While both offer you the chance to win big and live free, their main difference is where they originate from and their playing structure.

The UK Lotto, AKA The National Lottery, hails from Great Britain and the very first UK Lotto draw took place on 19 November 1994. The big event made headlines around the world as the first lotto draw had multiple big winners and seven people shared the jackpot prize of £5,874,778. Get the latest results for both lotteries here.

The German Lottery, which is officially called Lotto 6Aus49, originated in Germany and the first German Lotto draw dates back to 1955, making it one of the longest-running lotteries in Europe. The first German Lotto results were 3, 12, 13, 16, 23, 41 on October 9th 1955.

Both the UK and German lotto results are drawn every Wednesday and Saturday.

To play either of these National lotteries, you will need a registered Lotto247 account. If you don’t have an account yet, you can register here today! We are open 24 hours a day, every day of the month.

To play the UK Lotto, you’ll simply need to select your 6 lucky numbers from a possible 59 numbers. To win any prize, you will need to match 3 numbers.

When you bet on this lottery game, you will need to pick 6 regular numbers from a possible 49 and you’ll need to choose 1 bonus number from a possible 9. Once you’ve selected your Superball or ‘Superzahl’, you’re officially one step closer to winning that prize money.

To win the UK Lotto jackpot, you will need to match all 6 winning numbers.

To win the German Lotto, you will need to match all 6 numbers plus the Superzahl number during the lottery draw.

Didn’t match ALL the numbers? No problem! Both the UK Lotto and German Lotto offer exciting prize tiers to ensure that as many players as possible can claim a lottery win during every draw.

At Lotto247, both the UK Lotto jackpot wins and German Lotto jackpot wins are paid out via a lump sum. With this payout option, lottery winners will receive their winnings in one single payment.

Under exceptional circumstances, we reserve the right to pay the winning jackpot total in the form of an annuity payout but this will depend on various factors and will be discussed with the various parties before any payments are made.

Tax laws differ from country to country and the tax laws that will apply to the jackpot winner is subject on the country they are residing in. However, there is some extra special news for all German Lotto jackpot winners.

To boost interest in Lotto 6Aus49 and increase ticket sales, the German lottery introduced new tax laws. 1995 brought in new legal and tax implications which made the jackpot 100% tax-free. After this massive change grabbed everyone’s attention, lotteries operators across the globe followed suit and changed the way other jackpots were taxed too.

Are you ready to enter and purchase your lottery tickets online? We hope the drawn numbers match the ones you guess and that we get to call you with some very exciting news soon.

The time is now, take this opportunity and place your bet today! Click here to play UK Lottery now or click here to buy German Lotto tickets.