National Lottery, The

The National Lottery show is aired twice weekly on BBC1. The shorter Wednesday show usually lasts for about 10 minutes and is there for us to witness the draws taking place live, the longer Saturday show lasts for around an hour and usually features a pre-recorded quiz/game show before switching live to the draws. To be honest I rarely watch the Saturday night quiz show, preferring to switch over when the draws are ready to take place. I have nothing against game and quiz shows and do enjoy other shows but the ones normally associated with the Lottery are in my opinion quite boring and are there simply to fill the time before you get down to the good ...  Read the complete review

If you don't know how to play the National Lottery or Lotto as it is now referred to, then I just don't know where you have been hiding over recent years! In short, you go in to an approved Lotto retailer (will be clearly depicted by point of sale in the windows). You go to the Lotto stand (again well indicated) and then you choose a slip for the game you want to play, follow the instructions to complete the slip, e.g. for the main Lotto draw you choose 6 numbers from 1 - 49, then you take the slip to the cashier, pay your £1 per line and then go home and see if your 6 match the 6 drawn out that evening (draws for the main Lotto take place Wednesday and Saturday ...  Read the complete review

I have known about The National Lottery since i have been a young child. I remember from an early age, those balls being spun and picked every Saturday night on the tv and everyone scrambling for their tickets to see how many numbers they had got. If you have never heard of The National Lottery, it is the largest lottery in the UK. If you ask someone what their dream is, a lot of people will say that they would like to win the lottery. Tickets for the lottery cost £1 for a play and the game is played on Wednesday and Saturday nights. There are a lot of variations to the game like daily play and thunderball. The most that i ...  Read the complete review

Since its launch over a decade ago, the National Lottery has presented itself in numerous guises and I for one just wish they would run a 5 minute show with the draw itself and that is all. Now, I don't have any problem with the National Lottery itself, as a concept, as I can really see all the good work that has occurred thanks to the lottery funding received, but I do have a problem with the over the top Saturday night show. Year after year the BBC have tried to attach gimmick shows to the lottery draw to try and fill a 35-45 minute slot and, such has been the success of these shows that I am struggling to even remember one of them. To me, the BBC would be ...  Read the complete review

National lottery is a TV programme on BBC. Primarily it is there to run the draw for National Lottery. Unfortunately it has become a game show and the numbers are shown after the games that contestants play. I don't like this because twice a week most people are impatient to know the draw results and not silly games that pay well to contestants however if you think about it the money on this show comes from the lottery money and the wait for the numbers is wrong too. Why can't we have a simple five minute show with numbers only? Majority of us lose every Saturday. Yet the people taking part in the show are winners this doesn't seem write. ...  Read the complete review