National Lottery Online
Find out how to play Lotto to put yourself in with a chance of winning a prize. From choosing your numbers to paying for your tickets, the Lotto players guide below will steer you through what to do, starting with the numbers you pick.
Pick six numbers from 1-59
To play National Lottery games online, you must be a resident of Ireland at all times. You must also be physically located in Ireland when buying a ticket. Back to Homepage. Yes – you can play if you're 18 or over.
Select six numbers from 1 to 59. You can pick your own numbers or play a Lucky Dip if you would prefer to be given a random set of numbers – the chances of winning are the same whichever option you choose.
- Lottery Simulator is a game for those who always dreamed about winning the lottery and you can play it online and for free on Silvergames.com. Just choose 6 different numbers and observe which ones come out. Did you know the probability of guessing all 6 numbers is 1 in 1,947,792? You’ll have to consider yourself very lucky if you get all.
- How to Set Up a Lottery Direct Debit. You can set up a National Lottery Direct Debit online. You just need a bank account so that payments can be taken once a month. There is no additional charge for using this service - the cost of playing by Direct Debit is the same as if you purchased your tickets in-store or online.
- The National Lotteries Control Board Rules & Regulations. Players must be 18 years and over. The ticket is the only valid proof of your number selection and is the only valid receipt accepted in order to claim your prize.
A Bonus Ball is also drawn in Lotto but you do not select a Bonus Ball when you play, as the aim is to match it with one of the six numbers you do pick.
Select your draw day
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There are two Lotto draws a week - one on Saturday at 7.45pm and one on Wednesday at 8.00pm. Choose whether to enter just one draw or both by marking your preferred option on the playslip or telling the retailer.
If you are playing online, you just need to select the relevant day. If you take out a subscription you’ll play the draws you specified every week until your subscription ends.
Choose how many weeks
You need to specify how many weeks in advance you want to play, up to a maximum of four. It is therefore possible to enter up to eight consecutive draws if you play on both Wednesday and Saturday.
When playing online, you can also set up a Direct Debit to play on a continual basis. You can change your numbers and draw days at any time while the Direct Debit is active.
Purchase your tickets
The final step is to pay for your tickets, and it costs £2 per entry to play Lotto. If you play in a store, you will be given a paper ticket that you will need to keep safe, as it is your only proof of entry.
Your numbers are saved in your account when you play online so you don’t need to worry about keeping your ticket safe. You can view your numbers by logging in to your account.
How to Win Lotto
To win Lotto prizes, the numbers on your ticket must match those drawn in the winning line. Match two of the main numbers to win a free Lucky Dip; the prizes increase in value as you match more numbers. Head over to the Prizes and Odds page to find out about all the payouts on offer.
How Free Lucky Dips Work
If you match two numbers, it is easy to claim your free Lucky Dip. If you have bought your ticket from a store, simply take your entry to any National Lottery retailer within 180 days of the winning draw. You will then be given the choice over whether to receive your Lucky Dip for the next Wednesday or Saturday draw.
When you win a Lucky Dip online, you will be notified by email and the Lucky Dip will be automatically entered into the next Lotto draw. You will then be given the chance to decide whether you would like any future Lucky Dips to be entered into the next draw, the next Wednesday draw or the next Saturday draw. Go to the Lucky Dips page for more information, and check out the How to Claim section to learn more about claiming prizes.
Many people now find that playing the National Lottery (Lotto) online is much easier than travelling to a shop to write out a ticket. You can also play a number of lines for a number of weeks, save your numbers for next time or set up a direct debit so that you never miss a draw.
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Playing online also means that if you do happen to win anything, you will automatically receive an email giving you the good news!
This guide explains how to access the National Lottery website using Internet Explorer.
You’ll need:
- A computer with internet access.
Follow these step-by-step instructions to play the National Lottery online
Step 1: Open Internet Explorer and go to www.national-lottery.co.uk.
Step 2: You will need to sign in, but if you have not got an account for the Lottery, you will need to set up a new account. Click Open Account.
Step 3: Complete your personal details in the boxes provided and your address and payment details.
Step 4: Once you have set up your account, you can start to play the National Lottery online.
Step 5: Sign into your account using the details with which you registered.
Step 6: Once you have signed in, you will be taken to the home page. At the top right hand corner your account information is shown, with your account balance and any messages that you may have.
Step 7: If you have funds in your account, you can now play lottery games such as Euromillions or Lotto or play instant games, which are the online equivalent of a scratch card.
Step 8: To play Lotto or Euromillions, hover over Play Games. Choose the game you wish to play from the list, in this case we have chosen Euromillions.
Step 9: On the online play slip, choose the draw day you want to enter your numbers for, how many weeks the numbers will be put into the drawer. Then click into each number box and enter your numbers. If you want to choose lucky dip numbers, click on the Lucky Dip button and numbers will be automatically entered into the boxes, but until you complete the transaction you will only see 'LD' in the boxes.
Once you have finished the number of lines you want to play, click the Play button. The amount of money will show at the bottom of your play slip and this will be deducted from your account balance.
Step 10: Once you click play, you will be shown a confirmation page. If you are happy to continue, click Buy now, if not click cancel, or Edit play slip to go back and enter different numbers.
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Step 11: The next page will then show your ticket confirmation and the numbers you have chosen, or the lucky dip numbers if you chose this. If you wish to play the Lotto, follow the same instructions as above, but choose Lotto from the list of games in Step 8.
Step 12: If you don’t have enough money in your account balance to play, you will get an automatic alert when you try to buy a ticket and taken to the add funds page. You can also add funds manually by clicking on the add funds link and following the onscreen instructions.
Step 13: It is also possible to set up a direct debit instruction for continuous play. Follow the instructions from the home page by clicking on the link.
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Step 14: To play an instant win, hover over Instant Win or hover over Play Games and choose Instant Wins. Choose your 'Instant Win' from the list of choices given.
Step 15: Click Buy now on the next page. Once the 'Instant Win' comes up on the screen, it is played the same as a scratch card, click on each icon/picture to reveal the amount or game picture.
Step 16: Once you have revealed all the icons, you will either have won a prize and you can add the prize money back into your balance account, or you will be told you haven’t won. You will then be able to try again or leave the site for another day!
Karen Maxwell is a Digital Unite tutor and assessor/trainer of computer accessibility.