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How much is the lottery?

Do you ever find yourself wondering how much it is to play the lottery? Or perhaps how much there is to be won? At the Health Lottery, we have many different options for you to get involved with. In this blog, we will look at how much it costs to play the lottery and what jackpot amounts are currently available across our site.

How much is The Big Win?

If you’re looking to play The Big Win, you’re in luck. The Big Win only costs £1 to enter.

You can play as you go or never miss a draw by setting up a direct debit.

Join us for draws on Tuesday through Saturday for your chance to win £25,000.

Play on Wednesday and you could win £100,000 with free automatic entry into our extra prize draw.

It's an even bigger prize pot on Saturday, with a cool £500,000 up for grabs!

That’s a big return on £1 if you’re lucky enough to match all five balls.

The Big win is a fan favourite, but there are quicker ways to play if you don’t like waiting around.

How Much is the Health Lottery QuickWin?

You can join us for a QuickWin lottery draw every 3 minutes!

Better yet, there is a 1 in 6 chance of winning a prize for each draw.

How much does it cost to play QuickWin? Only £1 per entry!

Match 5 balls and you will win £25,000.

There are prizes that can be won by matching a single ball as well.

You can view all of the opportunities on our QuickWin page.

The concept is the same as our main Big Win draw.

You can choose as many combinations of five numbers for the next draw as your heart desires.

Each new selection will only cost you £1 more.

What are my chances of winning the lottery?

Read more about the odds of winning the lottery on our website.

Across the Health Lottery website, we also provide articles that share top tips for playing the lottery, a dive into the best lottery numbers (historically), tips to avoid lottery scams and so much more.

More ways to play

If you’ve had your fun playing the lottery and are interested in exploring more gaming options, we've got you covered.

Explore our exciting array of Instant Win scratchcards for some online interactive fun.

You can also visit Health Games, where you can find a wide variety of exciting games.

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The current society benefitting from funds raised is EWM Health CIC T/A HL West Midlands

The Health Lottery operates on behalf of 6 Community Interest Companies (CICs), managing 6 society lotteries that operate in 12 geographical regions across Great Britain. These exist to help tackle health inequalities in their respective areas. People’s Health Trust (PHT) is an independent charity that assesses grant applications and award funding across the 12 regions. Read about some of the good causes HERE. For information regarding all funded projects or to submit a grant application visit PHT HERE. 20.34% of every lottery draw ticket and online scratchcard purchased is donated to good causes. 36.02% is spent on prizes. 43.64% is spent expenses (actual expenses exceed this figure). Our average annual proceeds from lotteries are £12.5m. The odds of winning The Big Win jackpot are (1 in 2.1m) and the odds of winning any Big Win prize is (1 in 9.7). The odds of winning the All or Nothing jackpot is (1 in 1.35m) and the odds of winning any All or Nothing prize is (1 in 4.5). The odds of winning a QuickWin jackpot is (1 in 2.1m) and the odds of winning any QuickWin prize is (1 in 6). All winning lottery numbers are selected using an approved random number generator (RNG). Click on the links below for full T&Cs and FAQs for each of our games.

Please help us to support vital health causes in your community. Each of the 6 society lotteries is licensed by the Gambling Commission.