Drastic changes to UK Lotto in October

[Frank]

UK lottery operator Camelot have just announced that the current 6/49 format will come to an end in October. Their proposal is that the format will be 6/59 drastically worsening the odds of winning a jackpot to about one in 45 million.

Despite it also being harder to win a consolation prize for matching three, four or five balls, the prize money for these levels will stay the same. The only consolation would be that if a player matches 2 balls they win a free ticket for another draw.
By this tactic they claim that the overall odds of winning a prize actually goes down from one in 54 to one in 9.3.
Reaction on social media is furious, and I am furious too. In one fell swoop they have rendered my 25 year old website obsolete. It is designed only to work with the 6/49 matrix and would need major spreadsheet redesign to make it work with 6/59. I just don't have the time and enthusiasm for this format. Sad but true.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33148109