Tonight's lottery was thwarted by a computer glitch that prevented punters from buying tickets.
A computer glitch left thousands of lottery players around the country unable to buy tickets.
A spokesman for Camelot said: "Due to a network issue on Saturday afternoon, some players may have experienced difficulties buying National Lottery tickets in store or via The National Lottery website.
"We would like to apologise to anyone affected - and reassure those people with tickets that the draws will go ahead as usual."
The National Lottery website said: "Our Draw Games are closed. Why not try our exciting Instant Win Games?"
The spokesman added: "We have been selling tickets today. But the problem has been intermittent in retailers up and down the country."
He said the "network communications issue" had resulted in either slower than normal transactions or retailers being unable to perform transactions at all.
It was not immediately known how many people have been affected or how much money has effectively been lost.
A Camelot spokesman said later that ticket machines across the country were up and running again at full speed after 6pm.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081227/tuk-lottery-thwarted-by-computer-glitch-dba1618.html
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