What are the odds of me buying a winning ticket?

The probability that you will buy a winning ticket is 1 : 3.09.

What is the highest scratch card win?

The highest win is £1,000,000.

Scratch card Christmas Countdown

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Celebrate the season with the Christmas Countdown scratch card! For just £5, you could unwrap a festive win of up to £1,000,000 and make this holiday season one to remember! More

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Offline scratch card Christmas Countdown

Maximum win
£ 1 000 000

Scratch card price
£ 5

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Scratch card details

Number of scratchcards issued What is the number of Scratchcards issued? Number of cards printed/Cards in circulation	14 217 840
Gross Ticket Sales What is the Gross Ticket Sales? Total amount collected for all cards sold (Number of cards issued * ticket price)	£ 71 089 200
Payout pool What is the prize pool? How much of the game principal goes to the winners / How much money from all the winning cards is up for grabs	69.930488738092%
Number of winning orders What is the number of winning streaks? The total number of winning positions on the scratch card. Main prize, second prize, and so on.	33

Operator	The National Lottery
Probability of winning the jackpot What is the probability of winning the main prize? What are your chances of winning the main prize / highest prize / jackpot?	1 : 2,843,568
Probability of any win What is the probability of any win? What is your probability of winning any prize, whether it is a small prize or a jackpot?	1 : 3,09

Table of wins and probabilities

Total:		4,605,514	£49,713,025	1 : 3.09
Prize	Prize breakdown	Number of prizes	Total in wins	Odds
£5	£5	1,800,870	£9,004,350	1 : 8
£10	£10	568,697	£5,686,970	1 : 25
£10	£5 DOUBLE	616,145	£6,161,450	1 : 24
£10	£5 x 2	616,062	£6,160,620	1 : 24
£15	£15	142,168	£2,132,520	1 : 101
£15	£5 DOUBLE + £5	189,626	£2,844,390	1 : 75
£15	£5 x 3	189,628	£2,844,420	1 : 75
£15	£5 + £10	189,470	£2,842,050	1 : 76
£20	£20	47,336	£946,720	1 : 301
£20	£5 DOUBLE x 2	94,832	£1,896,640	1 : 150
£20	£10 DOUBLE	47,409	£948,180	1 : 300
£20	(£5 x 2) + £10	47,387	£947,740	1 : 301
£25	£25	8,399	£209,975	1 : 1,693
£25	(£5 DOUBLE x 2) + £5	8,442	£211,050	1 : 1,685
£25	£10 DOUBLE + £5	9,016	£225,400	1 : 1,577
£25	(£5 x 3) + £10	8,466	£211,650	1 : 1,680
£50	£50	3,970	£198,500	1 : 3,582
£50	£5 DOUBLE + £10 DOUBLE + £20	3,921	£196,050	1 : 3,627
£50	£20 DOUBLE + £10	3,979	£198,950	1 : 3,574
£50	(£5 x 8) + £10	3,946	£197,300	1 : 3,604
£100	£100	1,347	£134,700	1 : 10,556
£100	£5 DOUBLE + £10 DOUBLE + £20 DOUBLE + £5 + £25	1,342	£134,200	1 : 10,595
£100	(£5 x 10) + £10 + (£20 x 2)	1,572	£157,200	1 : 9,045
£100	£50 DOUBLE	1,348	£134,800	1 : 10,548
£200	£200	18	£3,600	1 : 789,880
£200	£5 DOUBLE + (£5 x 17) + (£10 x 2) + (£20 x 3) + £25	31	£6,200	1 : 458,640
£200	£20 DOUBLE + (£5 x 16) + (£10 x 6) + £20	29	£5,800	1 : 490,271
£200	£50 DOUBLE + £100	33	£6,600	1 : 430,844
£1,000	£1,000	5	£5,000	1 : 2,843,568
£1,000	(£100 DOUBLE x 3) + (£10 x 10) + (£20 x 10) + £100	5	£5,000	1 : 2,843,568
£1,000	£5 DOUBLE + £10 DOUBLE + £20 DOUBLE + £25 DOUBLE + £50 DOUBLE + £100 DOUBLE + £200 DOUBLE + (£5 x 2) + (£10 x 13) + (£20 x 2)	5	£5,000	1 : 2,843,568
£10,000	£10,000	5	£50,000	1 : 2,843,568
£1,000,000	£1,000,000	5	£5,000,000	1 : 2,843,568

Game Procedures

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Updated:

10.3.2026

How to play the Christmas Countdown scratch card

Purchase a scratchcard at one of the retail locations
The card contains 24 games
Scratch off the whole area to reveal the symbols and play each game
You can win up to 24 times on a single scratchcard
Prize range from £5 to a maximum of £1,000,000

To win, you need to uncover two matching symbols in a game. The prize is shown right below these symbols. If you reveal two symbols of DOUBLE in a game, you win double the prize shown below.

Payout of scratch card winnings

You must claim the prize within 180 days of the game closing.

Prizes up to and including £500 – you can claim these amount of prizes from most retailers, but some of them can only pay £50 cash.
£500+ up to and including £50,000 – go to the official website national-lottery.co.uk/prize. After that, you have to fill in the online form to be able to get the prize. They’ll tell you when to post your ticket or scratchcard on their website. If you can’t claim your prize in the ways written above and you’re a UK or Isle of Man citizen, post your ticket or scratchcard to PO Box 287, Watford WD18 9TT.
£50,000+ – call The National Lottery Line – 0333 234 50 50 (they are open 9am – 8pm from Monday to Saturday; or 9am – 5pm on Sunday) to find out how to claim. Prizes are paid by cheque, bank transfer or direct credit.

If you have any problems, call The National Lottery Line – 0333 234 50 50