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Every figure on this page is calculated from the game's published rules. The operator's own odds page is linked below as verification — but the working is here, on this page.
A standard entry picks 5 numbers from 47 plus 1 from a separate pool of 10. The number of possible combinations is:
C(47, 5) = 1,533,939 × C(10, 1) = 15,339,390
| Division | Match | Winning combinations | Derived odds | Probability | Prize | Operator says |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 5 + Life Ball | 5 main + 1 supp. | 1 | 1 in 15,339,390 | 6.519e-8 | £10,000 a month for 30 years (annuity, £3.6 million total) | 1 in 15,339,390 |
| Match 5 | 5 main + 0 supp. | 9 | 1 in 1,704,377 | 5.867e-7 | £10,000 a month for 1 year (annuity, £120,000 total) | 1 in 1,704,377 |
| Match 4 + Life Ball | 4 main + 1 supp. | 210 | 1 in 73,045 | 1.369e-5 | £250 fixed | 1 in 73,045 |
| Match 4 | 4 main + 0 supp. | 1,890 | 1 in 8,116 | 0.0123% | £50 fixed | 1 in 8,116 |
| Match 3 + Life Ball | 3 main + 1 supp. | 8,610 | 1 in 1,782 | 0.0561% | £30 fixed | 1 in 1,782 |
| Match 3 | 3 main + 0 supp. | 77,490 | 1 in 198 | 0.5052% | £20 fixed | 1 in 198 |
| Match 2 + Life Ball | 2 main + 1 supp. | 114,800 | 1 in 134 | 0.7484% | £10 fixed | 1 in 134 |
| Match 2 | 2 main + 0 supp. | 1,033,200 | 1 in 14.85 | 6.74% | £5 fixed | 1 in 15 |
"Winning combinations" counts how many of the possible outcomes land in that division. "Operator says" is the operator's published figure — shown so you can check us against them (small differences are their rounding).
Odds of winning any prize
1 in 12.41
Sum of all division probabilities — usually the number the ads quote.
Odds of the top prize
1 in 15,339,390
One standard game. Two games doubles it — and it's still tiny.
How long are these odds? Winning the top prize is about as likely as calling 23.9 coin flips in a row correctly (223.9 ≈ 15,339,390). If you bought one line every draw, at two draws a week you would expect one top-prize win roughly every 147,494 years.
Last verified: 2026-08-29