Lotto Plus 5 is fairly unique to the many draws that the National Lottery organise, as it’s not strictly a separate draw. Although the Lotto Plus 5 is actually played every night, you cannot enter the draw separately; you can only select the Lotto Plus 5 option alongside the main Lotto draw for an extra £1 per line of lottery numbers you play. Read our how to play instructions below and everything will become clear…
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How to play Lotto Plus 5
You don’t need to do anything extra to play Lotto Plus 5 online, there’s no lottery numbers to select. Simply select the Lotto Plus 5 option and pay an extra £1 and your usual lottery numbers will be entered into the Lotto Plus 5 draws every day of that week.
When do Lotto Plus 5 draws take place?
Lotto Plus 5 draws take place every day there isn’t a main UK Lotto draw, and as the name suggests you will be entered into the draw for the five Lotto Plus 5 draws after your lottery tickets play.
So if you buy a lottery ticket on a Wednesday, you will be entered into the Lotto Plus 5 draws on Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday; buy your lottery ticket on Saturday and you will be entered into the draws on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you buy lottery tickets for both Wednesday and Saturday’s draw then you will only be charged one Lotto Plus 5 entry and your selections will play for the five draws after the first draw on your lottery ticket.
As you may have concluded, the £1 entry fee means you get to enter the daily draws for just 20p a day!
How to win Lotto Plus 5
The Lotto Plus 5 plays in much the same way as the main Lotto draw. Six main balls and a bonus ball will be drawn in the daily draw and to win the jackpot you must match all six balls to the first six balls drawn in the Lotto Plus 5 draw. Just like the main Lotto draw, there are smaller prizes for matching three main balls upwards, although unlike the main draw, all Lotto Plus 5 prizes are a fixed amount.
Lotto Plus 5 Prizes
Prizes are fixed on the Lotto Plus 5 draw so you always know what you will win if you get a winning lottery ticket. The prizes are listed below but do be aware that the National Lottery do reserve the right to split the jackpot if it is won by many players:
How To Win |
Prize (£) |
Match all 6 main numbers |
250,000 |
Match 5 main numbers and the bonus ball |
25,000 |
Match 5 main numbers |
250 |
Match 4 main numbers |
25 |
Match 3 main numbers |
2.50 |
Good Causes
The Lotto Plus 5 draw is one of the designated games for London 2012 and it’s hoped that with the new draw, lottery players can raise the remaining total of the pledge to the London Olympics. So not only will you have the chance to be a lottery winner every single week, but you’ll also be helping Good Causes around the UK too.