Health Lottery Review
Is this the first time that you have come across the Health Lottery? Are you wondering what this lottery is all about? Well, let’s start by clearing up a few of the basics regarding this lottery game. The Health Lottery was launched in the UK in October 2011, is not a National or State lottery but a collection of 51 local society lotteries, each one representing one or more local authority areas covering the entire United Kingdom. Each of these society lotteries has its turn at partaking in the Health Lottery draw each week so every community within England, Wales and Scotland benefits from the money raised from this game. These monies go to help health related good causes within the respective local society lottery regions. The Health Lottery draws take place twice weekly on a Wednesday and Saturday and offers a maximum jackpot prize of £100,000. With fairly decent jackpot winning odds of 1 in 2,118,760, players may be attracted but will the modest jackpot prize put some people off?
How to play?
To play the Health Lottery you can either pick up your ticket at one of the 37,000 high street retailers around the UK or online by visiting and registering an account at the Health Lottery. You simply select 5 numbers from 1-50 inclusive or you can opt for a Quick Pick Ticket where 5 numbers are randomly chosen for you. Each Health Lottery ticket costs £1 and enters you for a single draw.
Who can play?
This is very simple; if you do not live in Great Britain then you are not permitted to play the Health Lottery.
What can I win?
As already mentioned, the top prize in the Health Lottery is £100,000 for matching all your 5 chosen numbers. This is not a big jackpot when you compare it to the jackpots offered by the majority of National and State lotteries from around the world. However, the odds of hitting this jackpot are a whole lot better than most at 1 in 2,118,760. You also win cash prizes for matching 2, 3 and 4 numbers from a single entry. This is what you can win:
- Match any 2 numbers and the Bonus Ball and win £10
- Match any 3 numbers and win £20
- Match any 3 numbers and the Bonus Ball and win £50
- Match any 4 numbers and win £250
- Match any 4 numbers and the Bonus Ball and win £10,000
- Match all 5 numbers and win up to £100,000.
* The jackpot is always lower in the Wednesday draws
Who’s behind the Health Lottery?
The Health Lottery is operated by Northern and Shell and is regulated by the Gambling Commission in the UK.
Getting in touch with the Health Lottery
There is a comprehensive questions and answers section that can be found under the “help” tab at www.healthlottery.co.uk that will probably answer the majority of your queries. If however you do need to get in touch with the company, you will find a telephone number and email address under the “contact us” link on their website.
What Do I Think of the Health Lottery?
Plus Points:
Around 20% of ticket sales go to health related good causes.
Jackpot odds are a lot better than many National and State lotteries.
Backed by large television and publishing group.
Negative Points:
Jackpot of £100,000 is simply too small to appeal to all lottery players.
There is only one lottery game available to play.
Payouts for matching 2, 3 or 4 numbers are far lower than that of lottery betting companies such as Betfred Lotto.
Summary
In my opinion there is nothing particularly bad about the Health Lottery but it certainly does not excite me as a lottery product. Yes, a percentage of ticket sales go to help good health related causes which is always a nice thing but a maximum £100,000 jackpot is never going to generate massive excitement among the lottery playing community as a whole. I would therefore look to spend my lottery £s, $s or €s elsewhere as there are far better products in the market today.
