The National Lottery

The National Lottery: the UK's national lottery

The National Lottery is the operator of the UK's national lottery. Its official website allows you to buy tickets for draw games such as Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life, check draw results and access instant win games in the Instant Win Games category. The platform also provides information about winners and the charitable causes that receive funding.

Draw games and instant win games

The main offering includes draw games such as Lotto, EuroMillions, Set For Life and Powerball. The site shows estimated jackpots and the dates of upcoming draws. For example, at the time of review, a £5.8 million jackpot was advertised for the Saturday Lotto draw, with a play price of £2.00 and the option to play until 11:55pm that day. For EuroMillions, a £187 million jackpot was indicated, paid over 30 years, with a price of £4.00 per play. Powerball, a game recently added to the platform, was also being promoted.

In addition to draws, the site offers instant win games in the Instant Win Games category, organised into categories such as Draw & Bingo, Word, Casual and Play Scratch & Reveal. Among the featured titles at the time of review were Super Cash Bolt September, Game of the Week (Beat The Chasers: Head To Head, priced at £5.00), £1 Million Cash Ride (£5.00, with a top prize of £1 million) and Super Puck Shot (£2.00, with a top prize of £75,000).

Results and ticket checking

The site allows you to check draw results, such as the latest EuroMillions result shown at the time of review (11, 12, 15, 38, 49 and 10, 12). It also offers the possibility to check whether a ticket has won a prize. The official The National Lottery app allows you to play on your mobile and scan tickets to get results.

Funding for social projects

A portion of lottery revenue goes to funding projects across the UK. The site states that every postcode in the country has benefited from this support and offers a tool to find projects near you. Funding is open to applications in sectors such as arts, sports, heritage, charity, voluntary, health, education and environmental sectors. At the time of review, it was mentioned that more than 680,000 projects had been funded.

Winners and millionaire-making

The site highlights that Lotto is making more millionaires than ever before, with 134 millionaires so far this year according to the update of 21st September 2026. The winners and good causes section is part of the platform's public information.