In the early years the National Lottery referred to one weekly draw held on a Saturday evening, but over the last few years many more games such as Thunder Ball and EuroMillions have been added. Below is a brief description of the main games held weekly by the National Lottery.
Lotto: This is the main draw and now takes place every Wednesday and Saturday. Participants are allowed to pick six numbers between one and forty-nine or they can choose the numbers at random at the point of sale.
The draw is made by specialized machines that randomly draw six colored balls and one bonus ball. If you get four numbers correct than a fixed prize of 10 (or approximately $20) is awarded. There are also prizes if you get five numbers or five numbers and the bonus ball. Should a person have all six numbers then they win the jackpot which is around 50 percent of the total lottery money for that week.
On occasion if there is no-one who claims all six numbers the prize money is rolled over on to the next draw, creating a super prize fund.
