Can You Avoid This Swindonian's Fate?

Can you imagine missing out on winning £1m? Well, some unlucky person from Swindon suffered that misfortune in failing to claim their prize after their Lotto was successful. The winning ticket was purchased in November, but the party was not able, or simply forgot, to contact the National Lottery by the time the 180-day window to claim the money ended.

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It’s the stuff of nightmares, although the money does go to a good cause in the form of the National Lottery’s chosen charities. We all have that dream of scooping a major haul, but there’s always that nagging thought - where’s my ticket? More often than not you’ll have it your hand and your numbers will not come up. However, with the development of technology – being able to play Lotto games online makes the whole process a lot easier and less stressful to avoid searching for your ticket. It even allows you to bet on the outcome of the lottery, instead of buying a ticket and hoping for the best, through services such as betting on Irish Lotto online at Paddy Power. Therefore you have the security knowing that, if your odds come up, your winnings will be safely deposited into your account according to wetten.com.

It’s one of the many advantages of betting and playing online, although there are a lot of other benefits to using it, rather than using a ticket and avoiding that particular Swindonian's fate. The paramount reason is knowing that your money will be safe and into your account without an issue should your numbers come up. There will be no knot in your stomach about where you’ve placed your ticket. Simply login into your betting account and your winnings will be there – usually with a friendly notification to remind you.

The Irish Lotto on Paddy Power works in a different way to your standard Lotto draw. It uses the results of the Irish Lotto, but the pay-out is based on your stake and the bookmaker will only offer you odds up to 130000/1. So there’s a maximum you can win based on this - rather than the jackpot that would be won by guessing all the correct numbers on the standard Irish Lotto. However, in comparison to a traditional Lotto game, betting online allows you to pick the number of balls you want to wager on, rather than the bog-standard five in the Irish Lotto.

If you’re always getting two numbers rather than the five flush, it’s certainly an advantageous method. The bookmaker offers you odds on the number, and you can raise the stake to improve the yield rather than pocketing small change from achieving the same result on the Lotto. You can even drop as low as one number, but the odds are reflected in that with a price of 6/1. It’s still a healthy amount and is certainly a way to get a small win if you’re confident. It’s also the best way to avoid £1m losses. You might not reach the ultimate £1m jackpot that could allow you to retire and maybe spend all your time in an exotic location. However, you can win more than enough to be satisfied and knowing that your winnings are secure.