Aldi has announced a new change coming to its self-checkouts across the UK in the hopes of “improving the shopping experience for customers”.

Currently, shoppers can only buy lottery tickets at manned checkouts – a move that was introduced in 2021.

Four years ago, the budget supermarket said it was working with National Lottery operator Camelot to bring The National Lottery to all stores for the first time.

In 2021, Aldi rolled out the National Lottery’s full raft of draw-based games at its checkouts so customers could “easily and conveniently” pick up their tickets when doing their food shop.

Lucky Dip tickets for Lotto, EuroMillions, Lotto HotPicks, EuroMillions HotPicks, Set For Life and Thunderball games were among those added to checkouts.

However, customers will soon be able to buy lottery tickets at self-checkout tills in all stores.

Additionally, an age verification check will be carried out by a member of staff at Aldi before shoppers can complete their transactions.

The rollout is currently in progress in more than 1,050 shops, with full completion expected this spring.

Richard Thornton, communications director at Aldi, commented: “We’re always looking for ways to improve the shopping experience for our customers which is why we’ve made it even easier to enter the National Lottery while picking up essentials at our self-checkouts.

Jenny Blogg, operations director at Allwyn added: “As we continue on our retail transformation journey – adapting our offering for a changing retail landscape and new-look stores – we’re delighted to be expanding our partnership with Aldi.