Powerball, National Lottery or EuroMillions… which has a 1 in 5 chance to win?

WHEN it comes to winning the lottery, you need to be in it to win it – but which draw should you enter to bag the jackpot? 

From the EuroMillions to Powerball, here we reveal the best games to enter and those to avoid.

Every game has different rules, a different top prize and different odds.

Here we reveal the odds of winning, T&Cs to watch out for and explain whether they’re worth playing.

Powerball

Brits are now in with the chance to win £300million after the world’s biggest lottery launched in the UK this week.

Because the jackpot is uncapped, it’s capable of growing into hundreds of millions, and even beyond £1billion.

The popular American lottery game is known for giving ticket holders the chance to bag huge cash prizes.

Players compete with ticket holders in the US for the jackpot.

Tickets will cost you £4 a line and the first draw will take place on Thursday.

Tickets will be available to buy in-store or online before draws on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The draws will then happen the next morning at around 4am on a Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at the Powerball studio in Florida.

You’ll need to pick five main numbers ranging from 1 to 69 and one Powerball number from 1 to 26.

Or you can choose a Lucky Dip.

If you win then the money won’t be paid upfront. 

Instead you’ll get the cash over 30 years.

The overall odds of winning any Powerball prize in the UK is one in 14.

In comparison, your odds of winning any prize in the National Lottery are currently one in 4.9.

Meanwhile, your odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292million.

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EuroMillions

If you dream of being richer than Dua Lipa, Jude Bellingham or Daniel Craig then the EuroMillions is your best way to do it.

One lucky Irish ticket holder managed to bag £208million in a draw last year.

And tonight’s huge jackpot prize is £50million.

A ticket for the draw will cost you £2.50 and to play you need to select five main numbers between one and 50 and two lucky stars, between one and 12. 

Or you can play with a lucky dip, which randomly selects numbers for you.

But your odds of winning are low as the draw is open to players across Europe, who all want the chance to scoop up the top prize.

As a result, the odds of winning the draw every Tuesday and Friday night are one in 139million.

To win the jackpot you need to match all five main numbers and two lucky stars.

But there are still big prizes up for grabs even if you don’t match all the numbers.

If you match five numbers and the bonus ball then you could walk away with £1million, while matching five numbers will earn you £1,000.

National Lottery

The National Lottery was launched in 1994 to make lucky ticket holders millionaires overnight while raising money for good causes.

A portion of every ticket sold goes towards funding sports clubs, the arts, health and education.

Tickets cost £2 and there are draws twice a week, on a Wednesday and a Saturday.

To enter you need to pick six numbers, from 1-59, which are drawn at random.

Another option is to choose a lucky dip, where the numbers are picked for you.

The lottery has been updated to include a two-round system where two separate machines are used to draw balls, giving players two chances to win with a single line.

If you match all six main balls in either round then you win a share of the jackpot, which starts at £2million.

Your odds of winning the jackpot are one in 45million.

But you can win prizes ranging from a free lucky dip to a multi-million pound jackpot by matching as few as two main numbers in either round.

If you match four numbers then you could win £50, while if you match five numbers and the bonus ball then you’ll bag £1million.

On Wednesday the top prize is £2million but the largest individual Lotto winner bagged £35,133,888 in April 2016.

While the prizes are big, the chances of winning are not.

However, the new draw has significantly improved your chance of winning a prize, from one in 9.3 to one in 4.9.

Meanwhile, the number of millionaires made will rise from around 140 to approximately 345 a year.

Set for Life

Set for Life gives you the chance to bag £10,000 a month for the next 30 years.

That means you can enjoy holidays and spa days on repeat – without worrying about the hefty price tag.

Tickets cost £1.50 per play and the draws are held every Monday and Thursday.

To play you need to choose five numbers from 1-47 plus a Life Ball number from 1 to 10. 

There’s also the option to choose a Lucky Dip to be given randomly selected numbers.

To win you need to match all five main numbers and the Life Ball.

The odds of doing so are one in 15.3million.

But you could get £250 by matching four main numbers plus the Life Ball.