Current National Lottery games and licences

Find out how we licence the different National Lottery games and details of changes to games over time.

Published: 13 August 2020

Last updated: 6 February 2024

This version was printed or saved on: 21 May 2025

Online version: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-and-players/guide/national-lottery-games-licences

Overview: We grant licences for each game, or class of games, promoted as part of the National Lottery, these include:

• Lotto
• EuroMillions
• Thunderball
• Lotto HotPicks
• EuroMillions HotPicks
• Set For Life
• Scratchcards
• Interactive Instant Win Games

Whenever Allwyn wants to make changes to any of these games it must apply to us for approval.

Before we approve any changes to the game licence or licence additional games we consider:

• whether the proposed games are capable of being lawfully licensed as part of the National Lottery
• whether the proposed games should be licensed.

The licence to run the National Lottery is called the Section 5 licence. We check that Allwyn complies with the terms of both the Section 5 and Section 6 licences.