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Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the games and lottery terminology, and you\’ll soon be on your way to playing. Being new to the UK Lottery is no excuse for not playing.

To begin, there are a number of instant win games to be played online, such as EuroMillions, Dream Number, and Lotto.

You can play up to four lines on a single play slip or up to five slips with multiple tickets. You can play the same numbers for as many as four weeks. All you have to do is match three numbers in the correct combination to win from one of the 12 prize levels. If you match the five main numbers and the two Lucky Star numbers you win (or share) the jackpot!EuroMillions consistently offers huge jackpots thanks to the participation of nine European countries. Jackpots usually start at 9 million and grow as the jackpot goes unclaimed. You play by selecting five main numbers, 1-50, and 2 Lucky Star numbers, 1-9.

Tickets for EuroMillions are sold everyday until 11 p.m., and ticket sales close at 7:0 p.m. for the draw on Fridays. Watch for results on BBC One at 11:35 p.m. Fridays, or you can get results online around 10 p.m.

Lotto works in the same fashion. You can pick your own numbers, 1 to 49, or play online, choosing \”Lucky Dip\” for random number generation. One play slip has up to seven lines of numbers, multiple tickets have up to 35 lines. You can choose how many weeks you want to play, and which draws. Up to eight weeks can be played, starting with the next draw date. Winnings will be determined by the number of matches on you card

You can also play Dream Number on your Lotto play slip or by itself. The Dream Number is a 7-digit number that gives you the chance to win up to 500,000. There are scores of Instant Win games including those based on Scrabble, Monopoly and those based on upcoming holidays and events. Prizes range from 8,000 to 100,000 and more. Playing is simple and winnings are, obviously, instant!

You can get even more comfortable with playing the lottery by learning some of the terms. Here are a few you\’ll need to know. Bearer instrument – Any item (including paper lottery tickets) that gives the person holding it the right of ownership. Regardless of who buys a paper lottery ticket, the person who has it in their possession can claim any prize it wins.

Bonus Ball – An additional number selected after the primary numbers are drawn, as in the UK Lotto game. It has no bearing on the winning jackpot number, but can earn a better prize for the runner-up.

RNG – A random number generator, or RNG, is a computer program that creates a completely random sequence of numbers. When a jackpot is not won it is considered a rollover, which will then usually be added to the next jackpot.

Tom Martens is the content coordinator at UKlotterytickets.co.za. South Arica\’s primary portal to the UK Lottery.

Its now official. The UK economy is in recession. Confirmation of this widely known fact came today (23rd Jan) from the Office for National Statistics whose figures showed that the economy has shrunk by 1.5% in the final quarter of 2008.

This latest fall follows the previous fall of 0.6% in the third quarter of 2008. This is the most significant fall since 1980 and exceeds the predicted fall of 1.2%. Sterling continued to fall in value, losing another 3 cents against the dollar. The exchange rate was only $1.357 to the pound at 09:30 this morning (23rd Jan).

Many economists are saying that this drastic fall in GDP is staggering. Some respected economists are saying that complete financial meltdown has been averted but there is an expectation that this latest recession will be deeper than that experienced in the early 1980s.

The current economic crisis started with the 2007 US housing market debacle. Almost every sector of the UK economy is now affected. There is no longer any debate regarding whether the UK will enter a recession. Discussion is now focussed on how deep the recession will be and how long it will last.

Early predictions were that the recession would match that experienced in the 1990s but new estimates are saying that this latest recession will be equally as bad as that experienced in the 1980s and likely to be a lot worse. The big difference between then and now is that this economic crisis is worldwide. There is no market sector that remains unaffected.

It is expected that the recession will push unemployment to levels that have not been seen for decades. Falling demand for products and services is already leading to many employers having to lay off employees, many of whom would have considered their jobs to be safe.

If you’re travelling anywhere you will be acutely aware of the current exchange rate. When flying from Gatwick or Luton be sure to book your Gatwick Parking or Luton Airport Parking in advance and you will make some great savings.