Lottery Christmas Draws 2019
Last Updated: Thursday 7th November 2019, 10:26
The Lotto draw on Wednesday 25th December is set to make this Christmas particularly special for lucky players, with £15 million to be won in a big festive event. The National Lottery traditionally pulls out all the stops at Christmas to offer something extra, and this year’s draw also forms a part of its 25th birthday celebrations.
There will be 12 Bonus Draws in total: 11 weekly draws will commence on Friday, 9th October 2020 and end on Friday 18th December 2020 with one final Bonus Draw to be held on 6th April 2021. To enter a Bonus Draw a Player must reveal the 13 character alpha-numeric code printed on the front of each scratch card and follow the entry method.
- As well as the traditional Christmas draw, there is a second prize of £50,000, five prizes of £10,000, 15 prizes of £2,500, 20 prizes of £1,000 and 25 prizes of £500.
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- Lotto and EuroMillions will give away guaranteed big prizes to lucky players this Christmas after it was confirmed that a couple of special draws will take place during the festive period.
£15 Million Must Be Won
There will be a £15 million jackpot on offer in this Christmas promotion and it will take the form of a Must Be Won draw. This means the jackpot will be boosted to £15 million regardless of its value in the previous draw and the money will have to be won on the night.
Must Be Won draws are usually only held after there have been five consecutive rollovers as the rules dictate that the jackpot has to then be given away. However, they are also scheduled to coincide with certain special events, such as the £25 million ‘Birthday Jackpot’ event on Saturday 23rd November.
If no tickets match all six main numbers in a Must Be Won draw, a rolldown occurs and the money is shared out between every other cash winner. The prize for matching three numbers, for example, goes up from the standard £30 payout to around £100 million, while all the other awards also go up significantly.
The exact prizes for a rolldown can only be announced after the draw has been held, once the number of entries sold for the draw and the number of winners in each category has been taken into account.
Big Christmas Lotto Draws
Lottery Christmas Draws 2019 2020
This is the first year since 2013 that Christmas Day has fallen on either a Wednesday or a Saturday, but the National Lottery historically organises a special Lotto event to celebrate the festive season.
A Must Be Won jackpot of £15 million was put up for grabs in last year’s draw on Saturday 22nd December. Two ticket holders matched all the numbers to scoop £7.5 million each so there was no rolldown, but more than 1.6 million other players also picked up prizes.
Lottery Christmas Draws 2019 2020
In 2017 and 2016, the National Lottery offered more prizes than usual in the Lotto Raffle, which used to be played alongside Lotto. The game would award prizes of £20,000 or £1 million to players who matched a raffle number that was automatically generated on their ticket. Go to the Lotto Events page to find out more about special draws that have been held at Christmas and other times over the years.
Lottery Christmas Eve Draws 2019
The festive season has traditionally been a time for big winners. As well as the two players last year who split £15 million, a taxi driver snapped up £24 million on 27th December 2017, another ticket holder scooped £26 million on New Year’s Eve 2016, and over the Christmas period in 2015 the jackpot was building towards its £66 million record.
This year’s Christmas draw promises to be another spectacular event, with the possibility that lots of players will grab a share of the £15 million prize. Use the Lotto Checker afterwards to see if you are a winner.
The National Lottery has launched its Christmas campaign with a nationwide TV advert. The 40-second animated ad celebrates the milestone of 500,000 lottery-funded projects – which was reached in 2016 – and thanks the public for what they make possible across the nation by playing National Lottery games.
The ad builds on the momentum generated by the success of this summer’s ‘I Am Team GB’ and ‘I Am ParalympicsGB’ campaigns, and sees a flock of animated tickets flying over famous lottery-funded landmarks – like Cardiff Castle and the Giant’s Causeway. The tickets then go on to revisit the success in Rio – soaring over a Team GB athlete as she crosses the finish line – before culminating in a festive village square, with a children’s choir singing and people ice skating.
In addition, bespoke in-store POS – including posters, bunting and counter cards – and national print ads will highlights a series of fantastic festive draws that National Lottery retailers can make the most of, including:
Christmas Eve Lotto draw, which will have 200 extra raffle prizes of £20,000 (this is in addition to the 20 raffle prizes of £20,000 and 1 raffle prize of £1 million in every Lotto draw)
EuroMillions Christmas Mega Week draws on 20 and 23 December – each of which will make 5 guaranteed UK Millionaires (10 in total), with all of them also winning a luxury winter get-together
New Year’s Eve Lotto draw, which will have 100 extra raffle prizes of £20,000 (this is in addition to the 20 raffle prizes of £20,000 and 1 raffle prize of £1 million in every Lotto draw)
There have also been a number of Christmas-themed National Lottery Scratchcards on offer for the past few months – including the £2 ‘Christmas Countdown’ and £5 ‘Christmas Advent Calendar 2016’. These still have some big prizes on offer, and make the perfect Secret Santa gift or addition to a seasonal card.
Camelot’s Head of Retail Channel, James Pearson, commented: “We’ve had a lot to celebrate in 2016 – not least of all half a million projects funded and the amazing success of Rio. National Lottery retailers should feel rightly proud of this – and what better time of the year to say thank you than at Christmas. Sales of our festive Scratchcards have been really strong and we hope our retailers really get behind the fantastic Christmas-themed draws too. I’d like to take the opportunity to wish all our National Lottery retailers a happy, prosperous New Year.”