<P> The arrival of the "New Lotto" means bigger jackpots with an estimated average of £ 1.1 million extra for Saturday's draw and £ 400,000 on Wednesday . Players matching three numbers receive an extra £ 15, up from £ 10 before and an extra £ 40 for matching 4 numbers . Those matching five numbers receive £ 500 less, and £ 50,000 less when matching five numbers + the bonus ball, compared to the former system . </P> <P> As part of the refresh, a new Lotto Raffle was introduced, with at least 50 winners of £ 20,000 per draw . The announcement and launch of the refreshed Lotto game caused controversy due to the price increase (dubbed as a "tax on the poor") and a drop in some of the prizes . The new game launched with a £ 10,000,000 jackpot and 1,000 Lotto Raffle winners of £ 20,000 . </P> <P> From 10 October 2015, Camelot announced further changes to the Lotto game which increased the pool of numbers from 49 to 59 . Rollovers are no longer limited in number, instead the size of the jackpot is capped; the cap is reached after about 14 rollovers . When the jackpot gets to £ 50 million, if no - one matches all six main numbers the jackpot will rollover to the following draw . In the event nobody matches all six numbers on that draw the jackpot "rolls down" and is combined with the prize fund for the next prize category where there is at least one winner . Since August 2016, if nobody wins the jackpot when it is £ 22 million or more, it will roll to the next draw one final time . Then, the jackpot must be won: if no - one matches all six main numbers, the prize will be shared by the players with the most winning numbers . </P> <P> Since the rule changes in October 2015 there is also a "match 2" prize of a free lucky dip ticket for another draw, with odds of doing so at 1 in 10 . This created much criticism as the breakdown of prizes announced by Camelot includes the value of these prizes (£ 2 each winner) within the draw's prize fund even though each match 2 prize winner doesn't see any monetary value unless their ticket matches three main numbers or more in the following draw . Included with each Lotto ticket is the Millionaire Lotto Raffle where 20 players win £ 20,000 each and one player wins £ 1 million per draw . </P>

When did the national lottery change to 59 numbers