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The UK lotto is one of the biggest and most popular lotteries in
the entire world. Unlike many lotteries in other countries, the
UK Lotto prize is paid out as a lump sum, not drip-fed to the
winner across 25 years or so. This makes it extremely attractive
to players all over the world. As you can even buy tickets
online, there has never been a better time to 'risk a quid'. But
what exactly are the statistics behind the UK Lottery?
First off, it's a pick 6 from 49 lottery, so the odds of a 6
number jackpot are fairly standard at 1 in 13,983,816 for an
individual ticket. The most popular numbers regularly picked are
23, 25, 38, 43, 44, 57. The least picked numbers are 13, 20, 21,
37, 39, 41. If you are into number pairs, you may be interested
to know that the lotto's most common number pair are 38 and 46.
Those of you who like to pick lottery numbers in threes (as do
many people here at www.winthatlotto.com ) will be fascinated to
find that the most common group f three lottery numbers picked
is 10, 34 and 48.
Ever wondered where the ticket money for the UK National Lotto
ends up? According to the lottery accounts, 45% of the ticket
take goes to prizes of all sizes, 5% goes to a 'Top Up' bin, and
28% goes to the fabled 'Good Causes' (some of which have been
discovered to be criminal scam fronts, unfortunately). of the
remainder, 13% is given to the UK government as Lottery Duty, 5%
is paid to the retailers who sell tickets as commission, Camelot
is allowed to keep 3% to cover costs, and a further 1% as pure
profit.
No doubt you are most interested in how the money is paid out!
We certainly are at www.winthatlotto.com ! Essentially, you will
win £10 for matching any 3 numbers. This is quite a large chunk
of cash to be paid out, because the odds on that are about 1 in
57. Of the remaining money, 22% is paid to tickets that match 4
numbers, 10% is paid for matching 5 numbers, 16% is allocated to
tickets that 5 numbers and the 'bonus ball', and a whopping 52%
plus any rollover is paid to any tickets matching all six
numbers.
The odds on these lower prizes are quite easy to work out, being
2.3 million to 1 to get 5 balls plus the bonus lotto ball,
55,550 to 1 to get 5 numbers right, 1,030 to 1 to hit 4 lottery
balls correct, 57 to 1 for a £10 3 ticket win, 7.5 to 1 to get 2
numbers right, and 2.4 to 1 to get 1 or no numbers right. So
there you have it. Good luck with your lotto picks!
About the author:
Dwight plays the UK National Lotto game, and writes lottery
editorial for www.winthatlotto.com the
free lottery site aimed at helping you win that million dollar
lotto prize!
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