Thousands of users across the UK have reported issues with the National Lottery app and website.
Many have reported issues with logging onto the application with some 1500 complaints being registered at around 6:30am this morning.
There was also another complaint spike at around 11pm last night with some 2200 outages being registered with Downdetector UK.
Around 53% of the reported outages relate to the app while a further 41% and 6% were linked to the website and login.
Issues were registered across the country with hotspots being located in Glasgow, Manchester and London.
Users report issues logging onto the National Lottery app and website
Hi.
— The National Lottery (@TNLUK) July 19, 2024
We are aware that some players are having issues accessing our website and app. Apologies for the inconvenience, our team are currently investigating the issue to find out what has happened.
^Skye
A number of National Lottery users took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to complain about the apparent outage with one person writing: "Come on@TNLUK your app and website are down, this has been going on since 9pm last night. The fact it’s still not resolved after all this time is ridiculous."
Another added: "Has anyone actually been able to log in to the national lottery website or use the app since 9pm last night. @TNLUK Will the issue be resolved in time for today's draw or will it take longer to fix?"
A third user said: "The National lottery app is playing up. Most probably due to the IT chaos that was caused today."
Responding to a person about the problem, the official National Lottery account said: "Hi. We are aware that some players are having issues accessing our website and app. Apologies for the inconvenience, our team are currently investigating the issue to find out what has happened."
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