Prizes & Odds

For odds of up to 200, 2,200 & 47,500 to 1, the best prizes are:
EuroMillions approx £5, £10 & £80 (fee £2.50)
Thunderball £10, £20 & £250 (fee £1.00)
Set For Life £20, £30 & £50 (fee £1.50)
Lotto £10, £50 & £50 (fee £2.00) 2 draws
Lotto HotPicks £30, £400 & £6,500 (fee £1.00) 2 draws
EuroMillions HotPicks £100, £1,500 & £30,000 (fee £1.50)

The odds of winning £1 million on Lotto & EuroMillions are very similar at approx 7.5 million to 1. Thunderball has similar odds to win half the amount.
The odds of winning a share of the Jackpot are approximately 45 million to 1 on Lotto and 140 million to 1 for EuroMillions.

There are currently no plans to join the Powerball when it launches later in the year.

Allwyn now provide details of winnings within a few hours of the end of the draw, instead of the next day. This means I can sometimes provide quicker website updates.


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Accuracy

This information is subject to change at any time. Some are prize information may be based on averages and not exact amounts.

From 1st April 2024

Operation of the National Lottery draws transferred to Allwyn Entertainment

From 10th June 2026

Each Lotto & Lotto HotPicks entry will be entered into the 2 draws. (read the full press release)
Most prizes have been reduced by at least 50%

See the National Lottery Website for full details of prizes of all their draws.

EuroMillions HotPicks

Tue & Fri 8:45pm

Entry Cost £1.50 - Numbers from 1-50
Entries are based on the results of the main draw

PRIZE CATEGORYPRIZE £ODDS:1£1/ODDSBest Win
EuroMillions
Lotto
Prizes
Thunderball
Prizes
Lotto
HotPicks
Match 1 out of 11010.00100.00%n/an/a33
Match 2 out of 2100122.5081.63%31530
Match 3 out of 31,5001,960.0076.53%61010400
Match 4 out of 430,00046,060.0065.13%265020 & 1006,500
Match 5 out of 51 million2,118,760.0047.20%13,6501,000250 & 5,000175,000

Lotto

Wed & Sat 8:00pm - 2 draws

Entry Cost £2.00, for 2 draws - Numbers from 1-59
Lotto prizes will cascade down to some smaller prizes if the Jackpot is not won after 5 rollovers. Match 2 will increase to £5 and Match 3 may be increased.
The Odds shown below are per draw, so effectively halved over the 2 draws.

PRIZE CATEGORYPRIZE £ODDS:1£1/ODDSEuroMillions
Main only
EuroMillions
inc 2 Lucky Stars
EuroMillions
inc 1 Lucky Star
Match 2110.269.75%3----
Match 31096.1710.40%654
Match 4502,179.852.29%26108
Match 51,000144,414.980.69%13,6503878
Match 5 + Bonus Ball1 million7,509,579.0013.32%------
Match 6share of Jackpot45,057,474.00£2 million = 4.44%--845130,000