How many of you are still daydreaming of a big win?
The result:
No. of matches No. of winners £s per UK winner UK Prize fund
Match 5 + 2 Stars—-0———-£0.00————-£0.00
Match 5 + 1 Star—–16———£268,411.50——-£1,610,469.00
Match 5————–18———£67,707.40——–£203,122.20
Match 4 + 2 Stars—-389——–£2,237.80———£174,548.40
Match 4 + 1 Star—–4,470——£129.80———–£102,282.40
Match 4————–6,591——£61.60————£72,318.40
Match 3 + 2 Stars—-14,343—–£40.40————£115,220.80
Match 3 + 1 Star—–171,491—-£17.20————£615,140.80
Match 2 + 2 Stars—-168,704—-£15.10————£557,476.90
Match 3————–243,776—-£11.10————£590,808.60
Match 1 + 2 Stars—-788,968—-£7.40————-£1,337,246.60
Match 2 + 1 Star—–2,195,498–£6.30————-£3,123,899.10
Totals—————3,594,264——————–£8,502,533.2
So not one ticket matched the £87M jackpot and now the prize fund is expected to top £112M next Friday.
What I don’t understand is why the ticket price is double that of a normal lotto ticket, given the hugely extended odds of winning this draw, not to mention the much larger audience it attracts.
Good job I didn’t waste money on a ticket, or dwell too long on the prospect of winning. I’m only stupid enough to buy the odd national lotto draw ticket at 15m to 1. 😆
This Lotto thing is not good! I believe Camelot should be forced to state the odds of winning at the point of sale. At least then, people would have some idea about their chances.
The Lotto takes advantage of people’s ignorance, or their faith/optimism. You’ll always here the line “someone wins it”. I respond by saying “someone also has a meteorite land in their garden”. This probably happens more often than people winning the Euromillions!
It really is just another tax, albeit discretionary.