{"id":4907,"date":"2026-04-14T18:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:11:22","slug":"national-lottery-to-launch-billion-pound-jackpot-in-huge-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4907","title":{"rendered":"National Lottery to launch billion-pound jackpot in huge shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The National Lottery are set to launch a billion-pound jackpot in a huge shakeup that will see two new game formats launched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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National Lottery operator, Allywn, announced today that, from this summer, the “biggest ever change” to Lotto would be on the way and as well as the\u00a0launch of a “UK-specific version of Powerball”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This UK Powerball will make it the first version outside of the USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Firstly, the major change to Lotto is that, from 7 June, every \u00a32 Lotto line will give players two chances to win \u2013 all for the same price and with the same number of balls to choose from, with a new two-round format every draw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Effectively, the change improves players\u2019 chances of winning any prize from 1-in-9.3 to 1-in-4.9 and is expected to more than double the number of Lotto millionaires from around 140 a year to around 345.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Allwyn CEO, Andria Vidler, said,\u00a0\u201cWe are delivering on our promise to bring more games, more entertainment and more innovation to The National Lottery. With extensive upgrades to our digital and retail channels now complete, we have a fantastic summer lined up, as we are now able to bring these exciting new games to our players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLotto has always been the best game to play if you want to become a millionaire. Our new Lotto gives players two chances of winning \u00a31m-plus for the same \u00a32 they spend on each Lotto line today, creating hundreds more millionaires every year. And with its transformative jackpots, which will be paid to UK winners over time, we\u2019re certain that our UK-specific version of the iconic Powerball game will really capture the UK public\u2019s imagination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBy offering a wide range of complementary games, we\u2019re ensuring there is something for everyone \u2013 returning the magic, building our player base and making sure The National Lottery remains part of the national conversation. In turn, this will raise more money for Good Causes, helping us reach our goal of doubling weekly returns to Good Causes from \u00a330m to \u00a360m by 2034, with \u00a333m a week currently raised.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Serious money The National Lottery are set to launch a billion-pound jackpot in a huge shakeup that will see two new game formats launched. National Lottery operator, Allywn, announced today that, from this summer, the “biggest ever change” to Lotto would be on the way and as well as the\u00a0launch of a “UK-specific version of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5083,1592,937,2474,712,17,50,5082,923,1011],"class_list":{"0":"post-4907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-billionpound","9":"tag-huge","10":"tag-jackpot","11":"tag-launch","12":"tag-lottery","13":"tag-money","14":"tag-national","15":"tag-national-lottery","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-shakeup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}