UK National Lottery Christmas opening

15/12/2010 10:59:38

With Christmas this year falling on a weekend, there is some confusion as to when lottery draws will be taking place and when you will be able to buy lottery tickets online. So today we bring you the UK National Lottery Christmas opening hours, to make the festive season as stress-free as possible for you and so that you can, if necessary buy your lottery tickets for the draw in advance. If you’re not in the UK and are playing other world lottery draws, do check when the draws are taking place, or you may miss out.

If you play by text, or play the UK National Lottery online, then the information here will be very important to you. Here is the festive season breakdown, the lottery draws and when you will be able to buy lottery tickets and instant wins online from the UK National Lottery website.

Christmas Eve:

Euromillions Lottery, plus Millionaire Super Raffle with 25 x £1 million prizes
Thunderball draw
Daily Play
Instant wins available as normal online

Christmas Day:

Lotto draw
Thunderball draw
Dream Number draw
No Daily Play
The Lotto draw will not be televised on Christmas Day but will be announced by the BBC at 10.30pm
Play by Text is closed on Christmas Day but the website is open as normal
Instant wins available as normal online

Boxing Day:

Normal service resumed, play by text and online as usual
Instant wins available as normal online

So as you can see, it’s more or less business as usual this Christmas with the UK National Lottery. Now all you have to do is find the winning lottery numbers!