National Lottery, The Reviews

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I like to buy a lottery ticket every now and then, and when I do, I like to tune in to the live show on BBC1 on a Saturday night to experience the excitement of the live draw. I remember when there was just one lottery draw to watch. You checked your 6 numbers and that was that. Now-a-days there are various different draws, daily play, ...  Read the complete review

Sometime people don't accept reality. Look at the national lottery. If I buy a ticket for it I have more chance of landing on the moon than winning on the lottery. I have one in several million chance of winning on the lottery. Chances of winning are very low yet people continue to buy tickets and the money raised goes to causes which ...  Read the complete review

Since the Conservative government in 1994 introduced The National Lottery, lottery income has been given to support Good Causes in the arts, sport, heritage, health, education, environment, and community and charity sectors. Money has been raised for, amongst other things, sports facilities and training for potential sports stars of the future and ...  Read the complete review

This review is about the Irish lottery, as I live in Wexford in Ireland. Similar issues apply, except obviously all the odds have risen dramatically! In Ireland, the odds of winning the jackpot prize are a whopping 1 in 5,245,786. That means that if every single person in Ireland bought a ticket to a raffle, you would have way more chance of ...  Read the complete review

I used to play the lottery every week an spent almost £500 a month on tickets. Then I joined the new online e-syndicate where you're always guaranteed ONE number on the UK National Lottery and TWO star numbers on the euromillions. Basically that's an 86% greater chance of winning the normal draw and 96% chance of the euromillions. You ...  Read the complete review

The National Lottery, now known as the Lotto is becoming boring with sales figures at their lowest since the launch back in 1994. The Lotto is rapidly going down hill after Camelot decided to run the Lotto instead of letting Richard Branson turn it into the Peoples Lottery. We will have to suffer ...  Read the complete review

National Lottery ? the least likely way to become rich Just about everybody reading this will have bought a lottery ticket or a scratch card at some point. All of us would like to be millionaires. The lottery, without doubt, is the most accessible way of becoming one. So, do the sums add up? Well, probably ...  Read the complete review

The national lottery nowadays is ridiculous. It really has turned into an ugly programme and I don’t know anyone who watches it. The show is a joke. They put on grade C celebrities to sing and prance around. They have wasted so much money on the Wembley Project, which resulted into a big flop. This money could have been used on education, ...  Read the complete review

I'm 50/50 on this one which may not help very much. The Good ======== I think the lottery is great, just that small chance of winning a life altering sum of money for a mediocre £1 stake, yes I know its 14+ million to 1 to win but then again somebody always does and it really could be you someday. They are trying ...  Read the complete review

I have been doing the lottery for 5 years, and have never won. What do you think? WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF WINNING? The national Lottery consists of a draw of six balls from a total of 50 balls. To win the top prise you need to get all six correct. The chances of this happening are about one in 16 million. To ...  Read the complete review

Rumour has it that there is a sign on the door to the headquarters of Camelot that reads 'ABANDON HOPE ALL YE THAT ENTER', well maybe I made that up but recent comments from someone high in the running of the lottery practically said that. Each week we all spend our pounds in the vain hope that the small investment will reap the ...  Read the complete review

I Hate The Lottery!! ------------------------ I have to let it be known I hate the National Lottery with a vengence. Firstly I hate the way the actual show is done and think it spoils a Saturday night..I know you are saying go out and get a life and you wouldn't have to watch it. I pay a TV licence and I am the sort of ...  Read the complete review

The Camelot directors and top staff who bagged massive bonuses, regardless of the company’s performance are an indication of how unaccountable the bosses and governments seem to be this day. Camelot was set up by John Major about eight years ago with a group of Britain’s most institutionalized companies to run the State lottery. ...  Read the complete review

The National Lottery is the national game that is played by laods of people nationwide. People from France even play it though they shouldnt. the Jackpot is usally around £7M but sometimes after a rollover it grows to be a higher jackpot. You pick 6 Numbers and watch as your numbers arnt drawn out of the machine. The TV ...  Read the complete review

I doubt I am the best person to comment on this but it is a good topic so I will begin. When the lottery first came out in 1994 I played it every week. Fair enough I shouldn't have been playing it as I was underage but I thought it was something new and exciting. I got bored quickly after winning nothing and spending money on ...  Read the complete review