Lotto 649 is a phrase commonly used to refer to any lottery which requires a player to select six main numbers from the range 1 to 49. Popular 649 (sometimes written as 6/49) lotto games include the UK National Lottery, the Lotto 649 game in Canada and the Loto game in France.

A double rollover Lotto draw will be held on Wednesday 30 April because no ticket matched all six main numbers on Saturday. The jackpot is estimated to be worth around £12,000,000.

One EuroMillions winner scooped €58,367,681 (around £46.3 million) on Friday 18 April by matching the five main numbers and both Lucky Stars. The main numbers were 3, 6, 7, 27 and 50, and the Lucky Stars were 5 and 9.

Scratch lottery tickets are very popular in the UK, but where are the luckiest places to buy them? Recently published statistics reveal the top ten locations in the UK for 2008, and the London suburbs of Uxbridge and Southall  took the number one slot for the second year in a row.

The bonus ball made the difference between a win of £1,046 and £92,168 for a couple who matched five main numbers in the UK Lotto draw on Saturday 22 March.

Lotto strategies are ideas that can help lottery enthusiasts play their favourite lottery games a little more rationally and methodically. Whilst no lotto strategy can guarantee a win (unless you count the idea of buying every possible combination of numbers), there are a few ideas you can implement to improve your chances.

A couple from Eastbourne in East Sussex are celebrating after matching all six main numbers in the Lotto draw of Saturday 29 March to win £2,367,330.