Lotto winners may soon get £10,000 every month for life

RADICAL changes to the National Lottery may see the introduction of a game that gives winners a monthly payout for life.

Players could claim a regular payment of £10,000 rather than one lump sum.

The move is part of a wider bid to reverse falling ticket sales. The Lotto has suffered a 22 per cent drop in tickets bought over the past two years.

It means Lottery grants, currently at £30million a week, are under threat. As a result, there will be changes to the game which could mean fewer mega jackpots in favour of increasing payments throughout the prize tiers.

Boss of Camelot, Nigel Railton, said: ‘We think the good cause element has been lost over time and there has been too much focus on winners. We need to bring to the fore again the fact that we make a millionaire on average every single day and that we raise £30million a week for good causes.’

Mr Railton said evidence from the US and Australia showed a game, which makes monthly payments rather than a jackpot, will be popular with ticket buyers.

Camelot said ticket sales across all its games were down by 3.2 per cent in the six months of the financial year to £3.28 billion.