You may already know
that ...
60%
of UK adults enter the National Lottery every week
94%
of the UK population have played at some time
50%
of players choose the same numbers every week
25%
of all adults playing the lottery are in a syndicate.
...
but here are some important facts you might not be aware of:
44% of JACKPOT WINNERS receive
less than £1million
Of 2,462
Jackpot-winning tickets so far, only 1,250 people have become
Millionaires.
1,064 tickets paid less than £1m and almost 200 syndicates shared less
than £1m each.
£500 Million worth of
Prizes has been "lost" by Players
More than £1 million of Prizes goes unclaimed every week by Players who lose
or fail to check their entries.
SPORTING CHANCE winners do not need to claim - all Prizes are sent
automatically.
£1.3 BILLION has been
"withheld" from Prizes
Camelot says 50%
of all stakes is paid out in prizes but the normal payout is only 45%.
The remaining 5% is
retained ostensibly to boost "Superdraw" Prizes but after 8.5 years'
operations more than £1.3 BILLION remains unallocated:
