Set for Life (United Kingdom) Lottery Results & Winning Numbers

• You need to have a national lottery account before you can play the Set for Life lottery.
• You win at the Set for Life when the numbers you select match the winning numbers drawn.
• The prizes you stand to win start at £5 for matching at least two main numbers and increase depending on the number of matched numbers.
• Except for the top two prizes, all other winnings are paid as a one-time sum. The annuity prizes are paid in the form of regular payments over a period of time.
• Set for Life also offers a special promo called the Super Chance Draws- from time to time- that allows you to only match five special numbers to win the top prize (£10,000 every month for 30 years). This improves the chances of winning.  The date for the super chance draw is usually announced by the National lottery before they take place.
•  In the super chance draw, your chance of winning the top prize increases from 1 in 15, 339, 390 to 1 in 1, 533,939.
• The top prizes are subjected to prize capping. But it only happens when the total prize money required to pay the top winners in a single draw is more than £16 million. In this situation, the usual prize is reduced to accommodate all winners.
• You have 180 days to claim your winning on the Set for Life lottery. If you fail to do this, your winning would be donated to the Good causes fund.

How to play the Set for Life lottery?

It is relatively easy to play the Set for Life lottery. Here is what you need to do:

• Purchase your Set for Life ticket online from lottery agents. They are numerous lottery agents around the country where you can purchase your ticket from. However, it is important that you get them from reliable agents that are PCI compliant and fully regulated.
• You can buy them any day between 6 AM and 11 PM. But on a draw day, it is crucial to buy it before 7:30 PM.
• To play, choose five numbers from 1- 47 and another life ball number from 1-10. Alternatively, you can use the lucky dip to generate random numbers.
• Then choose the draw days and the numbers of weeks you would like to enter for.
• You have the chance to play up seven lines of numbers in the Set for Life lottery. Also, you can buy a maximum of 10 payslips at a time.
• Wait for your results.

The Set for Life lottery ticket cost

The Set for Life lottery cost £1.50 per entry.

Advance Draws

You can save time and play up to 4 weeks in advance by entering the same numbers into multiple consecutive draws. After the draws have taken place, you can check the winning numbers to see if you get lucky.

Recent Set for Life lottery top prize winners

1. James Evans – A 21 years old bricklayer who won the Set for Life prize of £10,000 a month for 30 years on 28 December, 2020, he was so caught up in disbelief for weeks before he told his friends. He had even forgotten about the Set for Life ticket he purchased. As luck would have it, he became a top prize winner.
2. Sylvia Odolant-Smith – This 42- year-old woman from South London calls herself the National Lottery unluckiest player- despite winning the top prize on 24 October 2019. She plans to spend her winnings with her husband while splashing some of the cash on her rescue cat Phagan.
3.  Vicky Mitchell – She used her last £1.50 to buy a Set for Life ticket on 12 August 2019. It paid off! Now, she gets £10,000 every month for the next 30 years. She hopes to use the money to move to a bigger house with a big garden for her son to play in.
4. Rich and Kim Pearson – This couple won £10,000 per month for a year during the lockdown period- 11 May 2020. At that time, they were unable to celebrate their winning with their family and friends. But now, their winning is helping them build their dream home.
5. Sam Lawton – Sam is literally Set for Life after winning the amazing prize of £10,000 every month for a year. Interestingly, this was his first time playing the Set for Life lottery on 12 August 2019. He claims he felt inspired to play after watching the news about the recent winner. Little did he know that he is about to experience the same.

Set for Life History

The Set for Life draw was launched in the UK on 18 March 2019 as part of the 25th anniversary of the National lottery. Although, it already had a massive following in Australia and Canada. We can expect it to experience major changes in the coming years.