The National Lottery renamed their main draw Lotto in 2002 as part of a major rebranding exercise aimed at increasing ticket sales that had previously been flagging.
Camelot, the operators of the National Lottery who were awarded the licence for a second time in 2001 were keen to improve sales to ensure they kept the licence.
The games available through Camelot are still collectively known as The National Lottery and are one of the most popular forms of gambling in the UK with over 80% of the population participating
Here is a table of the odds against winning a prize in the UK’s National Lottery Lotto game.
Winning Combinations: | Winning Odds: |
Jackpot – Match 6 numbers | 13,983,815 to 1 |
Match 5 numbers Plus Bonus Ball | 2,330,635 to 1 |
Match 5 numbers | 55,490 to 1 |
Match 4 numbers | 1,031.4 to 1 |
Match 3 numbers | 55.656 to 1 |
The overall odds against winning any prize are 52.655 to 1. These don’t compare too favourably with the odds against winning a prize in the EuroMillions game of 1 in 13. But when you compare the odds against winning the jackpot, the Lotto odds of 1 in 14 million don’t look too bad when compared to the 1 in 116 million for EuroMillions.
The reason that there is a far greater chance of winning any prize with EuroMillions compared to Lotto, is because EuroMillions has 13 different winning selections against only 5 lotto ones.
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