Yep, they kept that quiet.
I know someone who works on the lottery sales counter, and she said vortually no one had hear of the rise, even among regular players.
The other bit that has not been publicised, is they have added an extra number which further makes winning harder. Up from 117million to on, to 140million to 1.
It went up today. The lottery I put on for Trish myself and a syndicate comes to £18.00p and I've got into the habit of having a lucky dip on the Euro to round it off. Today I had to pay an extra 50p so that's me done with the Euro I'll just have an extra lucky dip on the Lotto.