Drastic changes to UK Lotto in October

[Frank]

One dramatic consequence of the new lotto prize structure is the very poor payout for getting match 5 plus the bonus ball. Prior to the change, a typical payout was £90,000 at odds of 2.3 million to 1. Now the odds are 7.7 million to one and you get, £17,000 ! That's what it was on Wednesday for a quad rollover! On Saturday it's a quint rollover, the first ever, but that doesn't improve your chance of winning more than £25.