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Players will be able to check results until systems go offline on SaturdayCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n
Operator Allwyn confirmed all draw game sales and prize claims<\/a> will be paused across the country from 11pm on Saturday night until “late Monday morning”.<\/p>\n During the pause, it will transfer and upgrade the National Lottery’s gaming<\/a> and retail<\/a> systems to new platforms.<\/p>\n The update is set to take place straight after Saturday’s Lotto<\/a> and Thunderball draws.<\/p>\n Online accounts, the National Lottery<\/a> website and app will also be impacted until Monday.<\/p>\n But systems are expected to be back up and running in time for Monday’s Set For Life draw.<\/p>\n The tech upgrade will not impact Friday night’s EuroMillion’s draw, with the huge jackpot currently standing at \u00a3145million.<\/p>\n Brits have been advised to buy draw tickets, check results and claim prizes before 11pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n Players will be able to check results until systems go offline and will still be able to buy Scratchcards.<\/p>\n They will also be able to see the latest draws and view the full results for the Saturday draws on the National Lottery’s YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n However, Allwyn warned that a “small proportion” of in-store terminals could experience delays coming back up if certain upgrade processes are interrupted for various reasons.<\/p>\n The Czech-based group took over the 10-year licence to run the lottery from Camelot in February last year.<\/p>\n It said the systems and in-store terminals powering The National Lottery dated back to 2009, “before iPads, Uber<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>“.<\/p>\n I became a millionaire overnight after winning huge National Lottery prize but I celebrated with modest Scottish treat <\/p>\n They now need to be modernised to deliver on “ambitious” plans for a National Lottery “fit for the future”.<\/p>\n Allwyn chief executive Andria Vidler said: “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver The National Lottery that the UK deserves.<\/p>\n “We’re making unprecedented and much-needed changes, which will move us closer to achieving our vision for The National Lottery.<\/p>\n “These major upgrades will mean short-term disruption for players and our retail partners.<\/p>\n “But they will allow us to deliver on our promise to bring new, exciting games, a better player experience and our commitment to double returns to Good Causes from \u00a330 million to \u00a360 million every week by the end of the 10-year licence.”<\/p>\n The switchover has been hampered by delays after Allwyn took over the licence, which has held back the launch of new draw-based games.<\/p>\n It was unable to switch to a new technology<\/a> provider after agreeing to extend the contract for the existing supplier, International Games Technology (IGT).<\/p>\n IGT had challenged the Gambling<\/a> Commission’s decision to award Allwyn the 10-year licence in court<\/a>, but later dropped the legal action.<\/p>\n Allwyn has previously admitted that delays to the new games it had hoped to introduce in 2024 will hold back the amount of money<\/a> it can give to good causes in the early part of its 10-year licence.<\/p>\n But the group remained committed to its long-term goal to double money for good causes, despite falling short of early targets.<\/p>\n Last month, a mammoth \u00a3208million EuroMillions jackpot<\/a> was scooped by one lucky winner.<\/p>\n The winning stub was sold in a retailer in County Cork, the Irish\u00a0National Lottery<\/a>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n No other information about the winner has been revealed.<\/p>\n
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