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this national lotteryIts online services will undergo a major upgrade this weekend, resulting in the temporary shutdown of its website and mobile app.
From 11pm on Saturday 24 January until Sunday evening, the national-lottery.co.uk website and its iOS system and Android The application will be offline for approximately 24 hours during basic maintenance.
Players can continue to log in and play online until the deadline at 11pm on Saturday.
Regular Lotto and Thunderball draws will take place as planned from 8pm that evening.
During the shutdown, tickets will still be available for purchase at National Lottery retailers across the country. Results and award details are available on YouTube and in 43,500 retail stores.
Prizes of up to £500 will still be available for tickets purchased in-store.
Operator Allwyn says players will notice “some” changes once the site and app are back online, such as a new payment screen.
They’ll also find the process of checking results, playing games and claiming prizes “easier”, with videos and FAQs on key changes to guide players.
Users of the app who have auto-update enabled will receive the new version automatically, while others will be prompted for an update the next time they load the app.
Allwyn said it was also introducing mandatory personal deposit and spending limit settings for all new customers, as well as automatic logout after 60 minutes, a 10-minute cooling-off period, and regular 20-minute “reality checks” for instant gamers.
The National Lottery operator said the work was the next step in its “transformation journey”, which includes moving the accounts of the game’s 11.8 million active registered players to the new system.
The new digital channel will offer the widest range of National Lottery games ever, improved protection tools and a fresh new look “while maintaining an experience familiar to existing players”.
Once the upgrade is complete, players will be able to log in as normal, Olvin said.
It added that the digital improvements are a “springboard for even more exciting plans to be rolled out in the coming months”.
Andria Vidler, chief executive of Allwyn, said: “These much-needed digital upgrades mark another milestone in our transformation to make the National Lottery even more player-centric with new games, more winners and increased support for good causes.
“This is just the start of an exciting year for Allwyn and the National Lottery as we work towards our ambitious target of increasing weekly returns from Good Causes to £60m per week by 2034, from £30m per week at the start of the licence.”
Allwyn previously suspended National Lottery sales and payments for about 36 hours at the end of July to make way for the biggest technology upgrade in the game’s 31-year history.