I don’t have live access to current outage data right now, but there were reports of the National Lottery app and website experiencing outages during late January 2026 due to planned upgrades, with services gradually restoring over the weekend and some ongoing issues into Monday for ticket purchases and prize checks. For the latest status, please check Downdetector’s National Lottery page or follow Allwyn/National Lottery official channels on X for real-time updates. If you’d like, I can monitor the situation and summarize any new developments you share or find in the next message.[1][3][4][10]
The National Lottery planned major works to its website and app over the weekend, but the service still appears to be offline for Lotto players this morning
www.mirror.co.ukThe organisation says its services are back up and running and that the cause of the outage is being investigated
www.telegraph.co.ukThose hoping to participate this morning were greeted with the message: 'Sorry, our app is unable to load for you'
www.gbnews.comIt follows a global tech outage that caused chaos around the world yesterday
www.gbnews.comHundreds of people have gone online to signal they are experiencing issues with the National Lottery app.
www.express.co.ukThe National Lottery app and website are currently offline, with hundreds of Lotto players reporting issues - however, the outage has been planned for a while
www.mirror.co.ukReal-time problems and outages for the National Lottery. Is the website down? Can't purchase lottery ticket? Here you see what is going on.
downdetector.co.ukNational Lottery players have taken to social media to express their frustration at issues they are encountering.
www.express.co.uk