A power cut at the National Lottery headquarters has interrupted most National Lottery online services throughout the day.

Camelot, which has its head office based in Tolpits Lane, Watford, suffered from a power cut this morning (May 6), leaving eager betters unable to visit the National Lottery website or access the smartphone app.

Many users pointed out the service issue on Twitter, as plenty of people have tried to access their winning prize.

Services have now returned to normal at around 3pm after being down since the early morning.

The National Lottery have said: “Due to a power failure in the Watford area this morning, some of our services have been affected – including our website and contact centre.

“We’re working to get services back up and running as quickly as possible and are really sorry for any inconvenience.”

The power cut was first reported to UK Power Networks at 6.57am today (May 6), and the power was later restored by 8.39am.

It affected a small region around Tolpits Lane and near Holywell.

Hours since the power was restored, the website remained down until around 3pm.

Watford Observer:

The National Lottery said the team were working to get services back up as soon as possible, before it returned this afternoon.

Some shared thier anger as the response to get services back up and running took up the majority of the day.