The National Lottery is back online after a weekend-long pause to enable the biggest technology upgrade in the game’s 31-year history.

Operator Allwyn said store terminals were back online at 9am on Monday, followed by the website and app at 9.30am.

The first ticket purchased on one of the 8,000 new “state-of-the-art” Wave lottery terminals was bought in Peterlee, Durham.

Allwyn reported sales across all four main games – Set For Life, EuroMillions , Thunderball, and Lotto – within two minutes of retail opening.

Players can expect the same National Lottery online experience as most of the weekend’s updates took place behind the scenes.

However, the new Wave lottery in-store terminals will speed up transactions for players and retailers alike, Allwyn said.

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