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Olympic Lottery money may not be returned

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:29:14 GMT

The chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, John Armitt has said this week that the Olympic fund cannot guarantee that all money taking from National Lottery good causes fund would be returned to the pot as originally promised.

Lotto Jackpot about to expire

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:57:25 GMT

Unclaimed prizes on the UK Lotto are thankfully rare but this month there are two unclaimed lottery prizes that are about to expire and one of those is a £3 million jackpot! It’s hard to believe that someone could have overlooked a lottery prize of that magnitude but it’s happened and if it isn’t claimed by March 22nd the whole prize and all the interest it has accrued will go into the fund for good causes.

Lotto cash for dementia sufferers

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:06:48 GMT

Lottery funds for good causes is a big reason the lottery is so appealing and now it has been announced that there will be lotto cash for dementia sufferers and young people leaving care in the form of a £50 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

Big Share on Lotto rollover

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 11:57:01 GMT

For the first time in ages last night, we saw the UK Lotto jackpot at a £7 million high. A lotto rollover pushed the jackpot up and it actually looked like one player may win a large chunk of cash but in the event there was a big share on the lotto rollover with four players sharing the £7.2 million jackpot.

Euromillions jackpot won

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:42:40 GMT

Yesterday we brought you news of all the exciting lottery rollover draws of the weekend, as both the Euromillions Lottery and UK National Lottery produced no winners in the last draw. Last night it was the turn of the Euromillions Lottery and the jackpot has been won by a single player from Europe, making them over £40 million richer!

A Lotto rollovers

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:17:23 GMT

It’s the weekend finally and it really is getting off to a bang with a lotto rollovers. Both the Euromillions and the UK Lotto see rollover draws this weekend sending the whole country into lottery frenzy. Tonight’s Euromillions Lottery has a £40 million rollover jackpot up for grabs and then tomorrow it’s the turn of the UK Lotto, that one rolled over in the week and is worth an estimated £7.5 million!

Unusual Lottery purchases

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 06:04:44 GMT

I think we all have a wish list. An item that would be our first big purchase should our six lucky numbers come up. Are any of those items on your wish list a flock of sheep? Unlikely, but it was one of the purchases thrown up in the unusual lottery purchases list thrown up in a recent book release.

Lotto jackpot to expire

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:39:40 GMT

Unclaimed prizes on the UK Lotto are thankfully rare, yet this month sees two unclaimed lottery prizes expire if the winning players do not come forward. Now unclaimed prizes for smaller division prizes are more common but one of this month’s unclaimed prizes is a lotto jackpot about to expire.

Another Lotto syndicate win

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 00:13:23 GMT

If rumours are to be believed then a lotto syndicate from Kidderminster has scooped a £4.8 million UK Lotto prize. The winners have opted for no publicity, hence the hush, hush nature of the news. However rumour has it that they are a pub syndicate made up of four members, and that makes a tidy £1.2 million each!

Lotto winners give cleaner home

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:13:53 GMT

The UK’s biggest lottery winners, Nigel Page and Justine Laycock are starting to enjoy their Euromillions Lottery win now, having just moved into a £4 million eco mansion. And in a random act of generosity they have given their old cleaner their £400,000 home.

Weekend Lottery winners

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:02:04 GMT

It’s been an exciting weekend for UK lottery players, with the Euromillions rollover on Friday night and then the UK National Lottery on Saturday, players were inevitably going to be excited. While the UK Lotto saw one winner, the Euromillions saw yet another rollover, pushing next week’s estimated jackpot up to £40 million.

Euromillions winners inundated with pleas

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:16:10 GMT

It’s only a couple of weeks now since Nigel Page and Justine Haycock won the staggering £56 million Euromillions Lottery jackpot and now their postman claimed the Euromillions winners have been inundated with pleas and begging letters at their home.

Lucky 13 for Midlands Syndicate

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:20:43 GMT

A Lottery syndicate from the Midlands got lucky last week on number 13 when their numbers came up on the UK Lotto. The syndicate of thirteen workers from near Tamworth in the Midlands won over £80,000 on the UK Lotto when their numbers came up on February 13th proving that number thirteen may not be so lucky after all.

Should Euromillions ceiling jackpots

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:24:20 GMT

When the Euromillions first launched back in 2004, they would not allow jackpots of over €100 million. That meant that if jackpots got that high, the whole jackpot would be shared between lower division players but a lottery news story this week made us wonder if there is a way to ceiling jackpots on the Euromillions Lottery without spoiling the main jackpot.

Branson pulls out of lottery deal

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:16:39 GMT

In a move sure to get other bidders worrying, Richard Branson has pulled out of the planned deal to buy shares in Camelot, the UK Lotto firm. The tycoon was part of a consortium and has now withdrawn from the auction of Camelot after it declined to underwrite costs associated with the bid.

Sunday Mirror prints wrong lottery numbers

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:53:07 GMT

As a popular lottery portal we feel that it is our responsibility to ensure that we bring you the most current and up to date news and lottery results. Mistakes do happen but thankfully they are very rare and that’s why we quickly picked up on an error in last week’s Sunday Mirror where the wrong lottery numbers were printed for the UK Lottery draw held on last weeks Saturday evening.

Inventor sues National Lottery

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:26:43 GMT

An Inventor from Halifax is suing National Lottery operator Camelot over a scratchcard game the inventor claims is based on his own idea. The inventor, Henry Michael Pattison is suing the National Lottery for copyright infringement over a series of scratchcards based on a dice game.

Buy Lotto tickets and pay the bills

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:05:04 GMT

Camelot, the National Lottery operator has approached Santander, the Co-operative bank and the Post Office to see if it is possible to use lottery terminals to pay bills and top up mobile phones in addition to lottery ticket sales. For now Camelot has applied for permission and now it’s just left up to the regulator to see whether these propsals to lottery terminals fall within the current regulations.

Euromillions on the roll

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:39:15 GMT

In a move that should come as no surprise to regular Euromillions players, last night’s base jackpot rolls again on the Euromillions after no players matched all the winning numbers in last night’s draw. That means that next week there will be a staggering £25 million available on the Euromillions Lottery and who knows how high it will climb before we see a winner.

Lottery Funding to Restore churches

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:03:52 GMT

A plan put forward by the English Heritage and Heritage Lottery fund is to provide more than £15 million to support urgent restoration work to 154 listed buildings across England. Many of these buildings are churches, temples and synagogues but the grants won’t only pay for the repaid work but will also help these buildings find new roles in the community.

Fears of Spanish Euromillions winner

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:06:29 GMT

Last week we saw one of the biggest ever Euromillions Lottery jackpot at £112 million. Shared by two lucky players we couldn’t wait to tell you about the British couple who became the UK’s biggest ever lottery winners at £56.5 million but the other winning ticket is from Spain and it’s said that the lottery winners are scared to come forward and identify themselves.

Deal or no Deal at the National Lottery

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:30:54 GMT

If you love Deal or no Deal with Noel Edmonds and you’re a fan of scratchcards and instant wins then you are sure to love the brand new instant win at the National Lottery website. It’s Deal or no Deal and for £2 a play you could be walking away with the £100,000 top prize.

UK Euromillions winner celebrates

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:33:14 GMT

At £113 million, it was one of the biggest Euromillions jackpots ever seen, certainly the biggest of the year and it’s little wonder that the whole of the UK and much of Europe were out in their droves to buy tickets for their chance to be a record Euromillions winner.

What will a lotto win buy you?

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:13:00 GMT

All around the world we have some pretty varied and massive lottery jackpots over the last few weeks. Figures fly round in the tens of millions but what does that money actually mean? What will a lotto win buy you in today’s world and where do you come in on the rich list?

Record Haul on Euromillions Lottery

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:18:26 GMT

With no winner for the Euromillions Mega draw, this week’s draw was always going to be an exciting affair. In the event, lottery players across Europe pushed the pot up to £112 million in the scramble for a chance to become a massive Euromillions millionaire.

UK Lotto Jackpot win about to expire

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:54:01 GMT

In all the excitement of the weekend lottery activity, all eyes have been on the monster Euromillions Lottery jackpot. However there is one UK Lotto jackpot win about to expire and it’s worth paying attention as the unclaimed prize is worth a staggering £3,681,197 and the ticketholder now has just one month to claim.

Euromillions Mega Rollover tomorrow

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:13:42 GMT

Two ticketholders matched all the winning numbers in last night UK Lotto draw, winning £2.2 million each but that pales into insignificance when you consider that the Euromillions mega rollover draw is tomorrow evening and the estimated rollover jackpot is a staggering £113 million.

Lotto winner back on the dole

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:23:10 GMT

Think back to 2002 when lotto winner Michael Carroll turned up to collect his £9.7 million cheque wearing an electronic tag. The whole country was in uproar as this self styled chav walked away with one of the biggest prize ever seen at the time. It seems a fool and his money are easily parted however as the lotto winner is now back on the dole after squandering the whole lot in eight years.

Lottery Scam warning for Jersey

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:46:09 GMT

Today we have news of yet another lottery scam and with the Euromillions rollover draw approaching this one is one to keep your eye out for. It seems to be residents of Jersey who are being caught up in this Euromillions Lottery scam prompting local police to give out warnings to Islanders.

Rural Lottery outlet under threat

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:21:32 GMT

The owner of a rural lottery outlet fears it’s under threat for the third year running, even though it’s the only lottery terminal in a seven miles. Carol Englefield is a sub-postmistress at Sennen and Lands End post office but due to poor tourist seasons hasn’t reached her sales target for the third year running. Yet despite that, without the lottery machine, local people have to travel seven miles to the nearest outlet.

Euromillions Superdraw just became more super

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:08:10 GMT

Friday night was the Euromillions Superdraw, a birthday jackpot worth a staggering £85 million. Yet despite a frenzy of lottery ticket buying right across the nine European countries the Euromillions jackpot wasn’t won and that make the Superdraw even more super as next week’s jackpot hits a staggering £113 million!

National Lottery Lucky Jobs

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:00:21 GMT

Camelot have released a National Lottery lucky jobs list, showing which professions are most likely to strike it rich on the UK Lotto. Topping the bill is builders making them the luckiest profession of all lottery players in the UK. Here's the rest of the lucky professions, see if you make the National Lottery lucky jobs list.

Euromillions Superdraw day

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:29:50 GMT

Today is Euromillions Superdraw day, the day when the draw is held to try and find a winner for the £85 million Euromillions 6th birthday jackpot. There’s no reason for the jackpot, it’s not a rollover it’s just the superdraw to celebrate the 6th birthday of the Euromillions Lottery.

Millionaire Raffle winner comes forward

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:41:51 GMT

A few days ago we brought you news of the first unclaimed Millionaire Raffle prize since the start of the draw alongside the Euromillions draw late last year. Today we have heard that the Millionaire Raffle winner has come forward to claim the £1 million prize which is great news, especially for the winner!

Warm up with the midweek Lotto

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:08:31 GMT

We’re all eager to see the results of the Euromillions Mega Jackpot at the weekend but that’s still a couple of days ago. Why not warm up for the event with the midweek Lotto? Today is your last chance to buy lotto tickets as the draw is this evening and you could end up being an instant millionaire like the two winners who shared Saturdays jackpot.

Lotto win is criminal

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:19:07 GMT

Often in the news we hear stories about convicted criminals winning prizes in the UK Lotto and we often wonder why these stories are such a big deal. Are people suggesting that people with criminal pasts shouldn’t be allowed to play lotto games? I guess the chief of Karma would be the one you would need to complain to in that situation and now you’ll have more cause to complain as a convicted criminal wins £250,000 on a UK Lotto scratchcard.

Unclaimed Millionaire Raffle prize

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:36:44 GMT

Every week we bring stories of unclaimed lotto prizes and now with the Millionaire Raffle playing alongside the Euromillions Lottery – guaranteeing a UK millionaire every single week – we already have a £1 million Millionaire Raffle prize unclaimed. It really is so important to check those raffle numbers when you check your Euromillions results each week as one UK player really is guaranteed to win £1 million, every single week.

Time running out for UK Lotto winner

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:13:11 GMT

Were you trying to match all the winning numbers in last night’s UK Lotto draw? Yes and no doubt players were all over the UK were hoping to be the lucky players to get that elusive jackpot. But time is running out for one lotto winner who has already matched five main balls and the bonus ball but has not yet claimed their prize.

Euromillions Superdraw next week

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:02:39 GMT

Excitement was high for last night’s Euromillions rollover draw and in the event, one very lucky lottery player walked away with a £25 million prize. But that doesn’t mean that next week it’s down to base jackpot as it’s a Euromillions Superdraw to celebrate the 6th birthday of the Euromillions Lottery next week and that means there’s a massive £85 million up for grabs!

Lottery used as election tool

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:15:43 GMT

The Conservative government have promised to reform the UK Lotto if they get into power in the next general election proving nothing is above being used as an election tool. Jeremy Hunt, the Conservative party spokesmen on culture laid out plans this week to reform the UK Lotto on a visit to Edinburgh.

Luckiest Lottery Towns

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:35:06 GMT

Lottery players looking to increase their chances of a big prize might find that moving house increases their chances as the UK National Lottery release a list of the luckiest lottery towns in the UK. Ilford in Essex come out on top and the list shows that certain places in the UK certainly have a lotto luck.

Money Money Money at the National Lottery

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:17:29 GMT

If you play the lottery online and you’re a fan of the instant wins at the National Lottery website then we have news of a brand new game where you can win up to £100,000! It’s Money Money Money at the National Lottery and with plays at just £2 a go, there’s no doubt it’s going to be one of the more popular games available to play online. There are three great chances to win and with a £100,000 jackpot there really is everything to play for.

Euromillions climbing again

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:24:02 GMT

Euromillions Lottery rollovers really are becoming the order of the day with players rarely hitting that jackpot on the base draw. Now after Fridays £13 million base Euromillions draw we have yet another Euromillions Lottery rollover as players had no luck matching all the winning main balls and lucky stars in last week’s Euromillions Lottery draw.

Birthday numbers galore in the UK Lotto

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:09:05 GMT

With the third weekend single rollover on the bounce interest has been high in the UK Lotto so when this weekends draw pulled six numbers between 1 and 30 in the draw it was no surprise to see three winners share the jackpot. Birthday numbers are a common choice to lottery players and they’ve been very lucky for three lottery players who are now celebrating after sharing the £5.9 million rollover jackpot.

Rollup for the Lotto rollover

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:01:25 GMT

In case you needed a final reminder, tonight it’s a UK Lotto rollover with an estimated £7 million jackpot on offer and that’s not all there is to look forward to either as after last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw that one is on the roll too.

Giant Lottery grant for Giants Causeway

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:16:24 GMT

One of Northern Irelands most popular tourist attractions the Giants Causeway is to get a giant boost from the UK Lottery good causes fund in the form of £3 million of lottery money from the Lottery Heritage Fund.

Euromillions winner steps forward

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:29:09 GMT

The winner of a half share of the £52 million Euromillions Lottery jackpot has stepped forward to claim their prize. George Sturt, a 75 year old taxi driver couldn’t believe his luck last weekend when he matched all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars in the Euromillions draw, part of a four strong syndicate he’ll be sharing his good fortune with the other syndicate members.

What will Cadbury sale mean for Lottery

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:01:17 GMT

Today the news has reached us that Cadbury – one of the last British institutions – has finally succumbed to a hostile takeover from American food giants Kraft Foods. Now the move has been big news for a while now but what will the Cadbury sale mean for the Lottery, of whom Cadbury own a sixth share?

Pensioner loses savings in lottery scam

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:09:47 GMT

We’re often bringing you stories of lottery scams on these pages and the recent warning comes in the form of a Euromillions Lottery scam that has cost one pensioner her life savings. The victim of this lottery scam has been conned out of £24,000 savings after receiving a letter saying she had won a Euromillions prize and attempting to claim that prize.

Britain and France share Euromillions jackpot

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:34:20 GMT

It was the most exciting lottery draw to take place this year, a triple rollover with £52 million up for grabs. The excitement knocked the UK Lotto rollover into the shade and lottery fever took hold all over Europe as players bought those lucky lottery tickets in the hope of becoming the next big Euromillions winner. The draw went off without a hitch but it won’t be another rollover as two tickets, one from Britain and one from France share the Euromillions jackpot.

Big Share on UK Lotto Rollover

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:52:55 GMT

It was an exciting night and many players were vying to be the next UK Lotto multi-millionaire after a rollover pushed the jackpot up to £7 million. But in the event any player who matched all six winning numbers would have a lot less than they’d imagined as the jackpot was shared by no less then five winning ticket holders.

Shop Worker stole lottery ticket

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:24:12 GMT

A sneaky shop worker stole a lottery ticket and cashed in the win after telling the ticket holder it wasn’t worth anything. Daniel Saunders, 25 from Plymouth worked in the Co-op store in Marlborough, Plymouth, earlier this year he told winning customer Paul Lamerton that his ticket was worthless and then cashed the win himself.

Unclaimed Euromillions Jackpot claimed

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:50:34 GMT

Over the last couple of weeks, we at National-Lottery.com have spent a lot of time giving out little reminders about unclaimed jackpots. Time is running out for many big jackpots won and any unclaimed prizes go back into the fund for good causes when time runs out. For a change, today we have some good news for you and that’s because one unclaimed Euromillions Lottery jackpot has been snapped up.

Yet another UK Lotto rollover

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:48:36 GMT

Things got very exciting round here last weekend when we realised that no winner in the Euromillions Lottery meant a £51 million rollover, so much so that we reported it in our lottery news page. However, Euromillions Lottery rollovers are quite common and we can go weeks without seeing a UK Lotto rollover. Right now though, they seem to be like buses as two come along together and we see the second weekend with a UK Lotto rollover.

National Lottery awards 2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:32:29 GMT

It’s the start of a brand new year and that of course means a new round of National Lottery awards for good causes around the UK. The National Lottery awards 2010 launch this week and the search is on to find the most worthy good causes around the UK to invest money from the sale of lottery tickets into.

Big Lotto win for Tyneside syndicate

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:57:45 GMT

A Tyneside lottery syndicate are having an extra long New Years celebration after scooping a UK Lotto win worth over £10 million on December 30th. The six strong syndicate couldn’t have got the New Year off to a bigger bang and are now celebrating each being £1.7 million richer.

East end call for Lottery Winner

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:47:39 GMT

Here at National-Lottery.com we are putting out a call for an East End Euromillions Lottery winner who is sitting on a massive quarter million pound jackpot. The unclaimed lottery prize will expire in nine days and this really is the last chance to dig through those old pockets and step forward.

Two players share the Lotto rollover

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:25:56 GMT

It’s been an exciting weekend with rollovers on both the UK National Lottery and Euromillions Lottery. With no winners the Euromillions Lottery rolls again but two share the double lotto rollover each collecting almost £4 million in the draw. Here are all the details and the news about last night's UK Lotto rollover.

Euromillions Lottery hits the half century

Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:58:12 GMT

It’s an event worth celebrating! No winning tickets on last nights Euromillions Lottery pushes next week’s estimated jackpot up to the half century. An estimated £51 million up for grabs next week after no players matched all the winning numbers in the double rollover draw.

Will Euromillions Lottery find a winner

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:30:33 GMT

That’s the big question on everyone’s lips today as the double rollover Euromillions Lottery draw is drawn tonight. No players have matched all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars for the last two weeks and that means there is a massive £36 million up for grabs in tonight’s draw.

Lottery winner looks a million dollars

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:13:37 GMT

One lucky UK Lotto winner is looking a million dollars, or even a million pounds this week after posing in a dress made of £20 bank notes. The fashion student won £2.5 million on the UK Lotto last year and the win has inspired her to make a silk ball gown made with £20 notes.

A Lotto New Years resolutions

Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:53:29 GMT

It’s the start of a New Year and a time for resolutions and making plans for the following year and judging by the amount of unclaimed lottery prizes carrying over from 2009 the most popular UK resolution should be to take even better care of lottery tickets once they are purchased.

Two Lotto Jackpots unclaimed

Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:17:41 GMT

It’s hard to believe but in the list of unclaimed lotto prizes from the National Lottery there are two lotto jackpots unclaimed. Both jackpot prizes are life changing amounts of cash and players only have a limited time to claim. The two lotto jackpots, both worth over £3 million each are just two of the unclaimed lottery prizes into the New Year. Although the largest they are by no means the only unclaimed prizes, three of which expire during January.

Development in Lottery sale

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:38:10 GMT

We promised to keep you up with developments when the news first broke last year and now into the New Year it looks like things may finally be happening in the sale of the UK Lotto company Camelot. There’s been speculation for a long time but it finally looks as though we will soon be finding out who the new shareholders of Camelot are to be.

A Lotto money can’t buy everything

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:53:31 GMT

One lottery winner is realizing that money doesn’t buy everything. Mark Gardiner won half a share of a £22.6 million UK Lotto jackpot back in 1995 when the lottery first started but now he has a seriously ill nephew in Mexico and even that amount of money cannot help him.

Charles Dickens birthplace to get Lottery cash

Sat, 2 Jan 2010 11:50:10 GMT

A Cash windfall from the Heritage Lottery fund is to enable a project in Portsmouth to discover how life was at the time of Charles Dickens birth in the city. The £270,000 of lottery cash is to fund the Dickens Community Archive project which will mark the 2012 bicentenary of the author’s birth.

Are you already a Lotto winner

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:54:06 GMT

Many players were vying last night to win that massive double rollover jackpot on the UK National Lottery but with all the unclaimed prizes showing on the National Lottery website maybe players should actually just be spending a little longer checking lottery tickets they have already purchased. As the New Year begins, we at National Lottery are astounded at the amount of unclaimed prizes so here are some of the unclaimed prizes of 2009 to serve as a little reminder.

Is winning the lotto a resolution

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:11:21 GMT

A few days ago while in the Christmas Sales, one lady was heard to say to another that winning the UK Lottery was to be her New Year’s resolution. Now it’s nice to wish and hope but does hoping you win the lottery a sensible resolution to make?

Camelot to be sold in New Year

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:17:52 GMT

It has dominated the lottery news over the last year and still there is no resolution in sight and we still do not know if Camelot is to be sold in the New Year. The UK lottery company isn’t struggling at all but the main shareholders who are made up of players such as Cadbury’s have regularly been in the news this year with stories about hostile takeovers featuring in our news and of course if the main shareholders are struggling financially then it goes without saying that Camelot – or at least major shares in the company - are likely to be sold in the New Year.

Massive UK Lotto jackpot still unclaimed

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:03:47 GMT

Forget the double lotto rollover this week, in fact forget buying lottery tickets at all because what you should be doing is checking old lottery tickets. This is because a massive UK Lotto prize of £3.7 million is still unclaimed and someone out there is holding the winning lottery ticket, even if they don’t know so yet.

Christmas Lottery rollovers

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:52:11 GMT

With £13 million up for grabs and the draw falling on Christmas Day there was a lot of excitement about last week’s Euromillions Lottery but there was no Christmas Day Euromillions winner. This means that New Years Day will be a rollover worth a massive £25 million! There was also no winner in the Boxing Day UK Lotto single rollover draw making double Christmas Lottery rollovers across the board.

Happy Christmas from National-Lottery

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:45:39 GMT

The news has been delivered, you now know all the details of the Christmas lotto draws, all of our writers are on their festive breaks and that just leaves me to wish you all a Happy Christmas from National-Lottery.com.

Don’t forget your lotto tickets

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:08:22 GMT

With all the rush of Christmas, last minute shopping and peeling sprouts can we just remind you not to forget to buy your lotto tickets for the lotto draws which are continuing as normal over the festive period. Tonight’s it’s the UK National Lottery draw and over the weekend we have a Euromillions and UK Lotto draw, all draws which could be easily overlooked in the mad rush of Christmas.

Lottery Winners son on drugs charge

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:36:29 GMT

It’s not really the start to the festive season one lotto winning family would have hoped for as the son of a £14 million National Lottery winner has been charged with drug dealing after large amounts of cannabis were found at his home. Christopher Graham should have been set for life after being giving £1 million of his fathers fortune but now he is facing jail.

Support Centre loses lottery funding

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:20:09 GMT

A support centre in Lancashire is in financial trouble after losing its lottery funding for next year. The STAR Centre offers support and advice to victims of domestic abuse but they have just been told that they will not receive any cash from the Big Lottery Fund in 2010.

Euromillions triple rollover won

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:43:47 GMT

Friday night’s Euromillions draw was certainly an exciting one, with a triple rollover there was almost £53 million up for grabs for players in the nine European countries the lottery is played in. Ticket sales were high as players across Europe scrambled to win this life changing amount of cash before Christmas and the great news is that one lucky player scooped the entire lot!

Elderly lose savings in Lottery scam

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:03:48 GMT

We have more news of a lottery scam that has targeted the elderly and meant they have lost their life savings. The new Jamaican based lottery scam has seen many people in the UK lost thousands of pounds according to the Office of Fair trading recently. Originally a scam running in the US, costing residents millions this scam has now made its way to us in the UK and prewarned is forearmed so here are the details.

Christmas Lotto opening

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:14:29 GMT

Christmas is just around the corner now and with Christmas falling at the weekend there is lots of concern about what is happening with the lottery draws. Well fear not as it’s business as usual over at the National Lottery for the whole of the festive period which means you have absolutely no need to worry.

Will Santa put Lottery tickets in your stocking

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:19:40 GMT

Is it possible to give Lottery tickets for Christmas gifts? Of course it is and it’s certainly unique and original and could make the receiver have a very lucky Christmas indeed. If you’re looking for presents and gifts which are ideal for posting and make convenient gifts then you can’t go far wrong but to buy lottery tickets as Christmas presents for friends and family.

Euromillions winners eye up Robert Plant mansion

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:47:22 GMT

UK’s biggest lottery winners, a couple who won one half of the £91 million Euromillions jackpot a few weeks ago have been house hunting but it’s not the conventional type that we might do. In fact the lucky Euromillions winners have been to view Robert Plant’s old pad, a mansion just a few miles from their current abode. And the asking price at under £5 million is well within their lottery winning budget.

Welsh Towns get Christmas lotto grants

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:40:21 GMT

There’s nothing quite like receiving a big lotto grant for your local town in time for Christmas to raise the festive cheer and it seems that this year towns in South Wales are coming out top when lotto funds for good causes are being distributed. Two major Wesh towns have received big lottery grants in time to do some important work ths year so we took a look at that and what they will be receiving.

Lotto help for Commonwealth Games

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:36:26 GMT

With all the talk of London 2012 it would be easy to forget the Commonwealth Games which are to be held in Glasgow in 2014. Don’t worry though as there will be a lotto help for Commonwealth Games just as there has been for London 2012 in the form of new designated games and cash from the fund for good causes for the games.

Euromillions heads for bumper Christmas jackpot

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:00:05 GMT

No winners on Friday night’s Euromillions draw means that the lottery could be heading for a bumper Christmas jackpot. Euromillions day is Christmas day and if next week there are again no winning tickets then the Euromillions could have a record jackpot up for grabs in time for Christmas day.

Fifteen years of the Heritage Lottery Fund

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:24:19 GMT

Young filmmakers in the North East of England have put together a film featuring all of the North East’s finest heritage success stories. The film called ‘Fifteen’ portrays a project for every one of the fifteen years since the launch of the UK Lotto and each of the years that the Heritage Lottery Fund has been funding ventures in the area.

Check pockets for unclaimed Euromillions prize

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:03:40 GMT

It’s time to check all those forgotten pockets again for an unclaimed Euromillions Lottery prize, this time in the North Devon area. The winning ticket matched all five main balls on the Euromillions Lottery draw held on Friday November 20th and the tickets owner has a cool £103,310 waiting for him or her at the National Lottery offices.

Lotto win confirmed on Facebook

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:49:16 GMT

A syndicate head let syndicate members know they had won the lottery by posting it on his Facebook status. Syndicate members were in for a shock when they logged on to see the status message read "We've won £2,625,215 on the Lotto. This is not a joke. Please call me, anyone who is in the syndicate, as soon as possible." The group are now in receipt of the £2.6 million win and Facebook is back in the news.

Lotto funds Cathedral work

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:10:56 GMT

Essential work on the central spire at Truro Cathedral is to go ahead in the new year thanks to lotto funds from the Heritage Lottery Fun, raised by money for good causes from you, the lotto ticket buying public. The grant worth a massive £400,000 has been given to the diocese by the Heritage Lottery Fund to ensure this work can be carried out.

Unclaimed Lotto prize in Bradford

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:18:21 GMT

Someone’s Christmas could be off to a flying start as the National Lottery appeals for the holder of an unclaimed lottery ticket from the Bradford are of the UK to come forward. The winning ticket is worth £100,000, an amount sure to put a smile on someone’s face for Christmas.

How lucky are your Euromillions numbers?

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:14:46 GMT

We all have our own ways of picking our Euromillions lottery numbers. Some people use birthdays, some have their own lucky numbers, others use number generators and some even leave it up to the fickle finger of fate. A whole industry has grown around predicting the next winning numbers using everything from iPhone applications to astronomy and even psychics have jumped on the bandwagon to get inspiration from 'the other side' but just how lucky are your Euromillions numbers for the National Lottery?

Welsh projects benefit from National Lottery

Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:13:18 GMT

Recently a Welsh couple scooped a huge £45 million on the Euro Millions but they are not the only people from Wales that have benefited from the lottery over the past 15 years. Many Welsh projects benefit from National Lottery funding and since the first balls were drawn in 1994 over £1 billion has been awarded to good causes in Wales.

National Lottery numbers due out

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:54:16 GMT

If you are an avid player of the National Lottery then you may well be aware of the most popular draw numbers, which have been drawn the least and the National Lottery numbers due out because they haven’t appeared in a draw for some time. However, for those of you who don’t spend time looking at the statistics and frequency of numbers for the UK Lotto, why not use this piece to pick you next six numbers?

Large unclaimed National Lottery prizes

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:01:22 GMT

When it comes to winning the National Lottery, be it the UK Lotto or Euromillions, surely you would be keen to claim your money as soon as possible. However there are still quite a few large unclaimed National Lottery prizes that remain sitting in the bank of Camelot until their owners come forward. Whilst the majority of the unclaimed winnings are under £100,000 there is one millionaire claimant still to step forward!

Two share first festive rollover

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:34:56 GMT

Yesterday was the draw for the first rollover jackpot on the National Lottery in the run up to Christmas and two shared the first festive rollover making them £3,786,303 richer! A couple of families, if not more, will be having a very merry Christmas this year thanks to the National Lottery and we can only imagine how big their Xmas tree and pile of pressies will be!

Festive rollover for National Lottery

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:44:55 GMT

Christmas will soon be upon us and what better way to start the run up to the big day than a festive rollover for the National Lottery. People up and down the country are counting the pennies and bargain hunting for Christmas presents but how great would it be to bag a National Lottery rollover jackpot at the beginning of December and not have to scrimp and save!

Fake lotteries cost the UK

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:27:49 GMT

We have all received those supposed National Lottery emails telling us we have won life changing amounts of money in lotteries we have never entered and the majority of us just delete those emails as the junk that they are. It would appear however that there are a lot number of people out there that actually fall for these cons and end up losing a whole heap of money, in fact it has being announced today that fake lotteries cost the UK £260 million each year.

National Lottery scratchcard error

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:37:10 GMT

Sometimes you read a story in the press and think "that would make a good film", you know the kind of story where some random act changes your life forever, when that big blue finger of fate does not just point to you but bashes you round the head several times. Today we want to share such a story with you, the story about how a National Lottery scratchcard error made a millionaire.

Euromillions prize quirks

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:06:45 GMT

Friday night saw the National Lottery Euromillions rollover making next weeks’ jackpot an estimated £26,000,000 for the draw on 4th December. Checking through the prizes for each possible win on the last nights results we noticed a couple of Euromillions prize quirks as some of the usually lower prizes took home more cash than the higher ones.

Millom National Lottery winner

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:45:56 GMT

Brenda Pugh is a pensioner celebrating £850,000 National Lottery win in last weeks Wednesday nights draw. Mrs Pugh, the Millom National Lottery winner, was one of eight lucky winners who split a rollover jackpot of £6,804,104. Mrs Pugh has being celebrating in her Holborn Hill home since details of the win emerged.

Lucky numbers for 8 National Lottery winners

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:38:56 GMT

The lucky numbers for 8 National Lottery winners from Wednesdays draw were all under the number 30 which proves that anniversaries, birthdays and other special dates can prove to be lucky when picking your numbers for a UK Lotto draw. Or is it unlucky? After all when checking your lottery numbers and seeing all six have been drawn aren’t you expecting to then be a millionaire?

National Lottery tickets as gifts

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:53:25 GMT

When it comes to buying a gift for the person who you feel has everything, where do you go for ideas? There have been occasions where you may be tempted to give National Lottery tickets as gifts and whilst this is a superb idea, always remember that anyone you are passing the tickets to does have to be over the age of 16.

National Lottery ticket sales on the rise

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:58:07 GMT

At times like these, when we are fighting a recession, struggling for cash and dreading the fast approaching festive season we all turn to our favourite games hoping the big blue finger of fate will point at us and solve all of our financial worries. National Lottery ticket sales are on the rise and in the first half of this year Camelot have seen an increase in ticket sales of 2.7% meaning they have raised a whopping £757.2 million for good causes.

Richard Branson bids for Camelot

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:26:45 GMT

Ever since the National Lottery launched back in 1994 Virgin Boss Sir Richard Branson has been trying to get his hands on the license. Twice in the past he has bid for the franchise but both times has lost out to Camelot. Four years ago he vowed never to contest another National Lottery bid but as we know he is not a man to accept defeat lightly and now it looks like he may just get what he always wanted as Richard Branson bids for Camelot.

Tears or smiles for National Lottery winners?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:26:12 GMT

A recent survey of 30 National Lottery jackpot winner revealed that a big percentage have had nothing but misery since scooping their life changing amounts of money. So is it tears of smiles for National Lottery winners or have the people conducting the survey simply picked the wrong people to talk to? The Sunday Express reporter, Julie Hartley-Brewer, uses figures from a survey of 30 of National Lottery winners, some of the biggest jackpots won in the UK.

Jackpot rolls over for National Lottery

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:31:43 GMT

Last nights’ draw for the National Lottery failed to find a jackpot winner which means that jackpot for Wednesdays draw is going to be approximately £7 million! With the news that the jackpot rollsover for the National Lottery comes yet another big jackpot prize up for grabs from the UK Lotto. With many players using birthdays as their numbers, it is often found that rollovers occur when at least half of the numbers drawn are over the number 31.

Halloween jackpot from the National Lottery

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:36:08 GMT

Back on 31st October a massive jackpot for the National Lottery was won by a single winner. Up until the 18th November the winner had not come forward to claim the Halloween jackpot from the National Lottery. The Independent ran a story on that day and then low and behold the big jackpot of £3,204,588 was claimed.

National Lottery Millionaires

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:45 GMT

Can you remember what you were doing 15 years ago yesterday? Probably not. But what if we told you that 15 years ago yesterday the National Lottery launched. You probably now remember that just like myself you were sitting in front of the television grasping that little pink ticket expecting to land six balls and see your life change forever. Like us you are probably still waiting to order your Ferrari but its reassuring to see there are 2300 National Lottery millionaires.

National Lottery Euromillions scam

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:43:35 GMT

What would you do if you received a letter or an email telling you that you had won a small fortune? Would you be tempted to reply? Just on the off chance it was genuine. Luckily one Coventry granddad had a lot more sense and realised this was just one of the latest in a long line of National Lottery Euromillions scams.

Unsung heroes of the National Lottery

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:44:16 GMT

To mark the 15th anniversary of the UK’s National Lottery a list of the top 50 unsung heroes has been drawn up and the number one spot was awarded to Michael Faraday, the man who discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831. Other names in the top 50 include artist Banksy, singer Midge Ure and even a fictional character from BlackAdder, Baldrick. However the unsung heroes of the National Lottery are the people who buy the tickets according to Sir Matthew Pinsent, Olympic rowing champion.

Lottery prize unclaimed in Ireland

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:52:17 GMT

A major lottery prize remains unclaimed in Northern Ireland as the National Lottery reveals that Irish players are among the most forgetful in the UK when it comes to claiming winning lottery tickets. The prize, worth £149,000 was sold in the County Tyrone area of Ireland and time is running out for the lucky lottery player to claim.

Happy Birthday UK Lotto

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:08:23 GMT

We’ve been writing about UK Lottery birthday celebrations for almost a month now and after what must have been the longest party in history it’s time to say Happy Birthday UK Lotto as it finally reaches its fifteenth birthday. It’s hard to imagine life before the lottery now, but think back fifteen years and the idea seemed both unique and amazing.

Liverpool Euromillions winners ex speaks out

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:57:59 GMT

It’s not surprising that when you win a big amount of money, be it on the lottery or in any form of competition, that a skeleton or two will come out of the closet. This is true for one of the syndicate who scooped half the recent jackpot of £90 million. The Liverpool Euromillions winners ex speaks out to the Mirror claiming that his ex wife, Donna Rhodes, is a ‘spendaholic who loves money’.

Another Rollover and a Millionaire with the Euromillions

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:36:26 GMT

The first Euromillions Lottery draw after the £90 million rollover went off without any problems last night, a lottery that despite not having any winning tickets, still created one UK Millionaire. That’s because the first Millionaire Raffle was drawn which means that every week one UK millionaire will be created even if the jackpot rolls over.

Two share the double rollover

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:17:16 GMT

The last couple of weeks it’s been nothing but bumper jackpots and excitement in both the Euromillions and the UK Lotto. With a £91 million jackpot on the Euromillions and two double lotto rollovers in as many weeks it’s no wonder the whole nation is going lotto mad. A triple rollover for the National Lottery is not to be however as two lucky winners shared the double rollover on Wednesday, netting them over £5 million each!

Bingo worker wins million on lottery scratchcard

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:38:09 GMT

Shopkeepers often make mistakes, giving the wrong change and getting peoples orders wrong are about top of the list but as a bingo worker wins a million on a lottery scratchcard she is glad her local shopkeeper made a mistake. That’s because when Audrey White was given the wrong lottery scratchcard in the shop and it turned out to be a £1 million winner!

52 millionaires a year with Millionaire Raffle

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:16:52 GMT

With all the furore over the Euromillions Lottery winner it’s easy to forget what else is happening in this European Lottery, for instant the Millionaire Raffle starting this weekend which promises to create a UK millionaire every single week. The price of Euromillions Lottery tickets has now risen to £2 and with that rise comes the brand new Millionaire Raffle, available only to UK players and so guaranteed to create 52 UK millionaires every single week.

Lottery winner makes the rich list

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:29:45 GMT

News has finally reached the world about who exactly won the massive £91 million Euromillions Lottery on Friday evening. One ticket belonged to a lottery syndicate from Liverpool, the other a couple from Newport in South Wales and it’s these lottery winners who will make the rich list, the biggest every lottery win by a single player in the UK making them as rich as the DJ Chris Evans.

Euromillions winners step forward

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:12:21 GMT

The two lottery winners who shared the massive £91 million Euromillions jackpot on Friday evening have come forward to claim their prize. By lunchtime on Saturday one of the winners had stepped forward to claim their prize and by yesterday the other had also stepped forward. Claims now need to be verified by Camelot before either winner can claim their prize.

Another double lotto rollover

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:49:37 GMT

Just last week we saw a UK Lotto double rollover of £12 million up for grabs and now after all the furore of the massive Euromillions jackpot the UK lotto has quietly rolled over twice yet again making Wednesdays draw worth a massive £11 million in the third double UK Lotto rollover of the year.

Britons become Biggest UK Lottery winners

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:23:15 GMT

Two Britons have become the UK’s biggest lottery winners after sharing last night’s Euromillions Lottery jackpot. The jackpot had rolled over a staggering five times to reach £91 million and the two winning tickets were both sold in the UK. If the tickets do not belong to a syndicate then it will be the biggest UK lottery jackpot won by a single player, twice over.

Last call for worlds’ biggest lottery jackpot

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:31:01 GMT

Today is the last call for your chance to win the worlds biggest lottery jackpot! The Euromillions Lottery is to be drawn tonight and after rolling over five times the jackpot is worth an estimated £90 million – the biggest available anywhere in the world right now. This massive lotto jackpot far exceeds others from around the world, even the big American jackpots are offering nowhere near the amount up for grabs in the Euromillions Lottery tonight.

What a Lotto difference fifteen years make

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:21:18 GMT

If you have been playing the UK Lotto since the start then you cannot fail after fifteen years to be amazed at how many millionaires have been created and just how much lottery money has gone to charity. The National Lottery celebrates its fifteen birthday this week and as part of that we take a look at just how many millionaires have been created and just how much money has been raised for good causes in the UK.

Lottery couple harassed

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:50:18 GMT

A couple who won almost £4 million on the UK Lotto are being harassed by neighbours to leave their £65 a week council house. When the story broke a few weeks ago that the couple - who won £3.9 million on the UK Lotto on May 17th last year – intended to stay in their council house we covered it here on National Lottery and now there have been complaints about the couple and the property they are living in.

Camelot bosses may sell-out

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:46:32 GMT

After much chin wagging over the last ten months, Camelot – who run the UK Lotto – are considering a sell out, which would lead to the lottery being floated on the stock market within the next three years. The deal is being looked at closely by some elite private equity firms who may consider teaming up with the Camelot management to run the lottery for the ten year licence which is to be granted next year.

Euromillions tickets going cheap

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:19:18 GMT

This week is your very last chance to get your Euromillions Lottery tickets for £1.50 each and with £90 million up for grabs that’s great value for money. On November 7th Euromillions Lottery tickets rise in price to £2 each to incorporate the brand new Millionaire Raffle. It really is all going on in the lottery world at the moment where the Euromillions Lottery is concerned, with the brand new draw to get our teeth into and a five times rollover it’s easy to see why the Euromillions is hot news.

Four share the double Lotto rollover

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:48:21 GMT

It was the first double rollover seen in the UK Lotto since March so it’s been a while since this amount of cash was available to UK Players and the £12.8 million jackpot ensured that everyone was playing. In the event the wealth was shared as four lucky UK Lottery players chose all six winning numbers to share the jackpot and walk away with £3.2 million each.

Euromillions Jackpot Soars

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:25:09 GMT

It’s hard to believe yet despite bumper sales for last night’s multi-rollover £71 million Euromillions draw, no winning tickets matched all five main balls and the lucky stars to hit the jackpot which means that next week the Euromillions Lottery jackpot is to soar to a massive £90 million.

UK Lotto double rollover

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:21:12 GMT

It’s rollovers all around this weekend and as both UK Lotto draws offering massive rollover jackpots. We must now all be aware that the Euromillions Lottery has rolled over again and is now worth £71 million but it’s also a UK Lotto double rollover – an event that doesn’t happen too often! In fact the last time the UK Lotto saw a double rollover was back in March so at £12 million for tomorrow night’s draw it’s well worth grabbing a couple of tickets for.

Brits have a Lotto work ethic

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:20:16 GMT

I think most of the lottery playing public have at some time sat at our desks at work wishing the day away or more so wishing for a lotto win so we can wish our jobs away. How wonderful it would be to become an instant lottery millionaire, quit our jobs and live the life of luxury. But it seems that work gives us purpose and many of us just wouldn’t be able to drag ourselves away from the desks, even if we had a big lottery win.

Lotto win makes you happier

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:04:43 GMT

It seems like a bit of a non story really, something so obvious you wouldn’t need a survey to tell you the answer but nevertheless a Mori poll of UK Lotto winners has shown that a lotto win makes you happier. Personally we aren’t at all surprised at this news, of course becoming an instant millionaire makes you happier, who wouldn’t be happy at the thought of lifelong financial security?

Sale of the National Lottery

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:56:21 GMT

The National Lottery is a private company in the UK which is operated by Camelot and owned by five equal shareholders but four of the five shareholders are putting their portion of the company up for sale. So what will the sale of the National Lottery mean to the average player who buys tickets?

Increase your chances of winning the National Lottery

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:47 GMT

If you play the National Lottery you will understand that your chance of winning the jackpot are slim, but the huge sums of money to be won make it a chance worth taking. But if you want to increase your chances of winning the National Lottery your best bet is to join or start a lottery syndicate.

Yet another Rollover for Euromillions

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:56:39 GMT

UK Players trying to scoop that £54 million Euromillions lottery jackpot on Friday night were disappointed because despite high ticket sales created by the triple rollover, no lottery tickets for the draw matched all the winning numbers and that means another rollover for the Euromillions Lottery.

5 Million for families from Big Lottery Fund

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:14:03 GMT

The Big Lottery Fund, part of the National Lottery funds for good causes has just announced that it is to invest £5 million in helping families cope with the after effects of the UK recession, helping communities back onto their feet after the onslaught. The cash, which will go to existing grant holders will help working with people and communities in the most need due to the recession.

Last Call for Euromillions Triple rollover

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:51:17 GMT

It’s Friday!! So thank Crunchie, or maybe the Euromillions as tonight’s draw is worth a staggering £54 million. It’s a triple rollover so today is your last call to buy lotto tickets for the draw which if won by a single player would be the biggest ever lottery jackpot in British history!

One more Lotto millionaire created

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:57:01 GMT

Yesterday was Wednesday and that of course is UK Lotto day, the draw went off as normal and the jackpot was just over £2 million. The great news is that one lucky ticket holder scooped the lot creating one more millionaire in the UK before the lotto’s fifteenth birthday. The jackpot wasn’t great but we’re sure the single winner won’t be complaining at becoming an instant lotto millionaire.

Millionaires gather to celebrate Lotto

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:59:05 GMT

All over the country for the last couple of weeks lotto millionaires have been coming together for events organised to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the National Lottery. Last weekend a group of winners, including syndicate members and scratchcard winners gathered together on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border to celebrate their good fortune and 15 years of the UK Lotto.

54 million reasons to play the Euromillions

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:57:57 GMT

No winners on Friday evening mean that this Friday you have 54 million reasons to play the Euromillions triple rollover draw! The weekend’s double rollover draw produced no jackpot winners and so the lotto jackpot rolls over to this Friday which will be worth an estimated £54 million. It’s a bumper jackpot so ticket sales are likely to be high which means we may see the Euromillions jackpot go even higher again!

Unclaimed Hampshire jackpot goes to charity

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:05:18 GMT

A couple of weeks ago we brought you details of a huge lotto prize that had not been claimed in the Hampshire area. This £50,000 prize will now go to charity after no winner had been found. We made pleas on these pages and Camelot gave a shout out for players to check old lottery tickets yet despite this the winner of the £50,000 prize hasn’t come forward and now the whole lot will go to good causes.

Little cash makes a Lotto difference

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:52:16 GMT

We’re always bringing you news on these pages about how big lottery grants have made the difference to stately homes, charity projects and other things but it’s not just large lottery grants that are given out. Often overlooked are the smaller grants, worth just a few thousand that make a lotto difference to the communities that receive them like the small grant recently given to an afterschool project in Colchester that teaches children cookery skills.

Millionaires toast Lotto anniversary

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:04:44 GMT

Everyone in the land must now know that the UK Lotto is about to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary and up and down the country events have been held by the lotto to allow millionaires to toast the lotto anniversary. This weekend it’s been the North East event, held at the Sage, Gateshead event where one Jarrow couple have come together with several other lottery millionaires to celebrate.

Easy to see why players opt for Euromillions

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:32:17 GMT

With UK Lotto jackpots falling to an all time low it’s easy to see why lottery players are opting for the Euromillions lottery instead. This weekend there’s an estimated £40 million up for grabs in the Euromillions Lottery while winners of the midweek UK Lotto scraped a half a million due to four winners sharing a jackpot that was only a little over £2 million.

Lotto Grants for open spaces

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:30:31 GMT

Creating green spaces is a big priority for the Parks for People programme and they have been looking for lottery funding to transform parks and green spaces around the UK. Well today the Parks for People Programme received some fantastic news from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery fund by being awarded a massive £18 million grant to update six green spaces around the UK.

Camelot Chief hits the jackpot

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:41:12 GMT

While the party poppers are still being pulled for the UK Lotto birthday party, behind the scenes there is some remuneration going on at lotto jackpot level as the Chief Executive of Camelot earns £1.8 million in pay and bonuses. Of course another birthday for the National Lottery means another annual report and this one has thrown up this interesting little gem.

Stonehenge hoping for lottery funding

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:51:26 GMT

Proposals have been put forward for a brand new £25 million visitors centre at Stonehenge and have now been unveiled by English Heritage. Plans for the centre, to the west of the stones have been submitted to Wiltshire council and the English Heritage is hoping for lottery funding to complete the project which has some controversial plans.

Lottery Players are Superstitious

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:21:33 GMT

Surely you pays your money, you take your chance? If luck is with you then you win the lottery, if not then you try again next week. You’d think so but it seems that lottery players are a superstitious bunch and many believe that karma, luck and superstitions play a huge part in whether they win the life changing jackpot or not.

Lottery winners scared to spend

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:48:56 GMT

A lotto win should be the answer to all your problems but sometimes living on a shoestring can be a habit too hard to break. That’s why lottery winners Stan and Pat Cable are still renting their council house seventeen months after pocketing £3.9 million on the UK Lotto. Unable to break the habit of spending frugally as they have been forced to do their whole lives, they are too scared to spend the money and still worry about money.

It’s a Euromillions Double Rollover

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:05:05 GMT

No jackpot winners in last night’s draw mean that it’s a Euromillions double rollover and next Fridays jackpot will be worth a staggering £39 million. Despite high ticket sales for last night’s Euromillions lotto rollover draw, no tickets from any of the nine participating countries matched all the winning numbers and the lucky stars, something that is sure to be a boost for ticket sales next weekend.

The Countdown is on for Lottery winner

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:07:49 GMT

We all know that unclaimed lotto prizes do after a certain amount of time go back into the fund for good causes. That’s why the race is on to find one UK Lotto winner who has just one week left to claim a £50,000 prize. It would be a shame to miss out on such a life changing amount of money and of course with players having just 180 days to claim there’s now just three days left to claim.

Euromillions winner sets up charity

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:56:48 GMT

When Brian Caswell won the Euromillions Lottery in June this year he was ecstatic about being £25 million richer, now the 74 year old winner wants others to benefit from his good fortune and that’s why he has set up a local charity to benefit his friends and neighbours. Mr Caswell is from Bolton and this charity should benefit its residents for many years to come.

Lotto Jackpot ticket still unclaimed

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:44:38 GMT

A £3.6 million UK Lotto jackpot from two weeks ago is still yet to be claimed, leading Camelot to put out a shout for the winner to come forward. The winning lotto ticket, bought for the midweek draw on September 23rd was sold in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Stathspey area of Scotland but the lucky winner may not even be aware of the win, having not checked the lottery ticket.

UK Lotto number generator

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:43:16 GMT

We at National Lottery are always looking for unique news to bring you about the UK Lotto, Euromillions and Camelot and while browsing the official National Lottery website this week came across something that may well be of interest to you. It’s a lottery number generator and it’s almost as much fun as their instant win games.

Lottery Funding helps tourism

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:40:06 GMT

Despite the rain and poor weather, the UK has always attracted many tourists from around the world. Of course they are interested in our heritage and culture and thanks to fifteen years of lottery funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the UK Lotto is actually helping tourism by maintaining and renovating these jewels in our crown.

Consecutive Numbers Create Euromillions Rollover

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:28:48 GMT

Consecutive numbers are unusual on lottery draws and this may be why last Fridays Euromillions Lottery draw numbers were not matched by any players. This of course gives causes to celebrate as it means that next Friday is a Euromillions rollover. The numbers drawn were unusual and close together and although it is known that certain players deliberately play consecutive numbers, it is quite an unusual way to pick your lucky lotto numbers.

UK Lotto most efficient in Europe

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:40:16 GMT

A recent study has shown that the UK Lotto, run by Camelot is the most efficiently run in the whole of Europe and that Camelot are deeply committed to maximises returns to the good causes fund. Anyone who takes an interest in where National Lottery money goes is probably not surprised by this as over £23 billion has been given to the fund since the launch of the lotto in 1994.

Fifteen years of Lotto Millionaires

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:35:04 GMT

It’s something many of us can just dream of, winning the lotto and becoming an instant millionaire. This month the National Lottery is celebrating fifteen years of millionaires and absolutely billions have been given away in that time. Of course when the lotto first begun it was creating a maximum of fifty two millionaires a year, twice weekly draws soon followed and that could mean more than one hundred millionaires ever single year.

Lottery Funds for Bletchley Park

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:18:19 GMT

Bletchley Park was the nation’s top secret code-breaking site during World War II and now thanks to a lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery fund, the site in Buckinghamshire is to be developed into a world class heritage site and educational centre. The lotto grant is worth almost £400,000 and will go towards a target of £10 million to transform the site from a rundown building to museum and heritage centre.

Pub Syndicate in Lotto Win

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:04:43 GMT

We love hearing stories about lottery syndicates, there’s nothing quite like seeing millions being shared among friends or colleagues. This week we have one such story to bring you as a nine-strong pub syndicate scoop a £4.5 million lotto win. It’s great news and cause to celebrate as each syndicate member collects half a million pound each.

Conservative Plans for the Lottery

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:13:24 GMT

Things are starting to warm up for the election now and already we’re seeing suggestions and promises being thrown around. The Tory’s are using the Lottery as a selling point by suggesting what they would do with lottery cash if they were to be voted in during the next general election. During Labours time in power they have directed National Lottery cash towards many community projects but the Conservative party intend on some changes, or at least that is what has been suggested.

Castle to be repaired with lottery cash

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:05:55 GMT

£700,000 of Heritage Lottery Fund money will be used to make safe, then restore the Bishop’s Palace and Keep at Farnham Castle in Surry. The historic building is in desperate need of restoration work before it becomes a safety hazard and too expensive to repair. The castle is to be repaired with National Lottery cash in a move which will also bring the entire site under a single management team.

Dundee Players urged to check Euromillions

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:05:01 GMT

Players from Dundee in Scotland are being urged to check old Euromillions tickets are a £120,000 prize in the area remains unclaimed. Unclaimed lotto prizes are rare, especially when they are worth this much cash and the Euromillions are hoping this lucky player comes forward soon to collect their prize. Players have just 180 days to collect Euromillions wins, so time really is of the essence for this lucky lotto player.

Lottery winnings are not just about money

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:10:25 GMT

In 1997, Barry Chunwen, should have had a fantastic year, he scooped a multi million pound win on the National Lottery jackpot. After a successful career in hairdressing, his lucky numbers came up big time on the nation’s favourite lottery. It seemed his future had changed for the better, for good.

Lotto looking for millionaire

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:42 GMT

Organisers of the UK Lotto are looking for a multi-millionaire, the trouble is, this person may not even know they are a millionaire. That’s because the £4.9 million lottery winner is yet to come forward and understandably Camelot are starting to worry that they may not even know about the winning ticket.

Euromillions Jackpot expected to be Above Average

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:10:48 GMT

After the Euromillions Superdraw last week, this Fridays Euromillions Jackpot is expected to be above average for the draw. That’s because after a bumper jackpot lottery players become bathed in reflected glory and buy more tickets, research shows, pushing the estimated jackpot up a little higher than usual.

Lotto Cash for Cultural Advice Centre

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:43:48 GMT

Residents in Reading are celebrating after the city received a lottery grant worth a massive £320,000 for a cultural advice centre in the city. The charity, which offers culturally sensitive counselling in the Reading area has been granted the cash to support the centre and keep it running for another four years at least.

Lottery Grant for Historical Find

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:17:29 GMT

Archaeologists could hardly believe what they were seeing when they discovered a princess’s grave in a farmer’s field in Cleveland. The finds, which mainly consisted of jewellery give a rare insight into what life must have been like for a Saxon princess. And now thanks to a lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery fund, these finds are going to be displayed at a local museum for others to share.

Euromillions Superdraw was a Syndicate

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:27:05 GMT

Yesterday we brought you news of the French Euromillions Superdraw winner but now more details of the winner have emerged and it turns out that the winners are a fifteen strong syndicate who will now truly be sharing the wealth. The fifteen strong lottery syndicate are from a sleepy village in the South of France, a village we suspect isn’t very sleepy right now.

Euromillions September Superdraw Winner

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:38:44 GMT

We’ve been bringing you news of it for weeks now and on Friday evening the latest Euromillions Superdraw went off without a hitch. UK players who were eager to match all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars to win the £89 million jackpot were left disappointed as one very lucky Frenchman won the entire Lotto jackpot.

Killer wins the Thunderball

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:56:02 GMT

A convicted murderer is now £250,000 richer after winner the Thunderball draw on the UK Lotto. Michael Edgar stabbed his wife to death in 1986 in what was considered to be provocative circumstances after she taunted him at a disco in 1986, Deborah Edgar died instantly as the knife penetrated her heart.

X Factor a Lottery

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:16:36 GMT

Two members of the pop group McFly believe you have more chance of winning the lotto than making it in the industry as an X Factor winner. The popular band members claim that the number of acts who have actually had a successful career as a result of the show is very low.

One day to the Euromillions Superdraw

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:12:47 GMT

There’s just one more day to wait now for your chance to win a staggering £85 million in the Euromillions Superdraw. This lotto jackpot could make all your dreams come true but as the saying goes, you have to be in it to win it so make sure you have those lottery tickets safe for the massive Euromillions lottery or even better play here with the National-Lottery online and never worry about losing a ticket again.

Olympic sized hole in Lotto Funding

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:04:38 GMT

It has been claimed that lottery funding used to cover the huge and still rising cost of the 2012 Olympics may take twenty years to repay. This is due to a £160 million deficit in the Mayor’s finances for London. It means the lotto could have to wait until 2031 to be repaid the £675 million which was opted in 2007 by the Culture secretary after the Olympic budget quadrupled to £9.3 million.

Kelle Brown to Present the Euromillions

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:11:51 GMT

Former girl band member Kelle Brown has landed herself a new job, and it’s worth millions. Not to her maybe but certainly to all the people watching her show. That’s because Kelle Brown who found fame with girl band Eternal is about to take over presenting the Euromillions. She picked the right week to take over too as this week it’s a Euromillions Superdraw which means the lottery is offering an estimated £85 million jackpot.

The Big Lottery Fund website

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:59:57 GMT

Every week we Brits buy millions of National Lottery tickets that generate millions of pounds in revenue. Since the awarding of the new lottery license around 28% of total National Lottery revenue is expected to go to good causes. In fact over £23 billion has been raised for good causes since the National Lottery’s inception in 1994. Wouldn’t it be nice to see where it goes?

Euromillions Superdraw Week

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:01:43 GMT

We brought you news of it weeks ago but now it’s finally here. It’s Euromillions Superdraw week when the pan-Europe lottery offers a bumper jackpot of €100 million! The draw will be held on Friday 18th September and will be the third Superdraw from the Euromillions Lottery already this year. It will also be the last Superdraw where tickets cost £1.50 as the price of the Euromillions is to rise very soon.

Lotto Funds Debt Advice Service

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:00:09 GMT

There’s no doubt that people are struggling through the recession and that has meant a huge amount more people looking for debt advice. Of course this in turn puts pressure on the debt services as they handle the amount of people coming through. Now though, the lotto has given £1 million of money for good causes to help set up and run a debt advice centre in Northern Ireland.

Lotto Numbers Predicted

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:20:41 GMT

As promised earlier in the week Derren Brown correctly predicted last nights Lotto numbers live on Channel 4. He’d set up the show earlier in the week to show how he could predict the lotto numbers as the draw was taking place and at the draw time last night he did exactly that on his new television show. The well-known illusionist baffled the viewing public as he wrote down the six winning lottery numbers as the draw was being held and then showed how he had matched the lot.

Ferry Staff Bag Lottery Jackpot

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:25:59 GMT

We at National Lottery love nothing more than hearing about syndicate lotto wins, there’s nothing quite like sharing the wealth around a group of friends or co-workers. But one lottery syndicate are sharing it more than most do as a massive twenty-five strong lotto syndicate scoop £2.2 million on the National Lottery giving each of them almost £75,000 each of lotto cash.

Lotto isn’t a Trademark

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:27:51 GMT

Issues over ownership of a name often come up in the media and in court, it was only this week that McCurry – a small curry company – won a battle against the catering giants McDonalds to use their similar name and while less publicised the National Lottery have also been dealt a blow this week when told that the word lotto isn’t a trademark.

Lottery Boost for Handymen

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:45:01 GMT

A handyman service for residents of one Scottish community is among recently chosen projects to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Big Lottery Fund. The lottery boost will help set up a handyman service for residents of the Highlands of Kilmuir and Logie for elderly residents to get basic DIY jobs in and around their homes done.

Correctly predict the winning lottery numbers before they’re drawn

Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:04:34 GMT

Don’t we all wish that we could win the lottery? Imagine if you had a way that you could correctly predict the winning lottery numbers before they’re drawn. Illusionist Derren Brown not only claims that he can do this but will also attempt to do so while being filmed on TV and then will tell all of us how to do it ourselves.

All Eyes on the Celebs for the Lotto Awards

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 13:21:21 GMT

As per the news we brought you earlier in the week, the Lotto Awards were held last night, live on BBC1. Seven good causes – voted for by you – were each handed £2,000 each at the awards but it was all eyes on the celebs who hosted the show and not always for the right reasons either. Here’s all the news about the award ceremony and how it panned out.

Lotto Win for Financial Security

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:10:36 GMT

Concerning research published this week has shown that a quarter of all Brits are banking on a lottery win to improve their financial situation during the economic crisis, rather than seeking professional advice from a financial advisor. The research, by a well know financial planning company shows that many individuals lack confidence in their finances and actually wouldn’t know where to start when using a professional advisor.

Lottery Awards Final 2009

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:12:55 GMT

Tomorrow evening you will be able to see the Lottery Awards final live in BBC1 where several community based projects go head to head to see who will win the lottery grant they need. Unlike many lottery good causes, the Lottery Awards are voted for by you, the lottery player and have given you the chance to vote for the community project you think is most deserving. We'd like to tell you all about it and wish all the participants good luck in tomorrows finals!

Lotto Encourages Excessive Gambling

Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:32:32 GMT

The ASA have ruled that an email advert by Camelot encourages excessive gambling and the ad has been banned. The ASA upheld the single complaint that the email lotto advert breached guidelines of social responsibility by trying to get its customers to increase the amounts they gamble on the lottery in the online promotion from the UK Lotto.

Euromillions Ticket Prices set to Rise

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:58:51 GMT

Since the launch of the Euromillions, players in the UK have paid slightly less for tickets than those in countries that use the Euro, at the time the amount settled out to be the same but with the Euro evening out against the pound tickets for the lotto are set to rise by a third this November. This comes with a brand new draw though, the Millionaire Raffle which will give you double the chance to become a Euromillions millionaire every week

Rollover and a Superdraw for Euromillions

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:08:04 GMT

Last Friday the Euromillions rolled over making this Friday’s jackpot an estimated £25 million and if you thought that was something to look forward to then don’t forget that September has begun and there is a Superdraw coming up too! That means that there is plenty of chance this month to grab yourself a multi-million lotto jackpot just in time for the end of the summer.

Lotto iPhone Application

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:11:24 GMT

Playing the UK Lotto is getting easier than ever with the advent of internet sites and the Lotto online purchasing and now keeping track of lottery numbers, winners and news has just become even easier with UK Lotto a brand new iPhone application. With over six different lottery games to choose from it can be hard to keep track if you like to play them all but there’s no need to worry any more as this handy app for the iPhone makes it all really simple.

Riches to Rags for Teen Lottery Winner

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:50:19 GMT

One story this week makes us wonder why 16 is the minimum age to buy lottery tickets yet all other forms of gambling require you to be 18. Callie Rogers won almost £2 million on the UK Lotto back in 2003, when she was just 16 years old but it seems she didn’t have the maturity to handle the fame and choices this gave her and the money almost destroyed her.

Time Running out for Unclaimed Lotto Jackpot

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:32:13 GMT

There’s a section on the National Lottery website where you can check for unclaimed lotto prizes, it’s well worth checking out now and then and as a regular at this page we can tell you that time is running out for one unclaimed lotto winner as they only have until September 7th to claim a jackpot worth over £2 million! Check those old tickets now, no matter where they may be hiding as you may well be a £2 million lottery winner.

Carlisle Man Celebrates Scratchcard win

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:40:30 GMT

We all hope for a little luck when buying those National Lottery scratchcards and for one lucky scratcher that luck was with him as he wins £40,000 on a lotto scratchcard. The gentleman from Carlisle bought the ticket with his weekly shopping and now won’t have to worry about his shopping bill for a while after netting £40,000.

Huge Lotto Boost for Youth Projects

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:41:19 GMT

The Big Lottery Fund has announced the recipients of more than £52 million of lottery funding, one of the biggest awards ever seen by the lotto. The funding will go to 185 organisations in an injection of cash into local and community projects as part of the body’s Young People’s Fund 2 programme.

Nature Reserve in the Spotlight

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:52:09 GMT

A Nature reserve in Doncaster is about to star on a BBC television show in the live final of the National Lottery awards, shown on BBC1. The show will be broadcast to the whole of the UK on Saturday, September 5th and will feature a short film about this project and other finalist projects before the winner of the lotto awards is unveiled to the nation on live television.

Lotto Winner Left Penniless After Fraud

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:31:53 GMT

A fraud trial was told yesterday how a lotto winner was left penniless after he lost around £4 million through investing in Livingston Football Club. John McGuiness loves football and after winning the lottery thought he could live the dream by investing in the club and enjoying their success. However things quickly turned sour and he lost the whole lot.

X Factor Beats Lottery Ratings

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:28:40 GMT

Saturday night television has always been known to be hugely popular attracting massive ratings and the National Lottery draw show is by far one of the most popular shows of any Saturday evening as players check those winning numbers to see if they are an instant millionaire. Yet as popular as it is, last night saw the return of the X Factor which easily beat the lotto in the ratings race.

Two Share Euromillions Rollover

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:14:03 GMT

It’s been growing for weeks now and lottery fever was rampant but this Friday the massive £65 million Euromillions lottery jackpot was shared as two lucky players matched all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars. Each of the lucky players will now receive over £32 million from the Euromillions, however neither winning player was from the UK.

Hunt for Croydon Lottery Winner

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:05:01 GMT

The hunt is on for a lotto winner who is holding a winning ticket worth over £1 million! The ticket was sold in the Croydon area and the ticket matched all the winning numbers in the Lotto draw on May 16th 2009. The ticket is worth £1,316,462 and now lottery officials are urging players to check all their old lottery tickets in the hope of the winner coming forward.

Lottery Criticised for Funding Cut

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:59:49 GMT

The National Lottery has been condemned this week for providing funding to help wife beaters at the same time as a charity for victims has had its budget slashed. The Domestic Abuse Counselling Service has been awarded almost half a million by the lotto to set up counselling sessions for the perpetrators of domestic violence but at the same time the Warwickshire Violence Support services have discovered that its £35,000 a year funding is to be stopped.

Euromillions Sting for Fast Car Fanatic

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:29 GMT

It seems that there are some things money can’t buy as one Euromillions winner found out to his peril. Frenchman Pascal Brun won over €26 million on the Euromillions Lottery in 2004 was caught drunk behind the wheel of his car and foolishly tried to bribe the policemen who caught him. But now he has discovered that money can’t buy you out of trouble no matter how big your lotto win is.

Three is the Magic Number for Lotto

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:34:20 GMT

You’ve heard the song but it seems three really is the magic number for lotto players across the UK. The National Lottery have today revealed statistics that show that residents who live at number three have scooped over £77 million on the National Lottery since the lottery launched in November 1994. Don’t worry if you live next door because this is closely followed by players who live at number two!

Forget Foreign Lottos its all here

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:33:16 GMT

The news has been dominated in the last couple of weeks with news of the Italian SuperEnalotto rolling over many times and the record jackpot that’s on offer. But forget the foreign lotto’s because it’s all here on offer in the UK with a Euromillions four times rolled over £64 million jackpot. It's one lotto prize I'm sure we'd all love to win and you can play right here on our pages.

Norwich Lottery Scam Warning

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:37:55 GMT

A warning has been issued by Norfolk County Council trading standards about lottery scams after an elderly couple of Norwich received a scam letter telling them they had won almost €1 million on a Spanish Lottery. Luckily the couple weren’t fooled by the scam but contacted Trading Standards who want to make sure that no one else is sucked in.

Man Jailed for Lottery Con

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:20:37 GMT

When in a lottery syndicate we all hope that we can trust the syndicate head to ensure that we all get a share of any lottery winners. It would seem though that Steven Drew who ran a Lottery syndicate at his employment wasn’t to be trusted though and he has now been imprisoned for stealing his lottery syndicate winnings and then claiming he had been robbed at knifepoint.

Rumours of Teesside Syndicate win

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:10:36 GMT

When one person or a lotto syndicate has a National Lottery win and chooses to stay anonymous then it makes it impossible for us to bring you news about winners but one Teesside newspaper today is reporting a story that one Teesside syndicate may have won last Saturday’s £7.5 million rollover jackpot in the National Lottery draw.

Party Time for Postcode Lottery Winners

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:25:14 GMT

The People’s postcode lottery is hugely popular and one lucky family are about to return from their summer holiday to find themselves £25,000 richer in the lottery. Gary and Helen Miller from Wearside have scooped this month’s Big Street Prize in the People’s Postcode Lottery and are now £25,000 richer.

Hair Raising Lotto Prize

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:04 GMT

As Hilary Carter treated herself to her weekly cut and blow dry at the local hairdressers she could never have imagined she would be leaving the salon a lucky lotto winner. But that’s exactly what happened as her hairdresser called out the winning lotto numbers and Mrs Carter realised she had matched five main balls and the bonus ball.

49 Millions Reasons to Play

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:05:37 GMT

This week the Euromillions sees a triple rollover on the lottery giving you 49 million reasons to play. That’s right there’s £49 million up for grabs in this Fridays draw and no doubt there will be a huge scramble of ticket sales as players try their chances to scoop this massive lottery jackpot.

Lottery Cash Helped Gypsies

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:46:45 GMT

The Daily Mail newspaper is today claiming that £5 million of National Lottery cash has been mismanaged and sent to help gypsy and traveller communities and flout planning laws. The cash, provide by the Big Lottery fund is meant to help good causes they have claimed but has gone to advising gypsy and Roma groups on how to set up illegal camp and get benefits here in the UK.

Lottery Winner Receives Hate Mail

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:45:41 GMT

Last week we brought you news of a very lucky £4.5 million National Lottery winner from Northern Ireland, Seamus Duffy scooped £4.5 million on the UK Lotto as he was filling in forms for sickness benefit, now after being struck with such good luck the lotto winner has received hate mail from one jealous individual.

Unclaimed Euromillions Prize

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 11:31:32 GMT

It’s rare that large lottery prizes are unclaimed but time has just run out on one unclaimed Euromillions prize to the tune of €1 million. The winner from Ireland has missed out on their massive jackpot prize despite pleas by the lottery organisation for the winner to come forward and much publicity.

Call for East End Lottery Winner to Come Forward

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:35:48 GMT

If you live in the East end of London then the National Lottery is urging you to check all your old lotto tickets very carefully. That’s because a massive £300,000 Euromillions lottery prize for a lottery tickets bought in the borough has gone unclaimed for a few weeks now. The champagne is on ice and all the winner has to do is come forward to claim their prize.

Scout Groups Celebrate Lotto Grant

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:19:42 GMT

As Scouts they may be too young to play the UK Lotto but they’ve still managed to hit the jackpot as one Scout Group celebrates a lotto grant from the Big Lottery Fund. The group from Cookstown in Northern Island is celebrating an award of almost £6,000 to their organisation as part of a larger lotto grant of £249,000 to thirty-five Scout groups across Northern Ireland.

Lotto Millionaire Takes a Holiday

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:54:31 GMT

Maria Murray has never been abroad but after winning £1 million on a Lotto scratchcard at Christmas has decided to take her first foreign holiday. Now many people in her situation would have splashed out on a Caribbean break, think all inclusive with white sands but not Maria Murray, she is taking her family on a holiday to Turkey and staying in an £8 a night apartment. She’s even getting a £2 a night discount because her mum knows the owner.

No Benefits for Jackpot Winner

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:24:23 GMT

Irishman Seamus Duffy was feeling quite down in the dumps last Saturday after spending most of the evening filling in forms for sickness benefit. After filling them in he found he couldn’t sleep and at around 2am decided to check his lotto tickets to find he was a jackpot winner to the tune of £4.5 million!

More Lottery Cash for Veterans

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:30:22 GMT

You may remember not so long ago, veterans of WWII receiving lottery cash to allow them to travel overseas for the D-Day commemorations, well now veterans are to get even more lotto cash to allow them to travel under the Heroes Return scheme with the National Lottery.

Viral Nation with the National Lottery

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:14:44 GMT

It’s fifteen years since the launch of the National Lottery and they’ve found a totally unique way to celebrate this event. It’s a brand new filmmaking competition – Viral Nation – and it requires budding filmmakers around the UK to submit ideas for a viral video to show how lottery money has been used around the UK.

Go Green with Lottery Grants

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:10:23 GMT

A bunch of green fingered pensioners are able to join forces and grow their own vegetables thanks to a grant from the National Lottery. The friends from South Shields are celebrating after being awarded a £5,200 lotto grant at the end of last year to set up the green venture.

Lottery Loophole for Overseas Players

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:43:58 GMT

If you’re planning a summer holiday this year then you may find a lottery loophole prevents you from claiming your National Lottery win. The National Lottery website is available to use from anywhere in the world but if you read the small print you may find that if you play overseas you cannot claim that big lottery win.

Lotto Winner Fined for Cannabis Growing

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:58:14 GMT

A UK Lotto winner was fined yesterday for allowing cannabis to be grown in her home. Susan Kennedy scooped £1.1 million on the National Lottery in 2001 but the court heard how now she has frittered away all the cash and her sole investment was £1,300 a month earned from working in a burger van and some small investments she has made.

Lottery doesn’t Benefit the Poor

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:01:44 GMT

Research this week has shown that the National Lottery doesn’t benefit the poorest people in the UK who spend more of their proportion of income on the games in the hope of a big win. Manual workers and the unemployed are more likely to play National Lottery scratch cards, according to the research yet they are least likely to benefit from lottery funding.

Lottery Win Likelier Than Mugging

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:39:37 GMT

A police authority from Essex may be left with egg on his face after making the outrageous claim that people in the county have more chance of winning the lottery than being mugged. Robert Chambers, chairman of Essex Police Authority made the claim, praising the safety of his force as he introduced Essex’ new chief constable, Jim Barker-McCardle.

Lottery Winner Turned Thief

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:53:01 GMT

When that big lotto win comes it should really set the winner up for life, the financial security we all dream of and yet more and more we are hearing stories about lottery winners who fritter away their winnings and end up in a bigger mess that before. This story couldn’t be more true than in regard to one lottery winner who turned thief after frittering away his win and then stealing to maintain his luxury lifestyle.

Get Ready for the Euromillions Superdraw

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:07:24 GMT

We have some fantastic news regarding the Euromillions Lottery, coming up in a few weeks is a Euromillions Superdraw with a jackpot of €100 million. We know you won’t want to miss out on this lotto draw so be sure to make a note of the date in your diaries!

Recession Busting Lottery Win

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:34:21 GMT

Unemployment is rising and it seems you can’t turn on the news without hearing about more redundancies, especially in big factories like the Corus Steel works. But one syndicate has had a recession busting lottery win as a group of Corus Steelworkers scoop a massive £2.2 million on the UK Lotto draw!

Lost Lotto Ticket

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:04:09 GMT

Earlier this year a couple found a lost lottery ticket on the floor of a shop worth £30,000, thinking their lady luck was on their side they cashed in the ticket and spent much of it clearing debts and treating their family. However at the same time one Mrs Dorothy McDonagh had realised she had lost the £1 Daily Play ticket and rang lottery operator Camelot to report the lost lotto ticket.

Forgot your Lottery Tickets?

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:50:27 GMT

Did you forget your lottery tickets this week? You’re not alone as a study carried out by the National Lottery shows that the average adult in the UK forgets around three things every single day and in the top twenty-five things that the average adult will forget today is to buy lottery tickets for the next draw, a move that may cost them dearly.

Lotto Couples Indecent Act

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:22:49 GMT

Lisa Williams and Joseph Loveridge won just £100 on the Lottery but it was enough to get them hot under the colour and they decided to perform sex acts on each other in broad daylight. However the Lotto couples indecent act was caught on CCTV and landed them both in court.

Lottery Funding for Theatres

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:13:13 GMT

Stage Groups from around the UK are being encouraged to bid for lottery funding for theatres from a £5 million pot established by the Heritage Lottery fund. The lottery cash would enable them to host trainees within conservation schemes and engage the public with the history of the actual theatre building, conservation and upkeep.

Lottery Winners Declared Bankrupt

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:52:33 GMT

Most of us dream of winning the lottery as a way of ensuring financial security but as one lottery winning couple are declared bankrupt it just goes to show that money doesn’t always ensure financial security and even with cash in the bank it pays to be prudent. The couple, from Wednesfield in the West Midlands have been declared bankrupt just four years after scooping more than a quarter of a million on the National Lottery.

Lotto Cash for Six Players

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:45:31 GMT

It’s always great to hear about winners on the Lotto but imagine the surprise of players in last night’s National Lottery draw to think they were millionaires on the £4 million draw and then to find that six tickets matched all the winning numbers. It’s a big share on the Lotto as six lucky players match all six winning numbers, none of them becoming millionaires.

One Winner Scoops Triple Rollover

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:39:13 GMT

It’s been an exciting this week on the Euromillions Lottery, after a triple rollover pushed the jackpot up to almost £50 million there was a rush to buy lottery tickets across all nine European countries that participate in the draw. The draw was held last night in Paris at 10pm and the fantastic news is that one winner scooped the triple rollover jackpot to take home the whole amount.

How a Lotto Win Can Turn Deadly

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:52:28 GMT

Most of dream of financial security in the belief that it will improve our standard of living and make our lives better. We buy our lotto tickets week on week in the hope of that multi-million lottery win but recent research suggests that a lotto win can actually be deadly and shorten our lives, making us ill through the hedonistic lifestyle that is often associated with a lottery win.

Euromillions Triple Rollover

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:16:39 GMT

It’s been an exciting year on the Euromillions this year with many rollover jackpots up for grabs. We’re only just half way through the year and it’s time for another as tomorrows Euromillions jackpot is worth an estimated £49 million to one lucky ticket holder if they can match those all elusive five numbers and two lucky stars to become a lucky lotto winner on the Euromillions Lottery.

New Play Stations for Lotto

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:25:06 GMT

A firm has won a contract to create new play stations for lotto kiosks giving them a whole new look and image and improving branding and access to National Lottery games. The new look lottery play stations are to be produced by a company called Checkland Kindleysides who came up with the best design for the new-look in-store play stations that are set up to improve access to lottery games and improve the companies branding.

Lottery Win for Family Syndicate

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:02:23 GMT

Lottery syndicates have great popularity in this country and are a fantastic way to increase your chances of winning a lottery jackpot without increasing the amount of money you spend each week. One family from Dartford have just learned this only too well as their family based lottery syndicate scooped almost £8 million in the UK Lotto draw.

MedLotto; Mediterranean Lotto

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:04:29 GMT

A proposal has been put forward this week by one of the largest lottery firms in the world to create MedLotto, a Mediterranean Lotto to link all Mediterranean countries. The proposal from Intralot, a Greek lottery firm who provide the world second largest lottery systems is to create a joint venture which could help boost ties in the region.

Lotto Win for Swindon Woman

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:07:52 GMT

A Swindon woman is celebrating a £2.49 million Lotto win, brightening what she has described as being the worst year of her life. Nicky Cusack, who is 43, had been attacked by dogs in January as she sought to protect her children, and was diagnosed with breast cancer in April.

California Lottery Consults UK

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:37:59 GMT

The California State Lottery is looking to the UK National Lottery organiser for advice on how to grow its ticket sales. The National Lottery organiser in the UK will serve as a consultant to its Californian counterparts, and it could well decide to extend the same consultancy service to other lottery organisations around the world.

Aqua Lottery Scratchcard Win

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:35:33 GMT

An Aqua lottery scratchcard win has made Peter Hayward of Newbridge £250,000 richer. Peter is 36 and works as a carpenter, and he had bought the Aqua lottery scratchcard from a local shop when buying his lunch. Initially he had asked for a different card, but the shopkeeper couldn’t get to it, so Peter opted for the Aqua one instead.

Lottery Luck in Liverpool

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:16:28 GMT

Lottery luck made Liverpool lottery player Tommy Roberts £2,390,831 million richer on Saturday 13 June, 2009. Tommy, who is 38 and works as an underwriter, matched all six main numbers in the Lotto draw to win a half share of the jackpot, which was worth £4,781,662. The other half was won by an equally lucky syndicate of social workers in Bedfordshire.

Big Lottery Break for Carers

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:15:24 GMT

The Big Lottery Fund is providing a big break for carers of disabled children thanks to its Reaching Communities initiative. £5.25 million will be shared between eighteen projects that help ‘some of the most vulnerable and socially excluded people across England.’ The Shared Care Network is one of those projects, and it has been given £379,128 to give carers of disabled children a short respite break from their responsibilities.

UK Player Wins EuroMillions

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:22:51 GMT

A EuroMillions player in the UK matched all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars to win the triple rollover jackpot on Friday 12 June, 2009. Another lottery player in Ireland achieved the same thing, so the £50 million jackpot will be shared to make each lucky ticket-holder £24,951,269 richer!

It's A EuroMillions Triple!

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:05:58 GMT

It’s a EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot this Friday 12 June, 2009, and that means you could win a whopping £50 million if you are lucky enough to get the right lottery results. Whilst we’re disappointed that nobody won the EuroMillions jackpot last week, the triple rollover jackpot gives you even more to play for, so if your numbers come up it could actually be a good thing!

EuroMillions Summer Double

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:18:20 GMT

A EuroMillions double rollover has given all National Lottery players the prospect of landing a massive jackpot prize just in time for the summer! Two EuroMillions jackpots have rolled over in the last fortnight, creating a tantalising jackpot of £37 million for the draw this Friday 5 June, 2009.

New Lottery Study

Mon, 25 May 2009 11:06:56 GMT

A new lottery study has been commissioned by the National Lottery Commission to find out how many under-age people play the lottery. The study, which will be conducted by Ipsos MORI, will focus on a survey of 9,000 minors aged 12 to 15, and the findings will be published in the Summer of 2009.

Florida Scratchcard Millionaire

Mon, 18 May 2009 10:25:59 GMT

A Florida scratchcard millionaire was made when a Florida Lottery player won a top prize of $1 million in the $600 Million High Roller game. The $600 Million High Roller scratchcard was launched by the Florida Lottery on 21 January, 2008, and boasts $600,000,000 in cash prizes, including twenty top prizes of $1 million and more than 2,000 prizes worth $20,000.

New Lottery World Record

Mon, 11 May 2009 10:51:27 GMT

Update: We can confirm that a 25 year old woman from Majorca in Spain has come forward to claim her €126 million EuroMillions jackpot. The woman didn’t find out about her record-breaking win for three days because she was ill in bed with the flu.

Hopa Scratchcards

Tue, 5 May 2009 11:07:25 GMT

Hopa scratchcards are fantastically entertaining online lottery scratchcards that you can play from the comfort of your own computer and which give you the chance of winning as much as £200,000! Even better, everyone reading this can get £5 free to try them out, and you won’t need to deposit a penny of your own money to do so!

Join the EuroMillions Rich List!

Mon, 4 May 2009 10:53:50 GMT

If you have ever wanted to join the EuroMillions rich list then the draw this Friday 8 May, 2009, gives you the perfect opportunity to make your dream come true. After six consecutive rollovers the jackpot this Friday is worth a staggering £110 million, and any National Lottery player could scoop the whole lot!

Derbyshire Lotto Success

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:41:53 GMT

A National Lottery player from Dronfield who quit his job a few weeks ago to build up his own minibus company has won £213,782. Martin Simpson, who is 59, won the Lotto prize just two weeks after starting Simpsons Travel by matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the draw held on Saturday 18 April, 2009.

The Colour of Money

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:49 GMT

The colour of money is a phrase that is often used in the betting world, but what exactly does the colour of money mean? And why is the term ‘the colour of money’ used more frequently by those who participate in betting than it is in other areas of life? In this article we answer both of those questions.

Lottery Millions for Luton Couple

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:38:13 GMT

A couple of National Lottery players from Luton are celebrating after winning a Lotto rollover jackpot worth £10,784,075 on Wednesday 8 April, 2009. Martyn White and his wife Sandra play the lottery online, and they discovered their win as they were making last-minute preparations for a holiday in Italy.

Fourth Consecutive EuroMillions Rollover

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:52:31 GMT

A fourth consecutive EuroMillions Rollover last Friday means that National Lottery players can now look forward to an even bigger EuroMillions jackpot on Friday 24 April, 2009. The jackpot will be worth a staggering £66,000,000, which is enough to make the credit crunch largely irrelevant to anyone who wins it.

National Lottery Scratchcard Jackpot

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:12:44 GMT

A National Lottery scratchcard jackpot worth £250,000 has been landed by a businesswoman from London. Falguni Patel, who lives in Neasden, was playing Deal or No Deal scratchcard game which is based on the hugely popular television game show of the same name.

EuroMillions Triple Rollover Jackpot

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:42:24 GMT

A massive EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot in the region of £52,000,000 will be available to any National Lottery player who matches five main numbers and both Lucky Stars this Friday 17 April, 2009. This is the second EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot of the year and players will no doubt be hoping that it results in a life-changing payout for a single winner, as the last one did.

Lancashire Lottery Syndicate Success

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:12:45 GMT

A syndicate of thirteen nurses who all work for Renacres Private Hospital in Ormskirk, Lancashire are celebrating a National Lottery win of £74,827 after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball number in the Lotto draw of Saturday 28 March, 2009.

National Lottery Jackpot

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:01:18 GMT

A National Lottery player who buys his tickets online is celebrating a win of £2,783,114 in the draw held on Saturday 28 March, 2009. Graham Forrest from Kendal in Cumbria was one of five jackpot winners to share the massive double rollover jackpot.

Late Lottery Claim

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:13:55 GMT

A couple of Lotto players from Spalding in South Lincolnshire matched five numbers plus the bonus ball on Valentine's Day (Saturday 14 February, 2009) but didn’t realise it until several weeks later. Chris Gaff and his wife Janet only discovered their win when reading about a ‘missing’ National Lottery winner in their local newspaper.

Online Lotto Winner

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:38:08 GMT

An online Lotto player from Heckmondwike in West Yorkshire is celebrating after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball on Saturday 14 March, 2009. 49 year old Steve Wright, who works as an electronics technician, won £104,577.

Lucky 13 Lotto Winners

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:23:55 GMT

For the second time in the space of just one week, a syndicate of thirteen won a big Lotto prize. An Accrington syndicate jackpot of £3.9 million was won on 28 February, and on Wednesday 4 March a syndicate of workers at Travel West Midlands matched five numbers and the bonus ball to scoop £105,909.

Accrington Syndicate Jackpot

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:34:41 GMT

A thirteen-strong Lotto syndicate in Accrington won a jackpot of £3,938,641 on Saturday 28 February, 2009. The syndicate of workers and ex-workers at A S K Rewinds Ltd has been playing the Lotto since 1999 and enters the same numbers every week. The numbers that made the players rich were 6, 25, 33, 37, 42 and 43.