Largest Jackpot: N/A
We list the latest, and all past, Lotto Hot Picks results in our results section. Be sure to check that out.
If you're looking to check your ticket for a win then you can use our Lotto Hot Picks checker, just plug in your numbers and it'll tell you how much you've won - if you're lucky that is!
Plus 5
Ticket price: £1 but only available if you have bought Lotto tickets
Number Matrix: 6/49
Draws: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Prize Tiers: Five
First Draw: 10th February 2011
Largest Jackpot: £250,000 – standard top prize
We list the latest, and all past, Lotto Plus 5 results in our results section. Be sure to check that out.
If you're looking to check your ticket for a win then you can use our Lotto Plus 5 checker, just plug in your numbers and it'll tell you how much you've won - if you're lucky that is!
Daily Million
Ticket price: €1
Number Matrix: 6/39
Draws: Daily
Prize Tiers: Seven
First Draw: 9th September 2012
Largest Jackpot: €1 million
The Players Lottery
Ticket price: From €5 to €10,000
Number Matrix: No Number matrix, raffle style
Draws: Upon sale of all tickets
Prize Tiers: Four
First Draw: No draw yet
Largest Jackpot: No draw yet
