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The UK Lottery is the main lottery game in the United Kingdom. It is a biweekly game with drawings on Wednesday and Saturday. It is a 6 from 29 lottery, which means the winner needs to match all six numbers in order to win the jackpot. Smaller prizes are given to those who match less than six numbers, including a small prize for those who match three numbers.

In order to play the UK lottery, you must have a ticket. There are two ways to purchase lottery tickets. One way is to go to a national lottery retailer to purchase tickets. The player marks the lottery number selections on a play slip. The play slip is then given to the retailer, who takes the slip and issue a ticket with the selected lottery numbers on it.

A second way to purchase lottery tickets is on the internet. The player manually enters the lottery numbers online and is then issued a “virtual” lottery ticket. The player receives the virtual lottery ticket via email. The ticket can then be printed or the lottery numbers can be accessed via a link sent in the email. It is perfectly safe and legal to purchase lottery tickets online.

Make sure you use an authorized national lottery web site when you buy your tickets, keep your user name and password protected and log out after you purchase your tickets. This helps to ensure that your personal information is protected and safe. In both cases, the player doesn’t have to select the lottery numbers. Instead, the player can opt for the “Lucky Dip” option, in which all six lottery numbers are randomly selected for the player.

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.

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.

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.

Being new to the UK Lottery is no excuse for not playing. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the games and lottery terminology, and you’ll soon be on your way to playing.

To begin, there are a number of instant win games to be played online, such as EuroMillions, Dream Number, and Lotto.

EuroMillions consistently offers huge jackpots thanks to the participation of nine European countries. Jackpots usually start at 9 million and grow as the jackpot goes unclaimed. You play by selecting five main numbers, 1-50, and 2 Lucky Star numbers, 1-9. You can play up to four lines on a single play slip or up to five slips with multiple tickets. You can play the same numbers for as many as four weeks. All you have to do is match three numbers in the correct combination to win from one of the 12 prize levels. If you match the five main numbers and the two Lucky Star numbers you win (or share) the jackpot!

Generally tickets for the EuroMillions are sold everyday until 11 p.m but for the fridays when tickets are sold till 7 p.m. You can watch the results on BBC One at 11:35 p.m on fridays or the results are readily available online from 10 p.m onwards.

Lotto works similarly. You can enter your own numbers, 1-49, or, if you’re playing online, you can choose “Lucky Dip” for a random number selection. Play as many as seven lines of numbers on one play slip or up to 35 lines on multiple tickets. You can select which draws and the number of weeks you wish to play. You can play as many as eight weeks starting with the next draw date. Winnings are based on the number of matches on your card.

You can also play Dream Number on your Lotto play slip or by itself. The Dream Number is a 7-digit number that gives you the chance to win up to 500,000. There are scores of Instant Win games including those based on Scrabble, Monopoly and those based on upcoming holidays and events. Prizes range from 8,000 to 100,000 and more. Playing is simple and winnings are, obviously, instant!

By learning some of the terms you can get even more comfortable with playing the lottery. Here are a few you should know. A bearer instrument is any item, paper lottery tickets included, that gives the person possessing it the right of ownership. The person who has it in their possession, regardless of who bought the ticket, has claim to any prize won.

Bonus Ball – An additional number selected after the primary numbers are drawn, as in the UK Lotto game. It has no bearing on the winning jackpot number, but can earn a better prize for the runner-up.

RNG – Random number generator; software that generates numbers in a random pattern. Rollover – The term used to describe what happens to a jackpot fund when no player wins it. The amount is usually added to the fund for the next draw.

Tom Martens is the content coordinator at UKlotterytickets.co.za. South Arica’s primary portal to the UK Lottery.