Online National Lottery News

Annual National Lottery Awards 2010

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:40:24 GMT

It’s almost time for the Annual National Lottery Awards 2010, a star-studded party broadcast live on BBC1 this Saturday night. For months lottery players have been voting for their favourite charities and now the winners and lottery hero's will be announced in the live show, as part of the live Saturday Lotto show hosted by John Barrowman. It's a way of thanking the unsung hero's who do so much work for lottery good causes and you can be part of it.

Win a laptop with the National Lottery

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:33:45 GMT

Many of us are now regularly buying lottery tickets and playing instant win games online. A recent survey has even shown that 5% of Internet usage is by people buying lottery tickets and using other forms of gambling online. But when you’re buying your lottery tickets online, do you so much as glance around the National Lottery website? If not they you may not know that currently the National Lottery is giving players the chance to win one of two laptops.

Lottery prizes to expire this September

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:18:48 GMT

Just today, a National Lottery prize worth £117,944 went into the fund for good causes after the winner failed to step forward and there are even more lottery prizes to expire this September, one of them a National Lottery jackpot. There are three substantial lottery prizes to expire this month at the National Lottery so it’s our usual month’s end call to hunt out all those old lottery tickets and check they aren’t on the unclaimed lottery prizes list.

Shops using out of date lotto slips

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:28:07 GMT

It’s been revealed this week that several businesses are still using the old Thunderball Lottery tickets and that winners playing using the out of date lotto slips are missing out on a huge chance to win. The Thunderball Lottery was revamped earlier this year and extra numbers were added to the draw but an investigation has shown that several shops are using the out of date lottery slips and this could breach National Lottery rules.

National Lottery shared again

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:47:57 GMT

Looking back on the past few weeks lottery results makes it easy to see just how long it’s been since a UK Lotto jackpot went to a single winner. Now last night’s results are in and the National Lottery is shared again, this time between two lucky players who each collect over £2 million. Are you a UK Lotto jackpot winner? Check those lottery numbers now to find out.

Two Euromillionaires created

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:07:13 GMT

Those hoping for the first Euromillions rollover from last night’s lottery results may be disappointed but the Euromillions Lottery has been won at base jackpot yet again as two Euromillionaires are created. This week didn’t yield a UK Euromillions winner but two players shared the jackpot. It’s not known which of the nine European countries the winners came from but they win equal shares of last night’s £12.3 million jackpot.

Will UK see Euromillions winner

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:22:56 GMT

The whole country celebrated last week as a single UK Lottery player won the £12 million Euromillions Lottery jackpot. Tonight it’s the turn of the Euromillions Lottery draw again but will the UK see another Euromillions winner? Who knows, 2010 has certainly been a very lucky year for UK lottery players but will that luck continue for another draw? Make sure you buy your lottery tickets, you have to be in it to win it!

Another quartet of winners for the lotto

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:16:46 GMT

It was only a few days ago we were talking about how lottery players had been sharing the luck lately with lottery jackpots being shared between several players. Now the results are in for the Wednesday National Lottery draw and it’s a quartet of winners again, however this time the win is hardly life changing. When a weekend £4 million jackpot is shared four ways, everyone is happy but when less than £2 million is shared between four it’s a whole different story.

Online Lottery winner almost missed out

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:06:25 GMT

A lottery player who buys lottery tickets online, almost missed out on his jackpot win after forgetting to check his lottery tickets. Graham Pyatt won £1.5 million playing the National Lottery online but forgot to check the results. It wasn’t until he went to purchase his next lottery ticket that he realised he was a lotto winner. Mr Pyatt always plays just one lucky dip line every week on the National Lottery and usually checks his numbers immediately after the draw.

Lottery telephone scam

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:17:46 GMT

Police in the UK are warning of a telephone lottery scam where victims are informed over the telephone that they have won a large lottery prize on an overseas lottery draw. The warning is currently being given out by South Yorkshire Police force but everyone should beware, especially pensioners and the vulnerable who seem to be the main target for this despicable lottery scam.

Lottery grant for Welsh castle

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:18:45 GMT

A lottery bid for a Welsh castle worth £4.5 million is being finalised right now allowing Cardigan Castle to be turned into a heritage centre and Welsh language school. The money, paid to the Cadwgan Building Preservation trust via a lottery grant for good causes will allow the castle to be transformed, yet kept the same, restoring many of the castle’s original features and heritage.

More Lotto shares make more millionaires

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:12:14 GMT

The Saturday Lotto draw from the National Lottery has taken place and more lotto shares make millionaires yet again! Draw after draw on the UK Lotto are throwing up shared wins and that means even more lottery millionaires. Do check the Saturday numbers on our lotto results page as there were four millionaires created in the draw, each collecting just over £1 million. The jackpot rolled in at £4.3 million, a perfect amount to be shared four ways.

Brit wins Euromillions Lottery

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:51:14 GMT

It’s time for last night’s Euromillions Lottery result and what a lucky night it was for UK winners as a Brit wins the Euromillions Lottery. The jackpot, a £12,202,500 win goes in it’s entirety to a UK lottery player and hopefully we’ll have details of the winner later in the week in our lottery news section. If you haven’t checked your lottery tickets yet then find out the Euromillions numbers now on our lottery results page.

Lottery Ticket not lucky with reviewers

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:15:04 GMT

The movie ‘Lottery Ticket’ has just launched and after months of hype, a red carpet premier and every newspaper in the country talking about it, we couldn’t wait to hear the reviews. However, it seems that while the central character may have been lucky enough to win the lottery, the movie has not struck lucky with the reviewers with many giving it the rotten tomato award.

Two Wednesday Lotto millionaires

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:54:58 GMT

It seems the National Lottery is in a sharing mood right now, as yet another lottery jackpot is shared, this time by two winners. After the UK Lotto created three millionaires at the weekend, another two players got lucky in the midweek lottery, each collecting £1.2 million. You can check the lottery numbers from last night’s draw on our lottery results page and see if you’re one of the lottery millionaires.

Month left for Lotto Jackpot claim

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:34:20 GMT

In a little over thirty days, a life-changing lottery jackpot worth over £1.5 million is due to expire if the winner does not come forward. There are many unclaimed prizes up for grabs from the National Lottery but this is the biggest of the unclaimed lottery prizes in the UK right now and could mean a major life-change for one lucky lottery player or the most expensive lost scrap of paper ever.

Play Scrabble Deluxe with the National Lottery

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:49:20 GMT

If you’re a fan of Scrabble then it’s quite possible you tried out the Scrabble scratchcard launched by the National Lottery a couple of years ago. Well when you next buy lottery tickets online, take a look at the brand new Scrabble Deluxe just launched at the National Lottery website. It’s one of their newest interactive instant wins and you could scoop up to £75,000 if Lady Luck shines on you.

How to celebrate a lotto win

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:40:24 GMT

For many people, the day of a big lottery win, is the first day of the rest of their lives and you can understand lottery winners wanting to mark the occasion. The celebration often takes the form of a brand new Land Rover or a holiday home abroad but one lucky National Lottery winner has chosen a unique way to celebrate his £1.1 million lottery win, he’s tattooed the winning lottery numbers onto his arm!

Three share the Saturday Lotto

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:53:23 GMT

After three Euromillions winners on Friday evening, last night three players shared the Saturday UK Lotto jackpot from the National Lottery. The jackpot wasn’t quite the £12 million up for grabs in Friday’s Euromillions draw but there was enough to make all three winners instant lottery millionaires! The jackpot rolled in at £4.3 million and each of the three lottery winners will collect £1,460,850 each after matching all six numbers on the main National Lottery draw.

Three players share the Euromillions

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:54:15 GMT

The Euromillions draw is always the highlight of the week, with a base jackpot starting at £12 million it’s like playing for a lotto rollover every week. But this week there’s no big Euromillions Lottery winners as three players share the jackpot. Unfortunately, not one of the shares came to the UK but three lucky Europeans are over €5 million richer today in what is a nice share on one of the world’s biggest lottery draws.

Lottery eyes up new ventures

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:13:23 GMT

It’s only been five minutes since the sale of the National Lottery to the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan but already the new owners are eyeing up new ventures around the world. The company has shown interest in the Illinois Lottery and several other lottery draws from around the world, something that would surely make them a global force both in and out of the lottery world.

Teen Lottery winner plays it safe

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:36:12 GMT

With memories of Callie Rogers fresh in our minds, any 18-year old lottery winner is going to be a concern. Miss Rogers ruined her life blowing her multi-million pound lottery win and it cost her dearly but today we hear the news of one teen lottery winner who is playing it safe and not even intending to quit her job after winning £1.1 million on the National Lottery. Stacey Bywater is £1.1 million richer after scooping a share of the National Lottery jackpot, but she has a very different attitude to many lottery winners twice her age.

Lottery prize goes to charity

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:17:42 GMT

Despite repeated appeals from us, and the National Lottery itself a £60,000 lottery prize has gone to charity. The prize, from a five plus the bonus win was worth £60,415 but despite many calls for the mystery winner to come forward, no one claimed the prize. It’s just one of several unclaimed lottery prizes to expire this month if the lucky (or unlucky) winners do not come forward.

Lottery Lout sells home

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:42:12 GMT

Michael Carroll, the lottery winner dubbed the ‘Lottery Lout’ by the national press has just agreed a sale on the dream home he ruined with his ‘party lifestyle’. Michael Carroll scooped over £9 million on the National Lottery eight years ago but pretty soon it was his hedonistic lifestyle, not his lottery win getting him in the lottery news pages. After his win, the 27-year old spent £340,000 on his dream home and a further £400,000 renovating it.

How lottery dreams can fall apart

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 00:32:02 GMT

Many of us dream of winning the lottery and moving to a big house in the country but for one lottery-winning family, the dream was more like a nightmare in reality. Neil Chester won £8.5 million on the National Lottery and like many of us, moved immediately to a big house in the country, but now the house is up for sale as the lottery winning family complain it is too big.

Lottery Winner to buy new knee

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 11:33:22 GMT

Often we here stories of lottery winners who suffer personal tragedies and more often than not, lottery money doesn’t help those situations. However, the latest big winner from the National Lottery is to buy a new knee after winning the £11 million double rollover draw last Wednesday. Peter Redikin has been disabled since an injury on his knee fifteen years ago but after this huge lottery win, he’ll be able to afford a new knee that otherwise he would have to wait for on the NHS.

Single Euromillions Winner

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 11:28:40 GMT

There was one single winner in last night’s Euromillions Lottery, walking away with £12.5 million. The jackpot was just a little higher than the midweek National Lottery double rollover but this Euromillions jackpot wasn’t won by a UK player, although UK players did still fare very well in the draw. Just in the UK alone, £5.3 million of lottery prizes were won on last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw, here’s all the news.

Lotto millionaire sold drugs

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 01:00:28 GMT

When Christopher Graham’s step dad gave him a £1 million share of his £14 million National Lottery win he became an instant Lotto millionaire, albeit by proxy. A taste of the good life is surely what everyone needs, or at least that's what you'd think? However, not for Christopher Graham, who squandered his £1 million share of the UK Lotto jackpot on bizarre collections of all sorts of things and hard drugs.

Single double Lotto rollover winner

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:38:58 GMT

What a mouthful! A single double Lotto rollover winner, but that’s what it was. One single ticket holder walks away with the double Lotto rollover jackpot up for grabs in last night’s National Lottery draw. The estimated £10 million jackpot exceeded all expectations and came in at £11,178,334 and it wasn’t Merlin who choose the numbers last night. It was lottery machine Lancelot who proved lucky for the single ticketholder who walked away with the staggering prize.

Reasons to play the double Lotto rollover online

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:54:02 GMT

We can’t advocate highly enough the benefits of playing the National Lottery online and if our advice isn’t good enough then we have five good reasons to play tonight’s double Lotto rollover online in the form of five unclaimed lottery prizes that will expire this August if not claimed. Unclaimed lottery prizes go into the fund for good causes and while the whole country is buying lottery tickets for tonight’s £10 million rollover, five of those players may be sitting on a fortune and not even know it.

Will Merlin work his magic for Lotto rollover

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:13:41 GMT

Tomorrow evening we have a UK Lotto double rollover to look forward to but it’s an odd pattern of lottery results and selections that have caught our interest. Every Wednesday night since Wednesday June 30th there has been a Lotto rollover and for the last seven draws, Merlin has been the randomly chosen lottery machine, something that has a one in eleven chance of happening each draw.

Lottery change plans for bill payment

Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:35:26 GMT

Plans by lottery organisers to accept bill payments at lottery terminals looked like they were over before they began when lottery regulators turned down the proposal. However, not to be beaten, the lottery organisers have made some changes to the plan in an effort to appease the regulators. If the changes are accepted it would mean when you bought lottery tickets, you could pay bills too, top up your mobile phone on the brand new bill payment service.

Lotto Double Rollover

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:09:34 GMT

There’s been a bit of a trend set lately with all these Wednesday National Lottery rollovers and then £7 million Saturday winners. However, this trend has now is broken as no one has matched all the winning numbers in Saturday night’s National Lottery draw. That of course means it’s a double Lotto rollover on Wednesday with an estimated lottery jackpot of £10 million! Friday’s Euromillions lottery jackpot went to a single Belgian Lottery player but there’s no fear of that with the National Lottery!

Euromillions rollover single winner

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:43:44 GMT

After all the excitement and all the anticipation for the £23 million Euromillions rollover jackpot, the draw has taken place and the jackpot will go to a single winner who matched all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars. The winner is not from the UK, although we do not yet know which of the other eight European countries they are from. Here are the details from tonight’s Euromillions Lottery draw.

First of the lottery rollovers

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:28:16 GMT

Tonight sees the first of the weekend’s lottery rollovers up for grabs as the Euromillions Lottery jackpot hits £23 million. No jackpot winner on the lottery last week meant that the jackpot rolled over, offering this bumper prize and that’s not the end of the lottery rollovers this weekend. On Saturday the National Lottery also has an estimated £7 million rollover and that, added to the Euromillions jackpot gives UK Lottery players a whole lot of millions to play for this weekend.

Wednesday lottery rollovers this July

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:49:13 GMT

It’s been a collection on Wednesday rollovers this July, as every midweek lottery draw since the month began has rolled over. Last night’s draw didn’t disappoint and now we have yet another Saturday rollover to play for. Following the trend of the last few weeks, the midweek National Lottery draw has rolled over and that means lottery players have an estimated £7 million to play for this Saturday!

Lottery Intervention at Dewsbury Moor

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:20:42 GMT

Dewsbury Moor in Leeds will always be known as the home of Shannon Matthews and the abduction of the girl by her own parents. Highlighted by the ordeal was the fact that the area is so rundown but now thanks to National Lottery intervention from the good causes fund, the area is to get an injection of cash to improve the living conditions and facilities for people in the area.

Lottery UK Film council axed

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:16:08 GMT

In a shock decision by the coalition government today it has been decided that the UK Film council who give out millions in lottery funding a year is to be axed. The UK Film council axing was a shock decision today from Jeremy Hunt and is so far, the largest UK quango to be disbanded. It’s not the only lottery organisation to face the chop, the Museum, Libraries and Archives council is also to be disbanded after today’s announcement.

Cars and Cash at the National Lottery

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:06:55 GMT

Scratchcards that give away big cash prizes are what the National Lottery does best but now they are stretching the boundaries even more as they give away cars and cash on the newest scratchcard from the National Lottery. As soon as we heard about this new scratchcard in the lottery news we headed over to their website to be one of the first to play the new instant game online.

Three share the lotto rollover

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:21:42 GMT

Saturday rollovers seem to be becoming a habit of late, but that doesn’t mean that interest is waning, quite the opposite in fact as last night’s National Lottery draw showed. The rollover draw was estimated to have a £6.5 million jackpot but in the event it climbed to £7.2 million. Last week one winner walked away with the entire lot, but it’s shares this week as three lucky players walk away with over £2 million each.

Euromillions rolls and Lotto rollover

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:06:01 GMT

What an exciting weekend it’s turning out to be for UK Lottery players. Last night’s Euromillions lottery draw resulted in a £23 million rollover and now tonight’s there’s an estimated £6.5 million UK Lottery rollover up for grabs. That makes for millions in lottery jackpots for National Lottery players to buy lottery tickets for.

Looking for Millionaire Raffle winner

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:18:32 GMT

The National Lottery today is looking for a Millionaire Raffle winner who has still not stepped forward to claim the raffle prize. The prize won a few weeks ago is worth a life-changing £1 million but the winner still hasn’t stepped forward. The winning Euromillions ticket was bought in the Bedfordshire area of the UK and was purchased for the Euromillions Lottery draw on 9th July.

Bumper Saturday Lotto jackpot

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:46:23 GMT

July seems to be the lucky month for Saturday lottery players as every draw this month has been a rollover. Yet again looking at the lottery results, the Wednesday jackpot has rolled and that means a £7 million lottery jackpot for the weekend. Last week’s £7 million winner has now stepped forward, could you be next? There’s only a chance of that if you buy lottery tickets for the £7 million National Lottery rollover at the weekend.

Five unclaimed lottery prizes for August

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:10:30 GMT

It would seem that many lottery players from around the UK had a very forgetful February as there are five unclaimed lottery prizes to expire this August if the winners don’t come forward. Many winners have just a couple of weeks left to claim and one, just a few more days so we thought we’d give a rundown of the unclaimed lottery prizes in the hope that we can jog someone’s memory.

National Lottery Show first

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:31:28 GMT

This Saturday the nation is to see a National Lottery show first as Mumzy Stranger and Preeya Kalidas perform their debut track ‘Shimmy’ on the BBC National Lottery show. The event will make history as the first two British Asian acts ever to perform on the show since it launched in 1994, something worth celebrating and something that is sure to get the lotto show off to a bang on Saturday evening!

No branching out for lottery

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:33:40 GMT

Following up the lottery news story about how the operators of the UK Lotto had applied for permission to allow bill payments from lottery terminals comes the decision by the National Lottery Commission that the application has been refused. It’s been a few weeks since the story came to light and clearly the National Lottery Commission have made a decision and how they came to it is interesting.

One winner scoops Lotto rollover

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:20:39 GMT

This weekend has been so exciting for UK Lottery players with both the Euromillions and the UK Lotto having rollover jackpots. Last night the Euromillions lottery was won by a single player and now the UK Lotto has been won too! One winner walks away with the £7 million rollover jackpot from the National Lottery, check the lottery results now to see if you’re a winner!

Single player scoops the Euromillions

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:14:24 GMT

It was the first double rollover for weeks on the Euromillions Lottery with an estimated £34 million estimated jackpot. It was always expected that it would get higher than usual as lottery frenzy swept Europe for the draw. In the event the jackpot hit £35.7 million and it paid off one lucky player! That’s right, one single player matched all five numbers and the lucky stars in last night’s draw, scooping the jackpot in its entirety.

34 million reasons to play the lottery

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:11:49 GMT

It’s Friday and that itself is always cause to celebrate, however this week with a £34 million Euromillions Lottery rollover up for grabs, lottery players have even more to be happy about! Start your weekend with a bang and have a go at the double rollover Euromillions jackpot, for just £2 a ticket, you could make more than your weekend go with a bang if you could get your hands on this £34 million jackpot!

Third Wednesday Lottery rollover

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:31:01 GMT

For the third week running, the Wednesday UK Lotto jackpot has rolled over! For the last fortnight, the Saturday UK Lotto jackpot from the National Lottery has been an estimated £7 million thanks to the Wednesday night rollovers and now with last night’s Lotto rollover, that makes three weeks running! Check the winning numbers from last night’s draw on our lottery results page as there were plenty of smaller winners from last night’s UK Lotto draw.

Big Money with the National Lottery

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:01:18 GMT

The National Lottery are always launching new scratchcards and instant win games and not just of the cardboard variety either. If you play the Lotto online you’ll already be aware of the amazing instant wins and scratchcards available at the National Lottery website and now you can win big money with the National Lottery with their new game, Big Money, available to play at the National Lottery website right now!

National Lottery sale approved

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:40:29 GMT

After months of speculation in the lottery news, the sale of the National Lottery to the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan has finally been approved by the Lottery Commission and can go ahead. At present five major companies each own a 20% share in the company who run the UK Lotto and UK branch of the Euromillions Lottery but the entire company is to he sold to the highest bidders, the Ontario Teacher’s Pension plan.

Win a holiday to Brazil with the National Lottery

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:37:24 GMT

If you buy your lottery tickets online for the UK Lotto and Euromillions Lottery draws, you may have noticed that you can often enter promotions on the National Lottery website. We’ve reported on promotions to win all sorts of treats and household electronics but this time the National Lottery have outdone themselves as they offer a holiday to Brazil as a promotional prize.

Split for Lotto Rollover

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:18:44 GMT

UK Lottery players certainly had a lot to be excited about this weekend with back to back lottery rollovers. On Friday evening the Euromillions Lottery boasted a £23 million jackpot and then last night it was the turn of the UK Lotto and yet another rollover jackpot of £7.4 million. But while the Euromillions may have teased players and rolled again, the UK Lotto jackpot was split, as two lucky players matched all six winning numbers in the draw.

Euromillions double rollover

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:32:30 GMT

Rollovers have been thin on the ground lately where the Euromillions Lottery is concerned, but this week the drought seems to be over as no winner means there’s a massive £34 million to play for next week. Of course we don’t all like big jackpots but every now and then it’s great to see that pot climb and watch lottery players (me too) get excited about multi-million pound jackpots.

Two Lotto jackpots still unclaimed

Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:19:44 GMT

From time to time, we see lottery prizes go unclaimed and added to the fund for good causes. Each lottery winner has just 180 days to claim lottery prizes before they are lost forever and right now there are two lottery jackpots, both worth over £1 million waiting to be claimed in the National Lottery offices. Here are the details of the latest unclaimed lottery jackpots and how long is left to claim.

Yet another Lotto rollover

Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:59:09 GMT

The midweek lottery excitement was over and without the sight of a single millionaire. No lottery players matched all six winning numbers in last night’s National Lottery draw and that makes Saturday’s jackpot an estimated £7 million! You can check last night’s lottery numbers on our lottery results page to see if you were one of the lower-tier winners and then look forward to the weekend when we have double the rollover fun.

Lottery scam victim commits suicide

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:04:55 GMT

An inquest has ruled that an 84 year old grandmother from Bedford committed suicide because she lost all her money in a lottery scam. Lieselotte Gerrard 84 was found dead after taking an overdose of pills, following becoming a victim of an international lottery fraud. It’s one of the most tragic cases involving a lottery scam we have ever heard at the National Lottery offices and means it’s time, again to warn potential victims of lottery scams to steer clear.

Lottery Grant for wildlife park

Tue, 6 Jul 2010 11:30:13 GMT

Lottery good causes strike again as one of Leeds’ most popular open spaces is set to receive almost £1.5 million. Middleton Park in Leeds is a massive 630 acres, rich in wildlife and incredibly well used by local communities and now with this huge grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund through the Parks for People programme, even more people can continue to use and enjoy the park which dates back to the 1600’s.

Work syndicate hits the lotto

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:03:40 GMT

It’s always great to hear in the lottery news about lottery syndicates sharing jackpots. What better way to celebrate winning the lottery than to have a bunch of friends, colleagues or family celebrate along with you? This week we heard about an eleven strong lottery syndicate who shared a £1 million lottery win and how they have been celebrating their good fortune.

Five share Lotto rollover

Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:57:48 GMT

It’s been an exciting weekend in relation to lottery draws in the UK with last night’s Euromillions rolling over to next week and £7 million up for grabs in tonight’s UK Lotto. But no massive rollover winner was created tonight as five lucky players share the UK Lotto rollover. The rollover jackpot reached £7.5 million in the end, giving each lottery player £1.5 million, not a bad return for a £1 stake.

No top winners for Euromillions

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 11:41:25 GMT

It’s Saturday and that of course means it’s time to check the Euromillions Lottery results from last night. You can check the full results on our lottery news pages but unbelievably, no one in the UK won any of the top level prizes. It wasn’t just the jackpot that proved too elusive for UK Euromillions players, as the second and third division prizes were not won either. Here's all the news from last night's Euromillions draw.

UK Lotto heads for a rollover

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:34:48 GMT

After pondering midweek on whether the midweek National Lottery draw would be shared so many ways that no millionaires would be created but in the event, no players matched all six winning numbers and that means tomorrow’s UK Lotto draw is a £7 million rollover. That means there is almost £20 million up for grabs in lottery prizes up for grabs to UK players this weekend.

Most generous lottery winner dies

Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:07:14 GMT

A man given the nickname, the most generous lottery winner ever has died aged 59. Paul Bristow won £15 million back in 2004 but sadly passed away yesterday aged 59. He hit the headlines for his generosity after ploughing money back into his community including saving his football club and making a huge donation to the local Scout Troup that he and his wife run.

Will tonights Lotto winners be millionaires

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:41:34 GMT

It’s Wednesday and that of course means it’s the National Lottery UK Lotto draw but after the results of the last few weeks one wonders if the UK Lotto winners will even be millionaires. When the UK Lotto launched, prizes were big and millionaires were plentiful but these days the jackpots are more modest and many jackpots are shared between several winners so often jackpot winners are not even collecting £1 million.

Voting Closed for National Lottery awards

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:48:43 GMT

We’re at the semi-final stage of the National Lottery awards 2010 and things are certainly getting exciting now, next up is the final round of public voting as the public vote is now closed for the semi-finals. The next round of public votes runs from July 26th to 13th August so now it’s time to think about what your favourite project for good causes is and vote accordingly. Every vote matters so choose carefully and you could be making one organisations dreams come true.

Deadline looms for lottery winner

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:40:22 GMT

5pm is just a few hours away and that’s the deadline for one lottery winner to come forward and claim their prize. The unclaimed lottery prize is for a lottery ticket sold for the New Years Eve National Lottery draw and the five and the bonus prize expires today. Many shouts have been put out for the winner on both our lottery news pages and in the local and national press, despite this, the winner has still not come forward and the prize remains unclaimed.

UK Lotto shares once again

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:14:40 GMT

It seems to be becoming a habit for the National Lottery, each week, many winners sharing the jackpot, making much smaller payouts that expected. Even last weekend’s Lottery rollover had four winners for the £8 million jackpot and the midweek rollover only paid jackpot winners £224,000 each. Last night’s lottery draw boasted a jackpot of over £4 million but five winners meant that the jackpot winners will collect less than a million each.

One winner for Euromillions

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:25:47 GMT

It would seem that lately, the Euromillions Lottery is not destined to roll to high amounts as for the sixth time in seven weeks a winner is found. It was a Euromillions rollover last night with an estimated £23 million up for grabs and one lucky winner matched all the winning numbers to scoop the entire jackpot. Here’s all the news on last night’s rollover Euromillions draw.

It wasnt me for Euromillions

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:29:48 GMT

A UK lottery player has been forced to stand up and announce it wasn’t him who won the record £84 million jackpot on the Euromillions Lottery a few weeks ago after receiving begging letters from as far afield as China. The unfounded rumour started immediately after the result that the lucky Euromillions winner was an Asian gentleman from Blackburn, Lancs but whoever it was, it wasn’t this unfortunate soul who has been deluged with requests for cash.

New Euromillions advert

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:02:30 GMT

It’s a Euromillions rollover tomorrow evening, the first one for six weeks and unsurprisingly it’s got lottery players around the UK excited. The draw coincides with a brand new ad campaign for the Euromillions Lottery. The ad focuses on the fact that the jackpot is big enough to share and carries the tag line ‘There are millionaires and then there are Euromillionaires”.

Online scratchcard player wins big

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:04:20 GMT

Online scratchcards and instant win games are becoming more and more popular and not just from the National Lottery, players love them for the thrill of playing, the amazing prizes and the ease of play online. Many online gaming sites now offer instant win games and scratchcards and one of these has just had a massive online scratchcard winner. Scratch2cash has just given away a life-changing prize on their online scratchcard website and we’d like to congratulate the lucky winner.

Stonehenge funding axed

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:59:59 GMT

A few months ago we brought you news that the Heritage Lottery Fund was donating millions to English Heritage to build a visitors centre at Stonehenge. Another £10 million was to come from the government and private sources but the change of government and the mess of the countries has meant that the government funding for the Stonehenge visitors centre has been axed.

Banned festival wins lotto support

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:17:12 GMT

A music festival usually held in Bolton, Lancashire was cancelled by council chiefs last year, but now, after receiving a National Lottery grant, the festival will be back next year. It’s one of many grants awarded by the Big Lottery Fund Awards for all programme and this particular good cause certainly came out on top this year. Here's all the news on the Big Lottery Fund awards for all and how it is helping many organisations around the UK.

Four share the Lotto rollover

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:46:45 GMT

It was an exciting night as the UK Lotto had a rollover jackpot up for grabs. It was an estimated £7 million but high ticket sales produced an £8.1 million jackpot and a massive four ticketholders matched all the winning numbers. Each winner in last night’s National Lottery draw walks away with £2 million each. It's a nice even share, with everyone winning a life-changing amount of money. That has to be a good lottery result, surely?

And the lottery rollovers begin

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:06:47 GMT

Forget the World Cup, the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and everything else that’s going on in the news right now as tonight, the lottery rollovers begin as the National Lottery rollover is drawn. It’s not just the UK Lotto rollover to look forward to now though, as last night the Euromillions also rolled over, giving UK Lottery players plenty to play for this week.

Will Euromillions Lottery make it five

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:02:50 GMT

The question on everyone’s lips today is whether this week’s Euromillions winner will be from the UK, or even if it’s going to be won at all? For four weeks running, there has been a Euromillions Lottery winner, unusual for a draw with odds of one in 74 million. We’re used to big rollovers and bumper jackpots but can the Euromillions Lottery make it five weeks with a winner this week?

No winners for National Lottery

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:41:50 GMT

It’s Thursday and that means the National Lottery results for Wednesday night are in and ready to be checked. A quick scan of the lottery results tells us there were no winners in last night’s National Lottery and that means we have an estimated £7 million rollover for Saturday evening. There were lots of smaller winners and you can check the results and amounts on our lottery results page. Here’s all the news from last night’s draw.

Euromillions winning couple are very lucky indeed

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:16:57 GMT

You’d think winning £12 million would be all the good luck one person could reap in a lifetime but it seems not as Friday’s winning Euromillions couple have proved by winning the Euromillions jackpot, matching three numbers on Saturday’s UK Lotto and then winning £25 on the Premium Bonds too! The lucky couple are the latest UK Euromillions Lottery winners and they walk away with £12,408,000!

UK Lottery jackpot is so last season

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:15:39 GMT

For it to take a couple of weeks for a lottery winner to come forward is not uncommon. Often lottery players need time to think, talk to family or maybe even get together as a lottery syndicate to decide how best to handle your new found fame. However, the UK Lottery has one jackpot unclaimed since March and now one can only assume that the winner isn’t aware that they are new found millionaires.

2012 Olympic Issues affect Lotto funding

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:20:22 GMT

Today we ask if even more pressure is to be put on the lotto after more issues with funding for the 2012 Olympics. Since the Coalition government came to power they have been seeking ways to slash public spending, and cutting the budget for London 2012 may be one way of clawing back some cash into the public purse. The Lotto good causes fund has already made a huge contribution to London 2012 with millions diverted from other good causes plus exclusive scratchcards and other fundraising for the games.

Double winners for UK Lotto

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:27:05 GMT

It’s been another weekend of lottery winners here in the UK, with Fridays Euromillions Lottery jackpot going to a single UK winner and now two winners on Saturday night’s UK Lotto draw is shows that UK lottery players are coming out on top. Last night’s UK Lotto draw was worth £4.6 million and two lucky players matched all the winning numbers, sharing the wealth.

UK skips off with Euromillions prize

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:32:07 GMT

All eyes are on England at the moment, hoping the World Cup team can bring home the coveted prize. Well it seems we certainly have the luck at the moment and if last night’s Euromillions draw is anything to go by, it’s in the bag. Yet again a UK Lottery player scoops the Euromillions Lottery jackpot, continuing a run of good luck on the lottery for UK lottery players.

First National Lottery held 450 years ago

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:26:39 GMT

A letter has surfaced and is to be sold at auction that proves that the first National Lottery in the UK was held 450 years ago. The document, which is emblazoned with Queen Elizabeth I well known signature shows that the first national lottery in the UK was held in 1566. Tickets for the draw were sold over three years and the jackpot for the lottery was £5,000, an amount that wasn't even paid in cash.

Two Share the Lotto rollover

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:10:56 GMT

What a lot of excitement there was this week over the UK Lotto rollover! It’s little surprise when you consider it’s been almost a month since the last National Lottery rollover and lottery players in the UK have not exactly had rich pickings from either this or the Euromillions Lottery. The jackpot was an estimated £6.5 million but lottery fever swept the UK yesterday and that jackpot hit £7.3 million, shared by two lucky lottery players who matched all six winning numbers.

A Lottery win over the rainbow

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:35:11 GMT

If you head over to the National Lottery website today to buy lottery tickets for tonight’s rollover, you’ll see there could be a lottery win over the rainbow with their brand new instant win game. Rainbow is the newest game to launch on the National Lottery and with odds of winning lower than one in five and a top prize of £100,000, you might just want to try it out, especially if you’re a fan of instant wins and scratchcards.

Lottery fund to help elderly

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:26:40 GMT

A lottery package worth £20 million is to be dedicated to the elderly people of Wales to reduce social isolation and loneliness. The Big Lottery Fund is to give the money to various voluntary projects aiming to run for between three and five years. The Chair of AdvantAGE, a programme dedicated to improving lives of the elderly in Wales has said that isolation for elderly people can be incredibly damaging and this lottery cash will be a welcome relief and change the lives of many elderly residents in Wales.

Wednesday is D-day for Euromillions winner

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:00:15 GMT

Imagine having a winning Euromillions ticket and not finding out you’re a winner until after the deadline to claim. Well that’s exactly what might happen to one Euromillions winner if they don’t come forward by Wednesday. There’s an unclaimed lottery prize for the Euromillions Lottery worth £616,198, despite several appeals by the National Lottery, the UK press and us here at National-Lottery.com the winner has still not come forward but this really is the last call as on Wednesday at 5pm the prize expires.

Consecutive numbers create lottery rollover

Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:06:32 GMT

A run of consecutive lottery numbers may just have sealed the fate of last night’s National Lottery jackpot as the odd numbers meant no one won the jackpot. Yes it’s a UK Lotto rollover on Wednesday evening and after last night’s £4 million lottery jackpot was not won, Wednesday night’s jackpot is an estimated £7 million and that's sure to create a lot of interest in this week's UK Lotto!

Dont forget your lottery tickets

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:53:13 GMT

It’s summer holiday season and that means, as the weather gets hotter, many of us are turning our thoughts to our sunny breaks this year. If you do have a holiday coming up then this is just a little reminder to not forget your lottery tickets, or that holiday could cost you a life-changing lottery win. It's so easy to forget things when your packing and rushing around preparing for your holiday but if you forget anyway make sure it's not your lottery tickets!

Lottery winner victim of Cumbria killer

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:04:50 GMT

A Lottery winner who scooped £2.3 million on the UK Lotto has spoken out about how the win means nothing now that his brother has been gunned down in the Cumbria massacre this week. Readers can’t have missed the leading story in the media this week about the crazed gunman who indiscriminately shot and killed people in the Lake district and one of those gunned down was the lottery winner’s brother.

Voting open for National Lottery awards

Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:59:00 GMT

Voting is now open for the semi-finals of the National Lottery awards where many projects from around the UK are competing to receive National Lottery grants from the good causes fund. The National Lottery Awards are a way you can make a difference to the way that money for good causes is spent in the UK. They’re an annual search to find the UK’s favourite lottery-funded projects for donations from the National Lottery fund.

Warning over latest lottery scam

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:34:37 GMT

Police are giving our warnings in the Avon and Somerset areas of the UK over the latest lottery scam where one pensioner has already lost £7,000. The telephone lottery scam centres round the Spanish Lottery and police are concerned that elderly and vulnerable people could be especially at risk. The scam works in the same ways as many scams that have been aimed at UK Lottery players.

Days ticking away for Euromillions winner

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:05:03 GMT

Today is the start of a new month, June is here and the summer has suddenly burst into life. Unfortunately, that also means that time is running out for one Euromillions winner who now only has nine days left to claim a £616,198.60 Euromillions prize. The prize expires on June 9th and is from a lottery ticket sold for the 11th December Euromillions Lottery draw. The winner has still not stepped forward to claim the prize and now officials are desperately trying to track them down.

Artists Lottery Syndicate

Mon, 31 May 2010 11:13:49 GMT

The idea of art usually conjures up thoughts of cash strapped students and kooky art projects but the Artists Lottery syndicate might just change all that. It would certainly be the first artist movement inspired by cash and is designed to help cash-strapped students overcome the effect that government cuts and the recession are having on many art students. It's effectively a lottery wheel, here are all the details of the new scheme.

Four Share the UK Lotto

Sun, 30 May 2010 11:40:39 GMT

It’s another week of smaller winners on the UK Lotto as the £4.7 million jackpot is shared four ways! It’s the latest in a long line of shared lottery jackpots and it’s making us wonder how jackpot winners must feel when they get, for example, four times less than they imagined they were going to get when they realised they had matched the six winning lottery numbers.

UK players have a lotto luck

Sat, 29 May 2010 11:10:40 GMT

It seems that UK lottery players are having a lotto luck right now with some big jackpots being won on a regular basis. It was just a couple of weeks ago that a UK Lottery player scooped £84.4 million on the Euromillions Lottery to become the UK’s biggest ever lottery winner. Last week a European won the £13 million up for grabs but this week it’s swayed back to the UK as one UK lottery player scoops £12.6 million.

Tamzin gets Thunderball off to a bang

Fri, 28 May 2010 10:38:57 GMT

It’s been a couple of weeks now since the launch of the brand new Thunderball draw, with double prize money and even more to play for every week and we just wanted to mention how well, new presenter Tamzin Outhwaite is dealing with her new role. The ex Eastenders actress has become the new face of the Thunderball Lottery after landing the presenters role and she’s doing a fantastic job.

Lottery shake up sees contracts lost

Thu, 27 May 2010 08:15:29 GMT

It can mean a lot to a village shop to be the only place to be selling lottery tickets for miles, especially in rural regions. Offering lottery tickets for sale can mean keeping your head above water when you run the post office in a tiny hamlet or the petrol station on a little used b road. So the latest lottery shake up will mean a great deal to certain lottery retailers because as many as 175 stores around the UK are to lose their lottery contracts for not performing as well as they could on the sale of lottery tickets.

Lotto winner on the bins

Wed, 26 May 2010 08:03:49 GMT

A UK Lotto winner who blew his winnings and was branded a yob has said he wants to go back to his job on the bins and forget the whole thing ever happened. Mikey Carroll is well known in the British press for winning £9.7 million on the UK Lotto and blowing his fortune, earning him the title ‘King of Chavs’. Now he has come forward to say he has reapplied for the £200 a week job he quit after winning the lottery.

Two unclaimed Lotto prizes for June

Tue, 25 May 2010 11:33:43 GMT

Last month, several big UK Lotto prizes, including a jackpot share went into the fund for good causes after the winners failed to step forward with a lottery ticket and now the month is almost over and we’re looking ahead and all we can see is two unclaimed Lotto prizes for June. That means it’s time again to start searching for those old lottery tickets and seeing if you are a UK Lotto or Euromillions winner.

Shout out for Euromillions winner

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:09:16 GMT

The team at National-Lottery.com are giving a shout out today for a Euromillions Lottery winner that still has not claimed their jackpot. There are just a couple of weeks now until the prize expires on 9th June so it’s time to look for old lottery tickets and check the junk. Just think, in the bottom of a drawer or in an old forgotten jacket might be a scrap of paper worth over £600,000.

World Cup experience with the UK Lotto

Sun, 23 May 2010 10:26:18 GMT

The National Lottery are getting into the spirit of the upcoming World Cup by holding a fantastic promotion! If you can scoop the prize you’ll be watching the World Cup in style with a 42” Panasonic Viera television and Blu-Ray home cinema system. All you have to do is play the Football Fortunes online scratchcard at the National Lottery website and you’ll go into a prize draw for your chance to win.

Lottery Heritage fund supports Landscapes project

Sat, 22 May 2010 00:29:20 GMT

The National Lottery Heritage fund is to pay to protect and improve ten landscapes around the UK. The areas up for grants are well known and visited spots around the UK and your lottery cash will make a big difference in improving the areas in conjunction with the Landscape Partnership programme.

Will Euromillions beats estimate

Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:40 GMT

It’s not even a week since one lucky UK lottery player walked away with over £80 million, the biggest ever UK lottery prize when the five times rollover Euromillions jackpot was won. The lucky winner must still be reeling in shock but time doesn’t stand still in the lottery world and tonight it’s the Euromillions Lottery draw again. Of course there’s no £80 million on offer but the base jackpot on the Euromillions Lottery is an appealing £12 million and quite often straight after a big rollover the Euromillions beats the estimate as lottery fever drags on for another week.

Last call for unclaimed Lotto jackpot

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:55:05 GMT

On Monday 24th May a Lotto jackpot worth over £850,000 will expire and the winner will lose their chance to claim the prize. The unclaimed lottery jackpot was from a draw back in November last year yet despite several appeals for the winner, no one has come forward.The unclaimed lottery prize is worth £851,513 and if unclaimed by Monday 24th May the prize will go into the fund for good causes, plus any interest it has accrued since the draw back in November.

New government new lottery

Wed, 19 May 2010 00:52:50 GMT

Remember just a few weeks ago when all the political parties were vying for votes in the General Election? There were all sorts of promises being thrown about, many of which have not been addressed yet but one thing we do remember about the campaigning was how each party was going to deal with Lotto funding for good causes.

Lottery fund to improve town centres

Tue, 18 May 2010 11:17:59 GMT

More than £14 million has been earmarked by the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve town centres around the UK. The money will be used to regenerate town centres across the UK which are rundown or suffering from neglect according to a statement from the Heritage Lottery fund released this week.

Record Euromillions winner comes forward

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:41:02 GMT

The winner of the £84 million Euromillions Lottery jackpot has come forward to claim the record UK lottery prize according to officials at the National Lottery. No details have yet been released about the winner but lottery officials have been contacted leaving the winner to come forward to get the winning lottery ticket verified and the new record UK lottery prize paid out to the lucky winner.

Lottery winner faces jail for benefit fraud

Sun, 16 May 2010 11:47:27 GMT

A lottery winner who continued to claim state benefits has been jailed for two months. David Smith scooped £164,000 back in 2005 but despite his new found wealth he continued to claim more than £21,000 in state benefits. The fraud came to light when authorities did routine computer checks leading to Mr Smith’s appearance this week in the Magistrates court where he was jailed.

UK lottery player becomes record Euromillions winner

Sat, 15 May 2010 11:24:48 GMT

One UK lottery player last night became the countries biggest ever lottery winner after scooping the five times rollover Euromillions Lottery jackpot. The jackpot hit over £84 million for the draw, and one lucky UK player matched all five winning numbers and the two lucky stars. It’s not yet known who the winner is, or indeed what area the lottery ticket was sold in, we are awaiting news now from National Lottery officials on where the lucky ticket was sold.

Will Euromillions player join the rich list

Fri, 14 May 2010 11:27:15 GMT

A quick look at the Financial Times rich list today will tell you that should a UK lottery player win tonight’s £86 million Euromillions rollover they will be projecting straight up the list and become a record UK Lottery winner. Tonight’s draw has rolled over five times and if a UK lottery player scoops the jackpot they would come in 760th on the rich list ahead of some very big celebrity names.

Two share the double lotto rollover

Thu, 13 May 2010 10:15:41 GMT

All eyes were on the UK Lotto double rollover last night and with an £11 million jackpot, it’s little wonder players were keen to hear the results. In the event, two shared the double lotto rollover, with each winner collecting over £5.5 million! It’s great news for the winners and as there were £18 million of prizes given away it’s clear to see that there were plenty of smaller winners too.

Spoiled for choice with lottery rollovers

Wed, 12 May 2010 11:06:59 GMT

UK Lottery players are spoiled for choice this week with lottery rollovers from both the UK Lotto and Euromillions. Tonight it’s a UK Lotto double rollover and today is your last chance to buy tickets for the £11 million draw then on Friday it’s the turn of the Euromillions Lottery with an estimated £86 million jackpot. Will we see some big UK millionaires this week? It’s all in the numbers of course and how they fall.

UK Lotto sales on a high

Tue, 11 May 2010 11:36:15 GMT

UK Lotto sales appear to be on a high this week as the estimated jackpots climb, even before draw day. Tomorrow’s UK Lotto draw is a double rollover and the estimated jackpot has climbed by £1 million since the draw was announced at the weekend from an estimated £10 million to an estimated £11 million jackpot!

New Thunderball tickets on sale

Mon, 10 May 2010 10:11:03 GMT

Lottery tickets for the brand new Thunderball draw are now on sale, after weeks of waiting. Everything’s changing, including an extra draw and a bigger jackpot, in fact the only thing not changing is the price, that stays at just £1! Here are all the details about the new Thunderball and why it’s just become very good value for money.

No winners create double Lotto rollover

Sun, 9 May 2010 11:17:01 GMT

UK Lottery players have certainly been spoiled this weekend with rollovers on both the UK Lotto and Euromillions Lottery and the rollover trend looked set to continue as the Euromillions Lottery rolled over on Friday evening. Well that has certainly come true as no winning tickets matched all the winning numbers in last night’s UK Lotto draw creating a double rollover for Wednesday evening!

Never ending lottery rollovers

Sat, 8 May 2010 11:19:25 GMT

It must seem to UK Lottery players that we are stuck in never ending lottery rollovers right now. Last night the Euromillions Lottery jackpot rolled over for the fifth time and tonight it’s the UK Lotto rollover, worth an estimated £7 million. It seems rollovers really are the order of the day, getting UK players hot under the collar about the prospect of such big lottery jackpot prizes.

Fourth time lucky for Euromillions players

Fri, 7 May 2010 11:13:53 GMT

It’s been three weeks now without a winner so will it be fourth time lucky for Euromillions players tonight? Every week the jackpot has rolled and climbed at an alarming rate, that means tonight’s Euromillions Lottery draw is worth an estimated £67 million to a single winning ticketholder, surely worth buying lottery tickets for.

Lottery Rollovers for the weekend

Thu, 6 May 2010 11:25:24 GMT

It looks like lottery rollovers are the order of the weekend as both the Euromillions Lottery and now the UK Lotto produce no winners. We were well aware of the Euromillions Lottery rollover, at an estimated £67 million it’s been very well reported but now, last night’s UK Lotto has also rolled over creating an estimated £7 million bumper jackpot for the weekend.

Would a lotto win change you

Wed, 5 May 2010 11:39:59 GMT

We all say it, that if we won the lotto it wouldn’t change us, but would a lotto win really change you? That’s the question we’re asking today as we read about the last big UK Lotto winner. Steve Smith and his wife won £19 million on a triple UK Lotto rollover draw in 2008. The couple became one of the biggest UK Lottery winners but the win hasn’t changed them and Mr Smith in particular still has an eye for a bargain.

Euromillions winners marry in secret

Tue, 4 May 2010 10:45:58 GMT

After the publicity that followed becoming the UK’s biggest ever lottery winners, Nigel Page and Justine Haycock could be forgiven for being fed up of all the fuss and maybe that explains why the Euromillions winners have married in secret in a quiet registry office ceremony. This gives them equal shares of the Euromillions Lottery jackpot, which was originally just paid to Nigel Page.

One week for the new Thunderball

Mon, 3 May 2010 00:03:39 GMT

There’s just one more week to wait for the new improved Thunderball draw from the UK Lotto as tickets for the new draw go on sale next Sunday. There are several changes being made to the popular draw including a £500,000 jackpot, that’s double the current jackpot! There’s also to be an extra draw, plus bonus prizes for matching the Thunderball.

UK Lotto single winner

Sun, 2 May 2010 11:07:28 GMT

After a recent run of shared lottery jackpots created by several jackpots winners, the UK Lotto has seen a single winner for last night’s draw who will walk away with the entire £4.5 million jackpot. Neither Wednesday’s or last Saturday’s draw created a single millionaire, with prize money being split several ways but the Lotto is back to form as this £4.5 million winner will testify.

Euromillions rolls for fourth time

Sat, 1 May 2010 11:35:58 GMT

Did you have your Euromillions tickets for last night’s £51 million triple rollover? If not then don’t worry as the Euromillions has just rolled for the fourth time. Last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw produced no jackpot winner and that means next week is a four times rollover with an estimated £67 million jackpot! Here's all the news from last night's Euromillions lottery draw and how you can buy lottery tickets for next week's £67 million rollover.

Euromillions ripe for the picking

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:47:05 GMT

Tonight’s Euromillions Lottery is a triple rollover and at an estimated £51 million it’s surely ripe for the picking. It’s been three weeks since the lottery saw a jackpot winner and that has created tonight’s amazing bumper jackpot. Ticket sales are likely to be high for tonight’s draw and that could see this bumper jackpot pushed up even further.

Lotto triple rollover still unclaimed

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:36:23 GMT

A share of the lottery triple rollover is still unclaimed, more than a fortnight after the draw. Lottery officials are baffled after a £4.1 million winner has failed to come forward, despite the high profile nature of the draw. Four lucky ticketholders shared the £16.5 million jackpot on April 14th but although three winners are already enjoying their good fortune, the fourth ticketholder still has not come forward.

Welsh Election battle fires at Lottery

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:28:56 GMT

The rallying for the General Elections is continuing in earnest up and down the country. In Wales the political talk has taken a new turn as the Plaid Cymru party leader claims that Wales has lost out on £30 million worth of lottery funding for good causes because of the lottery’s commitment to London 2012. They claim lottery money has been 'raided' to pay for the Olympics, here's the full story.

Winning Lottery ticket a lucky dip

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:03:14 GMT

The single winning ticket of the UK Lotto jackpot from 17th April draw was a lucky dip says the winner today. Robert and Susan McIntosh from Aberdeenshire couldn’t believe their luck when they checked their lottery ticket to find they were the sole winners of a £4.4 million lotto jackpot and they didn’t even choose the numbers that won them this multi-million pound jackpot.

Worker misses out on Lotto syndicate win

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:12:28 GMT

Gary Davies, a factory worker from South Wales, must be kicking himself now as the only member of a workforce not to be part of the lottery syndicate. The eleven strong lottery syndicate from Swansea has just matched five balls and the bonus ball on the UK Lotto draw and Mr Davies is the only one not in for a share.

Five lucky lottery players

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:07:44 GMT

As jackpot shares go, last night’s was a pretty big one as no less than five players matched all six winning numbers to scoop last night’s UK Lotto jackpot. However, with the jackpot at £4.5 million that means the Lotto did not create a single millionaire! Check the Lotto results now to see if you were one of the lucky winners or read on for all the news.

UK Lotto news for the weekend

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:42:29 GMT

If you are a keen lottery player then you’ll be eager to hear the results from last night’s Euromillions Lottery draw. It was a double rollover with an estimated £38 million jackpot, but no players matched all the winning numbers, creating a triple rollover next week. If you missed out, don’t worry, you have plenty to play for next week and don’t forget tonight is the UK Lotto draw with a £4.6 million jackpot.

38 million reasons to play the Lotto

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:43:31 GMT

It’s Friday! And that means it’s Euromillions Lottery day and with a £38 million jackpot up for grabs tonight, that’s plenty of reason to grab a few lottery tickets and see if you can be the next big Euromillions Lottery winner. The draw kicks off at 10pm tonight in Paris and no doubt players across Europe will be vying for their chance to be the next big Euromillions winner.

Two midweek Lotto millionaires

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:32:57 GMT

It may have just been a standard midweek jackpot but the midweek UK Lotto draw still managed to produce two millionaires! Last night’s UK Lotto draw was worth £2.4 million and two lucky players matched all six winning numbers in the draw, scooping £1.2 million each. Here's all the news and winners details from the draw, check those tickets now to see if you were lucky!

Three Lotto prizes to expire in May

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:12:06 GMT

April is almost over already and the summer is well and truly on the way but we have some news today that could make your summer a bit more special. There are no less than three lotto prizes to expire in May and one of them is a UK Lotto jackpot, it’s time to look for those lost lotto tickets and see if you’re the ticketholder of one of these massive unclaimed lottery prizes.

Lottery preparing for Thunderball changes

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:50:44 GMT

A few weeks ago we brought you news of how the Thunderball Lottery is changing. Well now the lottery is gearing up for the changes as they come into play in just a couple more weeks. The Thunderball Lottery is one of the subsidiary draws run alongside the UK Lotto and it currently offers a jackpot of £250,000. From May 9th all that is set to change as the jackpot doubles and many more changes also come into play.

Lucky Lotto names

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:44:47 GMT

We love the fact that the National Lottery often does fun surveys on lucky lottery statistics. These have varied from lucky towns to lucky house numbers but now they have even compiled a list of lucky lotto names and if you’re called either John or Margaret then make sure you buy lottery tickets this week!

A lottery win and a rollover for the weekend

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:52:31 GMT

We’ve had lucky jackpot winners and rollovers this weekend in the UK Lottery world with a mixed bag of results. Friday evening brought a Euromillions double rollover but players of the UK Lotto on Saturday evening were a little luckier. So how did you fare in the weekend of lottery draws? Were you one of the UK's lucky lottery winners?

Tyneside Lotto jackpot still unclaimed

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:42:30 GMT

Last week’s UK Lotto triple rollover was certainly an exciting draw but while the whole country was eager to play for the massive rollover jackpot, one Tyneside Lotto jackpot is still unclaimed from last month. The winning ticket matched all six numbers in the UK Lotto draw held on March 27th yet despite several pleas by the National Lottery the jackpot still remains unclaimed.

Roll up for the Euromillions Lottery rollover

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:34:28 GMT

After all the midweek excitement of the Lottery triple rollover, tonight it’s time to roll up for the Euromillions rollover and with £25 million up for grabs, it’s sure to create a huge amount of interest. If you missed out on those magic six numbers midweek then don’t worry as the Euromillions is the way to go and today is your last chance to buy lottery tickets for the draw.

UK Lotto triple rollover news

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:00:19 GMT

Last night was a UK Lotto triple rollover and the jackpot had to be won, even if no players matched all six winning numbers. In the event it didn’t come to that as four lucky players matched all the winning numbers in last night’s UK Lotto draw to share the £16.5 million jackpot.

Jack Duckworth wins the Lotto

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:14:07 GMT

Rumours flying around the internet have suggested that Jack Duckworth may win the Lotto in his final storyline for the show. Bill Tarmey has recently decided to quit the show in a shock decision from the veteran actor and now sources have revealed that a lotto win may be the way to do so.

UK Lotto jackpot must be won

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:00:44 GMT

I think by now we all know that it’s a triple rollover this Wednesday and that means an estimated jackpot of around £17 million. But did you know the UK Lotto jackpot must be won? If no jackpot winners match all six winning numbers then the £17 million jackpot will roll down to the next division players until a winner is found.

UK Lotto triple rollover

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:36:07 GMT

Players from all over the UK were pretty excited on Saturday night to be playing in the £12 million UK Lotto double rollover, yet despite high ticket sales and this bumper jackpot, no players matched all six winning numbers and that means a midweek triple rollover. It's the first ever on a Wednesday and only the fifth triple lottery rollover since the launch of the UK Lotto in 1994!

Lottery Grant for Dylan Thomas Park

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:54:45 GMT

A Lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery fund is to upgrade and revamp a park in Swansea made famous by Dylan Thomas, one of Wales’ greatest poets. Cwmdonkin Park, Swansea was made famous by the poet, after being one of his favourite parks as a child.

Last chance for Lotto double rollover

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:51:23 GMT

Today is Saturday and that means it's your very last chance to buy lottery tickets for tonight’s UK Lotto double rollover. Excitement has been at fever pitch all week over the £12 million double rollover jackpot and it’s no wonder, it’s the first double rollover of 2010. Last Saturday evening, no lottery tickets matched all six winning numbers in the UK Lotto draw creating a £7 million rollover for Wednesday evening.

Britain has balls for Lotto good causes

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:04:21 GMT

We all know how much work the UK Lotto does for good causes up and down the country. A massive £25 million is raised every single week for good causes around the UK through the sale of lottery tickets. Right now the Britain has balls tour is taking place throughout the UK and you have a chance to join in and win a digital DAB radio for doing so.

25 million reasons to play the Lotto

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 01:02:28 GMT

It’s a double UK Lotto rollover and that means there are 25 million reasons to buy lottery tickets this weekend. Last night’s UK Lotto draw produced no jackpot winner and that means the estimated jackpot for Saturday night’s draw is £12 million! Add that to the Friday Euromillions Lottery jackpot of £13 million and that’s 25 million good reasons to play the lotto this weekend.

Lottery win blamed for sex offences

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:02:41 GMT

A lottery winner has blamed his win on sex offences he has been imprisoned for. The convicted sex offender admitted running a paedophile ring via mobile phones but blamed winning the UK Lotto for his actions in court. Carl Gardner, 30 from Norwich pleaded guilty to five child sex offences but said it was because he has lost control of his life after winning £50,000 on the UK Lotto.

Lottery winner dies broke

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 12:04:00 GMT

After winning £9 million on the UK Lotto, you’d think that you’d be made for life but a lottery winner who scooped a fortune back in 2005 has died penniless, aged just 58 after his life spiralled out of control. Keith and Louise Gough started living the high-life after their huge lottery win and why not? A happily married couple, they must have thought all their dreams had come true.

Just in time Lottery lucky dip

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:04:59 GMT

It’s the worse feeling in the world to realise you have run out of – or almost run out of – time to put on your usual lottery numbers. For one lucky lottery player however fate may have intervened as that just in time lucky dip lottery ticket was worth almost£3 million!

UK Lotto rolls to 7 million

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:53:03 GMT

Lately, we seem to be bringing you lots of news of shared jackpots on the UK Lotto but not this week as no winners means that the UK Lotto rolls to £7 million! No winning lottery tickets last night means that it’s a UK Lotto rollover, the first one in over a month.

No Euromillions Rollover this week

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:41:24 GMT

Rollovers on the Euromillions Lottery are common and so it makes a newsworthy story to see that there is no Euromillions rollover this week as one winner matches all five winning numbers and the lucky stars to win the £13.3 million jackpot. The winner wasn’t a Brit, ending the lucky streak British Euromillions players seem to be on right now but details of the winner have not yet been released.

Easter instants at the National Lottery

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:10:10 GMT

If you’re looking for something to get you in the mood for Spring and the impending Easter weekend then can we recommend a couple of instant wins we’ve found at the National Lottery this week. There are two seasonal games to be played, both with different ticket costs and prizes, ensuring, as always there’s something for everyone.

Only a fool would miss this Lotto prize

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:53:36 GMT

It’s April Fools day but there’s no tricks to be played by the National Lottery, there is however one UK Lotto prize that will expire at 5pm today if it isn’t claimed and only a fool would miss this Lotto prize of £149,559! The unclaimed ticket matched five main balls and the bonus in the 3rd October UK Lotto draw and today is the last chance for the winner to claim.

Euromillions winner remains anonymous

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:54:28 GMT

The £39 million winner of last Friday’s Euromillions double rollover has chosen to remain anonymous. National Lottery officials have confirmed that the monster jackpot has been paid into the bank account of the lottery winner who has chosen the ‘no publicity’ route and will now remain a secret.

Lotto Cash for Titanic Collection

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:51:24 GMT

A Maritime museum in Hampshire is a little closer to reality today thanks to a £4.6 million lottery grant. Southampton City Council has just accepted the grant from the Heritage Lottery fund to turn a Grade II listed unused magistrates court into the Southampton Sea City Museum, the museum will house the Titanic collection and is due to open in 2012.

Euromillions winner comes forward

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:00:57 GMT

In a statement from the National Lottery yesterday it was confirmed that the Euromillions Lottery winner has stepped forward to claim the double rollover jackpot from Friday evening. If the win is confirmed the lucky Brit will be the fourth biggest UK Lottery winner of all time, receiving a staggering £39.75 million!

More shares on the UK Lotto

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:17:32 GMT

After the excitement of the £40 million Euromillions Lottery draw on Friday night it was understandable that it may spill over onto Saturdays UK Lotto draw. Ticket sales were high and the jackpot met it’s £4.5 million estimated. However it was more shares on the UK Lotto in what seems to be becoming a trend, at least this one made millionaires, three in fact as three lucky players matched all six winning numbers to scoop the £4.5 million jackpot.

Euromillions news and a lottery draw

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:56:25 GMT

What an exciting weekend it has been so far, with last night’s Euromillions prize worth an estimated £40 million, things have reached fever pitch. The news is fantastic too, a UK Lottery player wakes up £39 million richer this morning after scooping the entire jackpot. More news about that in a moment, if you weren’t the lucky lottery winner then we do have a UK Lotto draw coming up this evening.

Seller found for UK Lotto

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:52:25 GMT

For months now there has been speculation from media groups in the UK about who exactly might buy the UK Lotto. In news released last night, the UK Lotto has been sold to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund one of the original frontrunners in the bidding. The £389 million sale price is way over the estimated £300 million the lottery was expected to go for.

Modest dreams for Lottery winners

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:49:36 GMT

I guess it’s a glass half full or half empty moment if you were one of the jackpot winners on last night’s UK Lotto draw. Four winners shared the £2.2 million jackpot so any dreams they might have had about big houses in the country and many foreign holidays might have needed to be put on hold once the results was released.

Lotto jackpot goes to charity

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:22:39 GMT

After several appeals and pleas for the winner to come forward a UK Lotto jackpot goes to charity as the 180 deadline runs out for them to come forward and claim the prize. The jackpot dates back from September last year and was worth a staggering £3.6 million to the winner, however despite several pleas, no winner has been found and as the deadline has now passed the entire jackpot goes to good causes.

Thunderball doubles the jackpot

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:58:46 GMT

Thunderball is one of the most popular UK Lotto draws and with a jackpot of £250,000 it’s little wonder. However, we have some fantastic news today that the Thunderball is to double the jackpot up to £500,000 from 9th May, 2010. It’s not just the jackpot increasing either, with more draws and more chances to win, you’d be mad not to find out about the all-new UK Lotto Thunderball draw.

Last Call for Lotto jackpot

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:21:12 GMT

Despite several appeals in the media – including on these very pages – a £3.6 million UK Lotto prize will expire at 5pm today if the winning ticketholder does not come forward. The jackpot prize has been outstanding since September 23rd 2009 and despite many appeals for the winner to come forward, no one has yet appeared with the winning ticket.

Five Share the UK Lotto

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:40:01 GMT

It’s quite possible that the massive Euromillions rollover jackpot kept players away from the UK Lotto draw last night and that might explain why the £4.6 million estimated jackpot only reached £3.9 million. Players however did seem to have a lotto luck as five players matched all the winning numbers. That means there were no millionaires created in last night’s UK Lotto draw with each player winning £791,583 each.

Euromillions Lottery double rollover

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:52:51 GMT

With £26 million up for grabs last night, players were out in force to buy Euromillions Lottery tickets, yet despite high ticket sales and a much-publicised rollover the Euromillions Lottery rolls again. That means that next week’s Euromillions Lottery draw is worth an estimated £40 million as things get very exciting in the Euromillions.

Euromillions rollover day

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:21:12 GMT

It’s the Euromillions rollover day and with £26 million up for grabs it’s one day you won’t want to miss. Last weekend the Euromillions Lottery produced no winners and that means that this weekend’s jackpot is a massive £26 million! UK Players also have the chance to play for the £1 million Millionaires Raffle and that’s just one more million good reasons to play.

UK Lotto results and a rollover

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:16:02 GMT

Last night was the midweek UK National Lottery draw and the jackpot was an estimated £2.4 million. In the event, the jackpot was pushed higher than estimated and came in as £2,969,627 and one lucky lottery player matched all six winning numbers to scoop the entire jackpot.

Divorce then lotto win for bus driver

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:46:36 GMT

A bus driver and his new partner are celebrating this week after winning the UK Lotto just hours after his divorce was finalised. Kevin Halstead won £2.3 million on the UK Lotto just hours after his divorce was finalised, meaning he and his new partner can keep the lot.

Euromillions winners to move to Emmerdale

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:29:56 GMT

In a storyline released today we’ve just heard that Euromillions winners are set to move into the fictional town of Emmerdale for the ITV soap. However, in keeping with many lottery winner stories we bring you, this lucky family is to cause nothing but trouble in the village.

Two Share the UK Lotto

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:47:14 GMT

Straight off the back of the Euromillions Lottery rollover on Friday evening was the UK Lotto draw for Saturday, but there was no rollover there as two lucky players shared the UK Lotto jackpot of £4.6 million. That gives each lucky lottery winner £2.3 million each, a very nice share we’re sure you’d agree.

Lottery under criticism for plans

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:53 GMT

Plans put forward by the UK Lotto to introduce a bill payment plan into its terminals has come under fire this weekend from Paypoint. The plans are to introduce a similar plan to Paypoint to its lottery terminals but the Paypoint company has said that the service could have a detrimental effect on more vulnerable customers.

No Euromillions winner

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:57:48 GMT

After some high profile jackpots over the last few months the Euromillions Lottery has been getting a lot of press. Last night there was £12 million up for grabs but with no Euromillions winner that jackpot rolls over to next week but don’t worry as there were loads of winners in the draw so you might just have got lucky even if no one matched the jackpot numbers.

New ad campaign from UK Lotto

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:02:04 GMT

Advertisement campaigns from the National Lottery tend to be both memorable and spectacular with some of the best and most memorable taglines ever and now the UK Lotto is hoping that the same tactic will work on their brand new ad campaign, for scratchcards and instant win games. The first of the ads will appear on our television sets on Sunday with the tagline ‘put some PLAY in your day’.

One millionaire for the UK Lotto

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:06:34 GMT

If you had tickets in the midweek UK Lotto draw then there’s no doubt you’ll be keen to check the lotto results this morning and see if you are a lottery millionaire. The draw went off without event and the jackpot was worth £2.3 million. Just one millionaire was created as one player matched all six winning numbers and walked away with the jackpot.

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.