Is National Lottery app down? UK users report issues | UK News [Video]

Thousands of people have reported that the National Lottery has crashed in the last 24 hours.

The dreaded ‘Blue Screen of Death’ error hit the gaming platform, which is played by close to 45 million users, just after Friday’s Euro Millions game.

According to DownDetector, which monitors IT outages across the globe, issues with the website and the mobile app began just before 9pm.

But more than 24 hours later, they remain unresolved, leaving players locked out.

This means that users cannot purchase new tickets – or check the numbers to find out if they have won.

Issues are registered across the country with hotspots being located in Glasgow, Manchester and London.

A message on the National Lottery website reads: ‘Please bear with us. Our online services are temporarily unavailable.

‘Sorry about that – we’ll get you back in the game as soon as possible.’

Meanwhile, the screen of the app says: ‘Sorry, our app is …