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| National Lottery Lotto ticket price doubles to £2 | |
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| The cost of a National Lottery Lotto ticket has doubled to £2. | |
| The rise, the first since the lottery started in 1994, is part of a package of changes including bigger prizes, says operator Camelot. | The rise, the first since the lottery started in 1994, is part of a package of changes including bigger prizes, says operator Camelot. |
| Prizes for matching three numbers will rise from £10 to £25. Average jackpots are predicted to rise to around £5m on Saturdays and £2.5m on Wednesdays. | |
| Camelot says this will mean more money for charities. It has raised £30bn for "good causes" since 1994. | |
| Some other prizes will be reduced. Camelot estimates that the reward for matching five balls plus the bonus ball will average £50,000 instead of £100,000. | |
| The prize for matching five balls is expected to average £1,000 instead of £1,500 while the average for matching four balls is expected to go up from £60 to £100. | |
| Extra numbers printed on lottery players' tickets will be entered for a raffle with prizes of £20,000. | Extra numbers printed on lottery players' tickets will be entered for a raffle with prizes of £20,000. |
| Total National Lottery sales have increased by 35% since 2002, when the game was officially renamed Lotto. Some 30 million tickets are reportedly bought every Saturday. | Total National Lottery sales have increased by 35% since 2002, when the game was officially renamed Lotto. Some 30 million tickets are reportedly bought every Saturday. |