National Lottery brings in new rules for players and says it's 'win-win'

National Lottery players who triumph betwixt £500 and £50,000 volition beryllium capable to person their winnings paid straight into their slope accounts alternatively of by cheque

National Lottery has updated its rules truthful that winners volition get their prize wealth paid to them quicker.

Players who triumph betwixt £500 and £50,000 volition beryllium capable to person their winnings paid straight into their bank accounts alternatively of by cheque. Winners volition request to spell to claims.national-lottery.co.uk to capable successful their assertion signifier and upload an representation of their winning ticket. After this, you'll get an email with a nexus to taxable your slope relationship details.

Once you've submitted your details, your winnings volition beryllium paid wrong 24 hours, unless it is the weekend, successful which lawsuit it whitethorn instrumentality 2 oregon 3 days to clear. It comes aft the Post Office announced it volition nary longer wage National Lottery prizes betwixt £500 and £50,000.

Jenny Blogg, operations manager for Allwyn, which runs the National Lottery, said: "We’re delighted to present this wholly caller outgo solution, which volition see, for the archetypal time, radical who play The National Lottery successful shops beryllium capable to person their prizes paid straight into their slope accounts.

“Not lone volition this spot these prizes paid faster than ever before, but it besides drastically cuts down connected medication and postage costs. This outgo ratio volition spot much wealth going to the Good Causes that The National Lottery supports and spot prize wealth successful players’ pockets successful grounds clip – truthful it truly is simply a win-win.”

It comes aft a young apprentice, aged conscionable 20, scooped a £7,533,329 National Lottery jackpot by picking the winning numbers for the archetypal lottery gully of the caller twelvemonth connected January 4. But alternatively of having a precise aboriginal retirement, James Clarkson was backmost moving connected blocked drains the adjacent day.

Mr Clarkson said: “I was retired successful the acold fixing blocked drains the time aft I recovered retired I had won. It was a spot grim but that’s reality. I’m not going to halt working, I’m excessively young. I privation to suffice arsenic a heating technologist and past spell from there.

“I request to person a intent successful life, positive dada wouldn’t fto maine not enactment anyway. He says determination are plentifulness of millionaires retired determination that inactive enactment and you request a crushed to get up each day. I cognize radical mightiness deliberation I’m huffy to inactive enactment but I privation to and, of course, there’ll beryllium immoderate bully holidays successful between.”

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