How to Play the UK Lottery
The leading lottery game of the United Kingdom is the UK Lottery, a twice-weekly drawing with possible winners every Wednesday and Saturday. The UK Lottery is a 6 from 29 lottery, which means that the jackpot winner has to match all six numbers to collect the prize. Smaller prizes are awarded to players whose tickets match 3, 4, or 5 of the 6 winning numbers.
Every player must have a ticket. Most participants in the UK Lottery get their tickets for authorized national lottery retailers in person. Mark you selections on a play slip, and then give the play slip to the retailer. The retailer then generates a ticket for you with your selected numbers on it.
An alternative way to play the UK Lottery is via the World Wide Web. To use the Internet option, you enter lottery numbers online and are then issues a “virtual” ticket. The virtual ticket arrives by email. You may print it out, or access your numbers by a link included in the email. It is both safe and legal to purchase lottery tickets online.
It is important that you only use authorized national lottery web sites when you buy virtual tickets. You need to keep your user name and passwords private, and be sure to log out after you purchase your tickets. This ensures that your bank information is safe.
Whether you buy your tickets in person or on line, you do not have to select your lottery numbers. In either method, you may opt for “Lucky Dip,” in which the computer selects all six numbers randomly.
Play slips indicate which lottery is desired, whether Wednesday, Saturday, or both. The UK Lottery allows you to use the same set of numbers both nights, and for up to eight weeks per play.
Play slips must indicate which lottery is desired, whether Wednesday, Saturday, or both. The UK Lottery permits you to use the same set of numbers both nights, and, indeed, to use the same numbers for up to eight weeks.
When you buy your ticket in person, make sure the ticket you get back has: Your chosen numbers or the Lucky Dip numbers, the days you want to play, the number of weeks you want to play, and your selected drawing dates. Every valid ticket must also have a visible bar-coded serial number and an unticked void box.
Tom Martens is the content coordinator at UKlotterytickets.co.za.South Arica?s primary portal to the UK Lottery.
