Terms and Conditions
Our Terms and Conditions outline the rules and regulations that govern the use of the Lotto website and services. From account registration to placing bets and withdrawing winnings, these terms ensure a fair and consistent experience for all users. We encourage you to review our Terms and Conditions to fully understand your rights and responsibilities.
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Last Updated: January 8, 2025
Welcome to Lotto. By accessing and using our website, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please refrain from using our services.
1. Introduction
1.1 These Terms and Conditions govern your use of the Lotto website and services.
1.2 Lotto is operated and registered in England and Wales under company number [Company Number], with its registered office at [Address].
1.3 By using this website, you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age and legally permitted to use online betting and gaming services in the UK or your jurisdiction.
2. Registration and Account
2.1 To access certain features of the Lotto website, you must register for an account.
2.2 You are responsible for ensuring that all information provided during registration is accurate and up-to-date.
2.3 Each user is permitted to register only one account. Multiple accounts may result in suspension or termination.
2.4 You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account login details and for all activities conducted under your account.
3. Use of the Website
3.1 You agree to use the Lotto website solely for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
3.2 You must not:
- Use the website in any way that violates applicable laws or regulations.
- Engage in any fraudulent or deceptive activity.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems.
- Distribute malware, spam, or other harmful materials via the website.
- Our service is for users who are 18 years old or over. If you are not 18 years old or over you must not use our service.
- You may not use our service if it would be unlawful to do so in the country where you are situated.
4. Betting Services
4.1 Lotto provides betting-related content, insights, and resources for informational purposes. We are not a betting operator.
4.2 Users are responsible for ensuring they comply with the laws and regulations regarding betting in their jurisdiction.
4.3 All betting decisions are made at the user’s discretion. Lotto does not guarantee outcomes or winnings.
5. Intellectual Property
5.1 All content on the Lotto website, including text, graphics, logos, and software, is owned by Lotto or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
5.2 You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from the content on this website without prior written consent.
5.3 Lotto.co.uk is a trademark owned or controlled by us, and it may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks displayed on our platform are the property of their respective owners. You are prohibited from using any trademarks without our or the relevant third-party owner’s prior consent.
5.4 If you violate these Terms, your right to use our platform will be revoked. You must cease using our services and delete any copies in your possession immediately.
5.5 You retain ownership of content you post via any message features. However, we are not liable for any loss, theft, or damages associated with such content, and you assume full responsibility for it.
5.6 By posting content via any message features, you grant us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable licence to use, reproduce, distribute, perform, or display your content in any medium, technology, or platform now or in the future. You waive all moral rights to this content.
5.7 You warrant that any content submitted is: (i) your own original work or properly licensed for the purposes of this agreement; (ii) does not infringe third-party rights; (iii) is not defamatory or in contempt of court; (iv) is lawful and does not contain offensive, obscene, or harmful material.
6. Limitation of Liability
6.1 Lotto provides information and services on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no warranties regarding the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of our content.
6.2 Lotto shall not be liable for:
- Any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the website.
- Losses resulting from reliance on information provided on the website.
6.3 Our service is intended for personal use only. You agree not to use it for any commercial or business purposes, and we are not liable for any loss of profits, business interruptions, or opportunities.
6.4 You are responsible for backing up your data and ensuring your devices have up-to-date antivirus software. We are not liable for any loss of data or device damage due to your use of our service, except where caused by our intentional or reckless actions.
6.5 Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for: (a) death or personal injury from our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any matter where exclusion of liability is prohibited by law.
6.6 We provide our service free of charge. Our total liability for all losses related to your use of our service will be limited to £500.
7. Privacy and Data Protection
7.1 Lotto is committed to protecting your privacy. All personal data collected through the website is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
7.2 By using the website, you consent to the collection, storage, and processing of your data as outlined in our Privacy Policy.
8. Responsible Gambling
8.1 Lotto encourages responsible gambling and provides tools and resources to help users manage their betting activities.
8.2 Users experiencing gambling-related harm are encouraged to seek support from organizations such as GamCare or BeGambleAware.
9. Changes to Terms and Conditions
9.1 Lotto reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time.
9.2 Any changes will be posted on this page, and your continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
10. Governing Law
10.1 These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
10.2 Any disputes arising under these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
11. Contact Information
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us at:
- Email: [email address]
- Phone: [phone number]
- Address: [address]
By using the Lotto website, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions.
Collection of Information
This Privacy Policy governs the personal information you provide to us or that we collect in relation to your participation in our lottery services.
We may collect the following personal information:
- Details you provide when registering for an account, including your username and email address.
- Member ID.
- Information you provide when contacting us or entering a competition, including PayPal/Skrill email addresses, which are necessary for prize payments.
- Information about the device you use to access our service, such as IP address and geolocation.
Providing some information is optional, but withholding it may limit your ability to fully access our services. We may also collect data on your usage patterns, including access times and browsing activity.
How is your personal information used?
We use your personal information to:
- Personalize your experience with tailored content and advertising.
- Enhance service functionality and user experience.
- Provide services you’ve signed up for.
- Share with our partners for offers and promotions, if you’ve consented.
- Process competition prizes.
- Contact you and send newsletters.
With whom is your personal information shared?
We may share your information with:
- Partners, for offers and promotions.
- Third-party providers, for service improvements and analytics.
- Legal authorities or in case of a sale or reorganization.
The requirements of data protection laws
We regard the lawful and correct treatment of your personal information by us as very important to our successful operation, and to maintaining confidence between us and our users. We ensure that our organisation treats personal information lawfully and correctly. To this end we fully endorse and adhere to the data protection principles set out in data protection legislation. In particular, without your consent or first amending this Privacy Policy to reflect any change in our usage of personal information:
- We will not use your personal information for any purpose that is incompatible with this Privacy Policy;
- We will only collect sufficient personal information for the uses set out above;
- We will endeavour to keep your personal information up-to-date;
- We will operate appropriate technical and organisational processes to protect your personal information against unauthorised or unlawful access or processing and against accidental loss or destruction. The measures we take are described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy; and
- We will not transfer your personal information to a country outside the European Economic Area unless safeguards are in place to protect your personal information to the standards that apply within the EEA including via standard contractual clauses and Privacy Shield or where the transfer is necessary to administer a competition you have entered via our service (for example, it is sometimes necessary to send your username to a bookmaker outside the EEA if you enter a competition administered by that bookmaker).
Use of Cookies and Beacons
Cookies are small files stored on your device to help improve your experience. You can accept or decline cookies through your browser settings, but declining may limit some features on our site. We use cookies to personalize content, ads, and to analyze traffic. We also share data with trusted partners for social media, advertising, and analytics. For more information on managing cookies and opting out of tracking, visit Google’s opt-out page. By using our service, you consent to our use of cookies.
| Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| tipsterid, tipster | Connected to login authentication (2 years) |
| cookieconsent_status | Tells us that you have given us consent to use cookies as required by EU law. That way we don’t have to keep asking you for consent (90 days) |
| country_code | The country preference of the user. If you are from a country where we offer limited language options we save that data so we don't have to ask them the same question for every page (1 year) |
| oddsformat | oddsformat |
| annoucement, nmannouncement | The text for the message you sometimes get at the top of the page which you can remove by clicking the "x". We save it as a cookie so we don't have to look it up every time you change pages. When you click the "x" it deletes the cookie (1 day) |
| review_title, review_comments | If you are kind enough to write a review of a bookmaker and something goes wrong with the validation of data you enter we give you an error message but we also save the data in a cookie so you don't lose it when you are returned to that page (1 day) |
| views | Records how many times a user has used the hot tips page so we can ask them to register or login after a while. We wanted to allow non-members some access to these pages but not unlimited access (10 hours) |
| fviews | Records views on new posts so that we can restrict access for non-members after a while. Similar to the views cookies on hot tips we want to give non-members some access to the forum but not unlimited (12 hours) |
| affid | Records which affiliate sent a user to use so we can pay them a fee if the person becomes a member. This is a normal feature of performance marketing. If we didn't do it we wouldn't be able to advertise with many other sites and we wouldn't have been able to grow (2 years) |
| daily_{user_id} | Tells our scripts that this isn't the first page of the first time you have visited the site so we don't need to do certain bits of processing to do with stats like "last access" (1 day) - {user_id} is a numeric id |
| referrer | A session cookie which stores the site you arrived from before Lotto (session) |
| _ga | This Google Analytics cookie is used to determine unique visitors to our site (2 years) |
| _gid | This Google Analytics cookie is used to performance related activities (1 day) |
| _uetsid | Microsoft Bing Ads Universal Event Tracking (UET) tracking cookie (1day) |
| bookieSelectorVisibility | It stores your preference for the bookie selector format on tips pages: "Minimised", "Just Odds", "All" (1 day) |
| ads_api_device_id | Unique anonymous identifiers used to help us personalise the offers we show to you (30 days) |
| _vwo_uuid | Unique ID for every visitor allows us to track site usage and make UI improvements based on that (100 days) |
| _vwo_uuid_v2 | Unique ID for every visitor allows us to track site usage and make UI improvements based on that (100 days) |
| intercom-lou-ufflspyj, intercom-session-ufflspyj | Unique ID for every visitor allows us to track site usage and make UI improvements based on that (100 days) |
| new_menu_tooltip | Determine if a tooltip on side menu was shown or not (10 years) |
| hstpconfig | Visit tracking (6 months) |
| Lotto_s1h33_hot_tips_accu | Stores the Bookie Betslip status (opened / closed) (1 day) |
| Lotto_s1h33_id | Stores the time when you first accessed the website if the cookie hasn't been already set (1 day) |
| Lotto_s1h33_show_expired | Used to show/hide expired tips in tips area (1year) |
| Lotto_s1h33_myacca | Stores user's My Acca selections and its cleared-on page close (session) |
| Lotto_s1h33_hot_tips_filter | Saves the last used Hot Tips Filters (1h) |
| ti_param_d | Unique anonymous identifiers used to help us personalise the offers we show to you (10 years) |
| ti_param_d_old | Unique anonymous identifiers used to help us personalise the offers we show to you (10 years) |
| ti_param_m | Unique anonymous identifiers used to help us personalise the offers we show to you (10 years) |
| ti_param_m_old | Unique anonymous identifiers used to help us personalise the offers we show to you (10 years) |
| timeIsDst, timeOffset | Used to store the time zone and offset in order to display dates according to your local time zone (1year) |
| wizards_session | Used to keep track of the wizard screens you've seen (7 days) |
| _hjClosedSurveyInvites, _hjDonePolls, _hjMinimizedPolls, _hjShownFeedbackMessage, _hjid, _hjRecordingLastActivity, _hjTLDTest, _hjUserAttributesHash, _hjCachedUserAttributes, _hjLocalStorageTest, _hjIncludedInSample, _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar tracking user visits (1 year, 1 year, 1 year, 1 year, 1 year, session, session, session, session, under 100ms, session, 30 minutes) |
| __atuvc | Updates counter on a website's social sharing function (2 years) |
| __atuvs | Makes sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page with AddThis social sharing (session) |
| __unam | The “__unam” cookie is set as part of the ShareThis service and monitors “click-stream” activity, e.g. web pages viewed and navigated, and time spent on pages (9 months) |
| phpbb3_b4k8o_k | Set by the PHPBB forum, session key, only used for "remember me" feature to not always re-log in (1 year) |
| phpbb3_b4k8o_sid | Set by the PHPBB forum, session ID, will change from time to time and identifies the user inside the forum area, combined with phpbb3_b4k8o_u (1 year) |
| phpbb3_b4k8o_u | Set by the PHPBB forum, stores user ID or 1 for a guest (1 year) |
| PHPSESSID | PHP session cookie, stores an ID for the server session so the browser can retrieve the session data (session) |
| device_choice | Stores your option to stay on a particular version of the site (e.g. stay on desktop while you browse from mobile) (1 year) |
| forum_cookie | Stores the name of the forum cookie (2 years) |
| _gali, _gat_UA-159821-1 | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website (session) |
| _pk_id.{code} | Is a user new to the site or a repeat visitor (2 years) - {code} is of this format "136.9f84" |
| _pk_ref.{code} | From what site did the user come (2 years) |
| _pk_ses.{code} | Which pages were visited (session) |
| phpbb3_{random}_k | Set by the PHPBB forum, session key, only used for "remember me" feature to not always re-log in (1 year) - {random} can be a combination of letters and numbers |
| phpbb3_{random}_sid | Set by the PHPBB forum, session ID, will change from time to time and identifies the user inside the forum area, combined with phpbb3_{random}_u (1 year) |
| phpbb3_{random}_u | Set by the PHPBB forum, stores user ID or 1 for a guest (1 year) |
| MUID, MUIDB | Bing - This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. They can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts (2 years) |
| Facebook Pixel | This Cookie is placed by Facebook. It enables Lotto to measure, optimize and build audiences for advertising campaigns served on Facebook. In particular it enables Lotto to see how our users move between devices when accessing the Lotto web site and Facebook, to ensure that Lotto’s Facebook advertising is seen by our users most likely to be interested in such advertising by analysing which content a user has viewed and interacted with on the Lotto web site. For further information about the Facebook Pixel please see: https://en-gb.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616 |
| Twitter Conversion Tracker | This Cookie is placed by Twitter. It enables Lotto to learn how our users have interacted with Lotto advertising served to them on Twitter. It also enables Lotto to identify users who have used their mobile device to view Lotto advertising on Twitter and later came to the Lotto website on a desktop computer. For further information about the Twitter Conversion Tracker please see: https://business.twitter.com/en/help/campaign-measurement-and-analytics/conversion-tracking-for-websites.html |
| 1P_JAR, APISID, DV, HSID, NID, SAPISID, SID, SIDCC, SSID, UULE | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Site, where visitors have come to the Site from and the pages they visited. If you do not allow these cookies we will not be able to include your visit in our statistics. You can read the full Google Analytics privacy policy at: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ |
| lotto_lsam | Used for controlling offers display |
