How to play the National Lottery online

All National Lottery games can be played online after registering. If you are yet to open account it only takes a couple of minutes - Click Here to register your new account

There are two ways of playing the lotto online.
Subscriptions - Sign up once through Direct Debit and your numbers will be automatically entered. The National Lottery will notify you by email if you have won.
Loaded Account - Load funds into your account and play as and when you want to. The National Lottery will notify you by email if you have won.

Who can play? - Only people who reside in the United Kingdom may purchase a ticket. Anyone can play who belongs to a syndicate whose syndicate manager resides in the United Kingdom. Players must be 16 or older.

Choose your National Lottery Game to Play Online

	Lotto	Euro Millions	Dream Number	Daily Play	Thunderball	Lotto Hotpicks

The National Lottery Games

Lotto
Six numbers are drawn from a set of individually numbered balls with numbers in the range 1–49, as well as a further bonus ball. Balls, once drawn, are not returned to the draw machine, therefore each ball (including the bonus ball) can only be drawn once per Lotto draw. Players choose six different numbers by a method of their own choosing at the time they purchase a ticket. The entry fee to the Lotto draw is £1 per line of entry.

Daily Play

The Daily Play draw can be played every day but Sunday and Christmas Day. By selecting 7 numbers between 1 and 27, players can win anything from a free lucky-dip to £30,000. The draw gives its players the chance to win a free daily play lucky-dip for not matching any numbers in the draw. The entry fee to the Daily Play draw is £1 per line of entry

Dream Number
Dream Number involves generating a random seven digit number for entry into the draw. It can be played independently of Lotto, or if played with Lotto one Dream Number is generated per ticket, not per lotto entry. The cost of entry is £1. A dream number is automatically printed on every lotto ticket bought, whether the player has chosen to enter it into the draw or not. Unlike other Lotto games, it is not possible to choose the number entered, and the order that the numbers are drawn is important, since the numbers must be matched in order for the player to win. All money raised for good causes from Dream Number will go towards the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Thunderball
Players pick five main numbers from 1 to 34 and one 'Thunderball' number from 1 to 14, for an entry fee of £1. initially only held on Saturdays, draws currently take place every Saturday and Wednesday. . The entry fee to the Lotto draw is £1 per line of entry.

Lotto Hotpicks
Lotto Hotpicks uses the main Lotto draw for its numbers but is a different game offered by the national lottery. The player chooses both the numbers and the number of draw balls they want to try and match (up to a maximum of five balls). However, if the player does not match all the numbers chosen, it is not a winner. The National Lottery describe Hotpicks as "Five games in one", because the player has a choice of five ways of playing the game, each offering different odds and payouts. The entry fee to the Lotto Hotpicks draw is £1 line of entry.