Tuesday, January 12, 2010

How You Can Play the UK Lottery

By Tom Martens

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.

Alternatively, you may play the UK Lottery by buying virtual tickets online. In this Internet option, you enter your numbers online and then get a virtual or electronic ticket by email. You may print it out, or access your numbers by a link included in the email. Online purchase is safe and convenient, and there is no extra charge for the service.

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.

The player also needs to select which lottery draw they want: Wednesday, Saturday or both. You can play the same set of lottery numbers on both nights. You do not need to select different lottery numbers for different nights. In addition, the player also needs to choose how many weeks they want to play. You can play the same set of lottery numbers for up to eight weeks.

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.

Every player must make sure their play slip has: Your selected numbers (or a tick in the box for the Lucky Dip random selections), the days you want to play, the number of weeks you want to play, and the correct draw dates. The ticket you get back must reflect this information and have both a visible bar-coded serial number and an unmarked void box.

If there is no lottery winner after four consecutive draws, then the final jackpot is shared between players who matched five of the six lottery numbers, plus the bonus number. This is called a Triple Rollover. Playing the UK Lottery is both easy and fun. That's why it remains one of the most popular lottery drawings today.

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