The cost of purchasing a single lottery ticket is £1 and players can then watch each draw take place live on the BBC in the UK on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Lotto Extra

The Lotto Extra was launched on November 13th 2000 and offers players who are already participating in the main UK National Lotto draw the option to play Lotto Extra as well. The price for including Lotto Extra on a standard UK Lotto ticket was a further £1 — it was not possible to play Lotto Extra as a stand alone game. Again, six numbers were drawn from a range of 1–49. As with the main Lotto draw, if a player matched all six numbers they would win the jackpot. However, unlike the main draw, there were no further prizes offered for matching 3, 4, and 5 numbers. Instead, the jackpot would be rolled over week after week, until it was won. If the prize fund grew to £50 million and there were still no winners of the jackpot, it would then be issued to the player(s) matching just 5 numbers.

Due to poor sales Lotto Extra was cancelled in July 2006.

Dream Number

On July 15th 2006 Dream Number was launched to replace the cancelled Lotto Extra game. Dream Number offers prizes of up to £500,000 and can be played alongside the UK National Lotto or as a stand alone game. Participants have the option to play the 7-digit Dream Number shown on the Lotto play slip or pick Lucky Dip for a new random number to be generated. Tickets cost £1 each and to win, players must match the digits drawn in the same order as your Dream Number, reading from left to right and starting with the first digit.

All money raised for good causes from Dream Number will go towards the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Thunderball

On June 7th June 1999 Thunderball was launched. With Thunderball, players choose five main numbers from 1 to 34 and one 'Thunderball' number from 1 to 14. As with all the other main UK National Lotto games, each Thunderball ticket costs £1 and the Draw takes place every Wednesday and Saturday.

Lotto Hot Picks

With Lotto Hot picks the same numbers that a player enters into the main Lotto draw are used. Again, all the numbers must be matched exactly to win the prize pot; in other words, so prizes are issued for partial matches.

Scratch Cards

In addition to providing a variety of lottery ticket options, the UK National Lottery also sells a huge array of scratch cards. These are small pieces of card where an area has been covered by a thin layer of opaque latex that needs to be scratched off. Hidden under this layer are symbols and pictures which the player needs to match in order to win the prize.

The regular scratch card requires the player to match three of these symbols/pictures and if this is achieved the player wins the amount printed on the scratch pad. The standard card costs £1 and offers a maximum prize of £100,000. However, there are also some cards that offer numerous chances of winning and these sell for £2 and in some cases £5, for the higher prize cards.

Daily Play

The Daily Play, as the name suggests can be played everyday, except for Sundays and Christmas Day. Players must choose 7 numbers from 1 to 27 and prizes can be anything from winning a free lucky dip up to £30,000 cash.

The Daily Play draw is not televised but players can keep up to date with the results via the BBC website. The results on Saturdays are recorded and are broadcast during the live draws of the UK National Lotto, Dream Number and Thunderball on the BBC in the UK.

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