UK National Lottery Set For Life #1

Winning numbers drawn at 8.00pm GMT on Monday 18th March 2019 - video:

The table below is courtesy of Camelot's phone line (0845 9100 000 *10).

Category      Prize       Winners       Total        Percentages
5+life      £3,600,000           0            £0       0.0%
5 match       £120,000           2      £240,000      20.8%
4+life            £250          17        £4,250       0.4%
4 match            £50         181        £9,050       0.8%
3+life             £30         956       £28,680       2.5%
3 match            £20       8,632      £172,640      15.0%
2+life             £10      12,045      £120,450      10.5%
2 match             £5     115,167      £575,835      50.0%
Totals                     137,000    £1,150,905     100.0%

The next table displays the draw order, revised frequencies and the last prior appearance of each of the 6 balls.

                    Updated Frequencies 
Drawn   Order      Main    Life   Total
1st       35         1       0        1
2nd       20         1       0        1
3rd       17         1       0        1
4th       04         1       0        1
5th       06         1       0        1
Life      10         0       1        1
Total     92         5       1        6
Avg.      15.3       0.8     0.2      1.0

Comments:

• The draw used ball set SFL2 in the Excalibur 6 machine and the average prize was £ 8.40.
• From Saturday 12th July 2003 onwards, Camelot has completely refused to issue per-draw sales figures for any of their individual games, despite continuously doing so for more than 8 years prior to that date. They blamed the media for only concentrating on the main Lotto game sales (which have been falling steadily for years), which seems to be a poor excuse to me.
• No-one won the first ever draw's jackpot, which is £10,000 a month for 30 years for a total of £3.6m. The 5-match tier also involves 10 grand monthly payouts, but this time only for a year, totalling £120,000.
• Several big problems with this game sadly make it highly unattractive to many people:
  • You can't opt for a (possibly smaller) single lump sum payment like you can with many US lotteries. If you die before getting all 360 monthly payments, there is a lump sum payment then...to your estate!
  • If you want to buy a "big ticket item" like a house, you'll have to wait for years of payments before you can. If you want to splash out on a £1m purchase, you'll have to wait 8 years and 4 months to get it!
  • If you're over 50 years old when you buy your ticket, it's quite likely you will die before receiving all your prize payments. This actually technically makes the game ageist - it's for young people only really.
• Prizes won in this draw must be claimed within 180 days i.e. by 5.30pm BST on Saturday 14th September 2019.

Next Lottery: #2 (Thursday 21st March 2019) [No jackpot winners]

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