The National Lottery can fuck the fuck off

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I play by direct debit.

I get an email - subject line "News about your ticket".

I have to click on the link, enter my username and password.

To find out I have won ten measly quid.

In those 14 seconds I imagined myself a millionaire

I was just about to check mine but I won't yet because they'll still be processing my win from tonight if I didn't win last night.

They used to email you about ''exciting news' about your ticket. Suffice to say if it is not 'exciting' then u r not a millionaire!!

RoastedCouchPotatoes thanks for that info I will no longer get excited about the emails I get once in a blue moon

What's worse, when you do the lottery online is the few moments every Sunday morning before waking and reaching for the phone...The Hopes, The Dreams....surely, this Sunday morning will be the one...

Then your phone hints at 2 unopened emails.....The "news about your ticket" and the "funds into bank account" emails surely??

And, instead, it's Amazon with Krankie phone sock recommendations and some shit from Secret Escapes.

Indeed. They can fuck off.

A phone call for a measly 2k? I would be mentally buying yachts if someone said 'I'm phoning from the National Lottery'.

I am such a dream customer for the Lottery. I am genuinely surprised that I don't win the jackpot every week. I feel so sure that I will definitely win every draw

I am happy with my £10. It paid for our night out last night - 2 pints, 2 packets of crisps and the pay and display parking ticket £9.70 in total. 30p still left for me to squander.

I really wish they would just tell you the amount in the email.

sometimes I don't log in straight away - I spend the whole dreaming about how I will DH we've become millionaires. Sadly it's never more than £2 something at the moment.

Schrodingers Jackpot pmsl

i got the email re: euromillions, and i was abroad so it wouldn't let me log in ! so had to wait till was back in the uk. Got back, logged in to find i've won ............£2.80 ...............bought another ticket with it

^^ Poppywearer

A mate of a mate won a million. True. He got an email to say he had to phone them.

I had an email the other day saying that I hadn't used my online account for however long and if I didn't sign in and use the money it would go to charity/good causes. What money I thought?...I pictured myself having won a jackpot and not received the email telling me, so after a lot of attempts I managed to access the account to find £1 in there!

There was a couple on Location Location etc that had won something like £2.5m on the lottery. He said he had the email printed out and framed.

They seemed nice and they bought a nice house too.

Turns out some people get emails then

Ok-need a bit more clarification
If you pay my direct debit do the funds just get paid straight into your account? I do it online, but just transfer the money when needed, so I have to transfer the funds back out too.
And what was the title of the email, if you won more than a tenner. Is it always 'news about your ticket'?

ah but we can all live in hope for a few minutes before we crash down to earth

Misleading national lottery direct debit information,

you must be physically located in the UK or Isle of Man when buying a National Lottery game online and when setting up or amending a Direct Debit (including adding or deleting play slips and changing your payment details).
It clearly says when setting up or changing your payment details,
this implies you can be in an other country when it is bought by direct debit , only located in the uk when setting it up,
but at the start it says
If you play Draw-Based Games online (including buying entries by Direct Debit online or with a Pingit account), the Rules for Draw-Based Games Played Online and the relevant Game Procedures (and any Game Specific Rules) apply. unless recently changed these rules state you must be physically in the country to buy the ticket, ?????? am i missing some thing,?

I've won fuck all so I gave up buying tickets.

A spell caster online you say..... seems legit

I tell a lie. A pigeon shat on me on a Wednesday and I immediately bought a lucky dip. I won a tenner which paid for my shat on coat to be dry cleaned.

I have just given Dr Erebo 62 million (£62,000,000.00) to cast a spell to make me a lottery winner!!!! He is very great!!!! I can't wait until tonight!!!! I will be deeply satisfied!!!

I do it online and I get those emails. That period between getting the email and checking my account is so nice... then I check and it's £2.90! LOL!

There was a guy who did it online and got those emails and then one time he checked and he'd won £11,000,000! That is my dream!

My understanding is that if you win the big sums, you get the email and have to check your account - but you have to call them to claim - only smaller amounts get paid straight into your account. If you've won the jackpot they send someone to see you to sort out the formalities.

Premium bonds are just as bad- I have the app where you can check your results. First you click to check and if you've won it says 'good news!' and advises you to make sure you are in private. Then when you reveal the amount there is a little animation before announcing.... £25 (the smallest amount you can win).

I suppose at least the animation adds a bit of pomp and ceremony to it.

Stupid tax.

I hear your pain - I've had loads of those emails - NEVER more than £10.. usually £2.70 or £3.50.... I've now learnt not to log on immediately, let the dream last a little longer...