It will cost more to play the National Lottery from Thursday.

The company is announcing new game enhancements and details of the new prize structure.

The price of a ticket with Lotto Plus will go up by €1 - meaning if you play Lotto with Lotto Plus, you pay €6 from Thursday.

But as part of the changes, the Lotto Plus game will also see its top prize double from €500,000 to €1m.

Wednesday marks the final lotto draw under the old system, with the new price kicking in for tickets bought for Saturday's draw on September 1st.

A spokesperson said: "This is the last draw under the current structure".

The spokesperson added that the new structure will see "more winners and more millionaires".

There is no change in the price of a panel for the main Lotto draw.