The Health Lottery : the lottery that gives you the best odds of winning jackpots

The Health Lottery is a British-owned company that brings together competitive odds and direct funding for health and wellbeing projects across England, Scotland and Wales. With jackpot odds of 1 in 2.1 million on its Big Win draw and tickets priced at £1 per line, it offers an accessible way to play while contributing to community health initiatives throughout Great Britain.  There have been over 22 million Health Lottery winners so far.

Martin Ellice, Managing Director of The Health Lottery, said: 

“What sets The Health Lottery apart is that players benefit from far better odds while knowing that every ticket sold helps fund vital health-related charities across Great Britain. Our Big Win draw offers an affordable way to play, with a genuine chance of winning and the reassurance that money goes directly to good causes that might otherwise go unsupported. It’s about combining fun, fairness and real social impact.”

Each £1 ticket generates 20p for health-related good causes. Since launch, players have helped raise more than £136 million, supporting thousands of projects designed to improve health, tackle inequality and strengthen community wellbeing. 

Funding is distributed through The Health Lottery Foundation, which awards grants to organisations delivering practical frontline support. Beneficiaries include Crisis, Epilepsy Scotland,  Foodcyle, Everton in the Community, Beauty Banks and St. Andrew’s Hospice alongside smaller community groups addressing local health needs. 

The model gives players a clear link between participation and impact. While the draw offers the chance to win, the long-term benefit lies in sustained funding for services that might otherwise struggle to secure backing.

The Big Win has seven draws a week, at 7.45pm every day, costing £1 a line to enter with a regular £25,000 jackpot and two extra Superdraws a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with an additional £100,000 up for grabs (with exactly the same odds of winning the bigger jackpot as the regular one). 

To win The Health Lottery jackpot, you need to match 5 numbers from 1-50. The odds of winning a minor prize are as low as 1 in 16 (match 2) and 1 in 32 (match 1 + bonus ball), in both cases, the prize is a free ticket, the lowest odds for winning any monetary prize is is 1 in 224, (match 2 + bonus ball = £5, match 3 = £10).

The odds of 1 in 2.1 million are approximately FOUR TIMES better than 1:8,060,598, the odds of hitting the jackpot on Thunderball. This is The National Lottery game with the best jackpot odds, with nearly double the chance of hitting its jackpot as Set for Life (1:15,347,470).

Martin Ellice added: “Our approach gives people a fun, fair way to play while knowing their participation does something positive for the health of communities across Britain. That’s a combination you won’t find in every lottery.”

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