Six weeks without a jackpot winner and Lotto players demand a boycott

Another commented: “Just think – they have put more numbers on every game over the years – prices up but payouts disgusting.”

The odds of landing the Lotto jackpot have gone from one in 14 million to one in 45 million after 10 more balls were added in October 2015. At the same time, new rules were put in place allowing the jackpot to roll over for longer than before.

But punters have become increasingly angry at repeated rollovers, as the jackpot prize is continually not won.

Previously, the rules said there could only be four roll-overs before the pot was split up, whereas now it can keep growing until it reaches £22million. After this limit is reached or exceeded, it can only roll over once more before it is won. If no one matches all six numbers in Wednesday’s draw the jackpot amount will roll down to the next prize tier.

Camelot argues that, under the new rules, the chances of winning at least £1million have improved and that Lucky Dip tickets create an extra 1.8 million winners each week. But players say it is now a lot harder to win the big jackpot.

Meanwhile, just hours before Saturday’s draw, punters were left frustrated after they were unable to buy tickets when the National Lottery website crashed.

Thousands had been rushing to the official site to choose their numbers ahead of the 7.30pm deadline.

But the site was unavailable for many users from around 5.45pm onwards.

Lotto bosses tweeted: “We’re very sorry that many players are currently unable to access the National Lottery website or app. Our 46,000 retailers are unaffected.”

A Lotto spokesman said: “Please accept our sincere apologies if you were unable to play tonight’s games due to the website issue that affected many players.”

There was also no winner in Friday night’s Euromillions draw, with some punters dismissing it as “rubbish”.

Joe Gifford, 30, from Devon, said: “To get within one number of winning a multi-million prize and ending up with a couple of grand is rubbish.

“The lottery is losing a lot of its gloss. I think most people would like the prize money to be more evenly distributed.”

A second successive rollover means the Euromillions draw tomorrow night will offer an estimated £167million jackpot.

Saturday’s winning Lotto numbers were 13, 18, 21, 30, 50 and 54. The bonus ball was 20.