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  • Euromillions 15 Nov 2024

    From nigel@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 13 12:46:55 2024
    I have a new system, for which the objective is to make a profit most
    draws using Hotpicks-1, so a maximum of 6 numbers each draw.

    Numbers for Friday
    [05,13,26,38,44]

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  • From nigel@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 16 15:56:07 2024
    Drawn: 07,39,08,44,34 Stars: 02,06

    NN wrote:

    On 13/11/2024 12:46, nigel wrote:

    I have a new system, for which the objective is to make a profit most
    draws using Hotpicks-1, so a maximum of 6 numbers each draw.

    Numbers for Friday
    [05,13,26,38,44***]
    Not awful.


    [48, 3, 35, 39***, 26, 37, 15]
    [3, 15, 42, 26, 39***, 8***, 48]
    [37, 3, 15, 24, 26, 49, 8***]

    Also not awful!

    Allwyn have severed links with the Post Office, making claiming
    medium-sized prizes more difficult.

    The rules say retailers are legally required to pay prizes of up to
    £100, unless they have a particular sort of terminal limiting payments
    to £50.

    A winning Euromillion Hotpicks-2 entry is worth £100. I don't know what
    they do if there are multiple winning entries on the same ticket but it
    might be worth putting each Euromillions Hotpicks-2 entry on a separate playslip.

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  • From nigel@21:1/5 to Marmaduke Jinks on Mon Nov 18 11:22:25 2024
    Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

    On 16/11/2024 15:56, nigel wrote:

    Drawn: 07,39,08,44,34 Stars: 02,06

    NN wrote:

    On 13/11/2024 12:46, nigel wrote:

    I have a new system, for which the objective is to make a profit
    most draws using Hotpicks-1, so a maximum of 6 numbers each draw.

    Numbers for Friday
    [05,13,26,38,44***]

    Not awful.



    [48, 3, 35, 39***, 26, 37, 15]
    [3, 15, 42, 26, 39***, 8***, 48]
    [37, 3, 15, 24, 26, 49, 8***]


    Also not awful!

    Allwyn have severed links with the Post Office, making claiming
    medium-sized prizes more difficult.

    The rules say retailers are legally required to pay prizes of up to
    £100, unless they have a particular sort of terminal limiting payments
    to £50.

    A winning Euromillion Hotpicks-2 entry is worth £100. I don't know
    what they do if there are multiple winning entries on the same ticket
    but it might be worth putting each Euromillions Hotpicks-2 entry on a
    separate playslip.

    That dilemma is one I don't think I'll have ;-)

    So when you want 2 from 7 then that would mean 21 payslips.

    MJ


    That's what I would advise, although Allwyn would be the people to
    contact if you want to be sure. Of course, you might have to give up
    your anonymity to ask them.

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  • From nigel@21:1/5 to Marmaduke Jinks on Tue Nov 19 15:26:45 2024
    Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

    I think all Lotto players should be querying the length of time it takes
    them to pay out now that they've ditched the Post Office. I've seen some horrendous stories on slow payout in the Tabloids.

    MJ

    Me too!

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  • From nigel@21:1/5 to Marmaduke Jinks on Sat Nov 23 15:28:44 2024
    Marmaduke Jinks wrote:


    So when you want 2 from 7 then that would mean 21 payslips.

    MJ


    I posed this question to the National Lottery on Twitter.

    If, on a single Euromillions Hotpicks playslip, you entered the
    following into Hotpicks-2:
    1 and 2
    1 and 3
    2 and 3

    If the numbers 1,2 and 3 are all drawn, is that one prize of £300, which retailers are not required to pay, or three prizes of £100 which
    retailers are required to pay? The response was the latter, but smaller retailers may not be able to pay £300 so go to a large supermarket.

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  • From nigel@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 27 13:04:07 2024
    NN wrote:

    On 19/11/2024 15:26, nigel wrote:

    Marmaduke Jinks wrote:

    I think all Lotto players should be querying the length of time it
    takes them to pay out now that they've ditched the Post Office. I've
    seen some horrendous stories on slow payout in the Tabloids.

    MJ


    Me too!


    Just saw this. Makes me wish we were back with Camelot again.


    The new owners say the Post Office ditched them. I don't know the whole
    story - perhaps they tried to cut the commission the post office received.

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