Lottery is a bit crap

[wazztie16]

cuprabob said:

They've temporarily stopped selling lottery tickets in shops so you can't even buy one at the same time younpop intobthe shop for your "essentials".

It's online only at the moment.

Source?

Can't seem to find anything online, just an article from Leicester news stating that you can still buy online, and the minimum deposit has gone down to £5.

[alorotom]

cuprabob said:

They've temporarily stopped selling lottery tickets in shops so you can't even buy one at the same time younpop intobthe shop for your "essentials".

It's online only at the moment.

Not so. The lady 3m in front of me in the Spar shop at lunchtime purchased a normal lottery ticket just today.

[cuprabob]

alorotom said:

cuprabob said:

They've temporarily stopped selling lottery tickets in shops so you can't even buy one at the same time younpop intobthe shop for your "essentials".

It's online only at the moment.

Not so. The lady 3m in front of me in the Spar shop at lunchtime purchased a normal lottery ticket just today.

Apologies, my mistake.

I'm sure I heard it on the radio and the local shops around here have covers over the lottery machines with signs stating they have stoppedvselling them. Possibly it's just policy in certain shops.

[Saleen836]

Not a bad return for £2!
https://www.unilad.co.uk/life/teen-wins-240000-on-...

What would your 18yo self do with £20k a month??

[S1KRR]

cuprabob said:

Apologies, my mistake.

I'm sure I heard it on the radio and the local shops around here have covers over the lottery machines with signs stating they have stoppedvselling them. Possibly it's just policy in certain shops.

Was rumoured that Co-Op have stopped since they decided that the rules on "essential" shops open only meant they ought to be selling "essential products" (I guess cake and alcohol are more essential than Lotto tickets to them). But they're a bunch of virtue signalling hypocrite bell ends to start with so fk em

Someone on here linked it the other day. Can't find post as it's lost somewhere in the "Coronovirus Megathreads"

Edited by S1KRR on Friday 3rd April 12:27

[Bullett]

Website is up and running OK.

Anecdotal, but I heard that they are trying to expand the call centre.

[Trevatanus]

I often play, not weekly, but often, especially if it's a decent sized rollover.
I have to say, their app is brilliant.
It obviously needs to be, if it's glitchy and slow, people would not bother, but you buy a ticket (even if you have to top up funds) in less than a minute.

[SimonTheSailor]

Saleen836 said:

What would your 18yo self do with £20k a month??

I'd like to think I would have had the sense to put the majority of it on my first house purchase !!

[JulianHJ]

cuprabob said:

They've temporarily stopped selling lottery tickets in shops so you can't even buy one at the same time younpop intobthe shop for your "essentials".

It's online only at the moment.

I bought a ticket during my weekly shop at my local Tesco Extra yesterday, but they'd only sell me two weeks rather than my usual four (I run a works syndicate). Seemed a bit odd.