Uk Lotto

[BJS]

.Can any one recall the date that the lottery only paid out £25 for a 4 ball win.

[Buenchico]

Do you mean £21?

If so, it was Wed 13 August 2014:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-lotto-pays-out-less-4051569

[BJS]

No it was £25 as the wife won it and hasn't (quite rightly) stopped moaning.

[ABerrant]

Chris has conflated two noteworthy (scandalous!) results where the £25 fixed rate Match 3 outperformed Match 4 winnings.

13 August 2014 Match 4 prize was £15
15 July 2015 Match 4 prize was £21

How recent was the win you are seeking?

[Buenchico]

^^^ Thanks, ABerrant.

I really must learn to read web pages properly before I link to them!

;-)

[BJS]

We both are sure it was £25 and was 2014 to Wed-12th Aug 2015 when I won £42 for 4 balls. Am having a lot of trouble with this site again.

[BJS]

I searched through the lottery yearly history and found that on 10th May 2014 the prize for 4 no's was indeed £25.

[fiction-factory]

Yes, that's the way it works i think- the pot of money is shared between the winners. if you choose the most popular numbers and they come up you will not win anywhere near as much as you might have expected. As all numbers have an equal chance of coming up you should choose the least popular numbers in order to maximise any winnings

[Old_Geezer]

That's a good idea. Let's all choose the least popular numbers. Anyone know what they are ?

[fiction-factory]

Yes

[sandyRoe]

If you wanted the ones least likely to win you could follow mine.

[Old_Geezer]

Do tell youse guys.

[fiction-factory]

There has been research on the most popular and least popular numbers. If you want the least popular numbers avoid birthday numbers (1-31)and 44 (the number that seems to have come out most last time I checked). I recall 34 was the least popular.
But I've never bought a ticket!