Most people will be aware of the National Lottery, Post Code Lottery and Health Lottery which are popular in the UK, but there are several other lotteries you can plan online if you feel like trying your luck elsewhere.
Lottery Tickets
You can purchase Health Lottery and National Lottery tickets in many high street shops and have a physical paper ticket which enters you into the draw, but go online and there’s a whole new world of other lottery tickets you can purchase. Sites such as Lottoland, Congalotto, Win Trillions and Bingo Lottery have a whole host of games and draws for you to take part in and because you purchase all your tickets online, you don’t have to worry about keeping a ticket safe. Usually if you’re a winner, you’ll also be notified so you don’t even have to check your ticket!
Prizes and Jackpots
Prizes and jackpots depend on which lottery you’ve entered, how many people have bought tickets, the cost of tickets and odds of winning. The National Lottery main lotto draws usually have jackpots of around £2million which increase if there’s no winner and it rolls over. There is a millionaire raffle included which guarantees a win of £1,000,000. Thunderball has a £500k jackpot, Hotpicks could win you £350,000 and the Euromillions jackpot can be tens of millions – the current top prize won from a Euromillions ticket is actually £165,000,000! Sites such as Win Trillions allow you to enter lotteries from all over the world and take part in lottery syndicates which increases your chances of winning. Depending on which draws you buy tickets for, you could win hundreds of millions
Instant Games
Most lottery sites will also offer you a great selection of instant win games for you to enjoy ranging from 25p to around £10. Just because they’re instant win games, don’t think you can’t win big as many instant win jackpots have millions of pounds up for the taking.
Payment Methods
If you’re unsure how you can purchase your lottery tickets, check on the site, usually under ‘payment methods’, and make sure you’re able to buy and enter into the draw. Most lottery sites will allow you to use a debit or credit card and some will allow you to set up a direct debit so that your tickets are automatically purchased and you’re entered into your chosen draw. This is handy if you’re going on holiday or just prone to forgetting to buy your tickets! Lottery companies are keen to open up their market to as many players as possible and so are always trying to make any many payment methods available as they can. Some sites will allow you to purchase via PayPal and also keep an eye out for Boku, which is a new way of making payments where all you require is your mobile phone number.