UK National Lottery website down before drawing

Comment #4

dannyct — Sat, 09 May 2020 15:52:39 GMT

The UK Lottery gives subscribers the opportunity to participate by direct debit. You choose the games you wish to play, choose your numbers and choose Continuously by Direct Debit .

The cost of your tickets are deducted monthly by direct debit from your bank account. Any prize money, except for jackpots, are also automatically credited to your bank account.

Comment #3

music* — Thu, 07 May 2020 22:03:10 GMT

I do remind myself that the Lottery is just a game. In Las Vegas it is also called gaming.

Comment #2

cottoneyedjoe — Thu, 07 May 2020 20:35:41 GMT

Will this be resolved in time to play tonight? I've done the same numbers for 15 years can't leave the house due to isolation. If my numbers come up I will go insane!

You went insane 15 years ago, LOL.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Thu, 07 May 2020 19:43:26 GMT

Seeing how spoilt American lottery players are with our jackpots being downsized, l would go out on a limb and say If the Powerball drawing on Saturday night did not occur due to a power outage- you would probably get a little over half a dozen players nationwide that would be outraged. Probably hear That's great, at least l managed to save my $2.00 this time, no biggie.

UK National Lottery website down before drawing

Lottery Post — Thu, 07 May 2020 17:46:42 GMT

Frustrated players unable to buy tickets for the 5 million draw

By Kate Northrop

A power outage in Watford, a small town 15 miles northwest of London, caused the UK National Lottery website and smartphone app to crash and continue to remain out of action just four hours before the big drawing of 5 million (US$6.2 million) on Wednesday.

The Camelot Group, the operator of the UK National Lottery, houses its headquarters in Watford.

Although the power outage was reported at 6:57 am and