Lottery

Winning any lottery jackpot is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement for most people, so winning a double rollover jackpot in a game that doesn’t often see double rollovers is something very special indeed. Two players did precisely that last night by matching all six of the main numbers in the midweek Lotto draw. Rollovers in each of the two preceding draws had helped to give the midweek jackpot a final value of £8,379,678, so each of the lucky Lotto winners can now claim an equal share worth £4,189,839.

EuroMillions lottery players saw the jackpot roll over for the fifth time in a row last night after none of the tickets entered for the game managed to win the £43 million that was available. The EuroMillions results for Tuesday 14 May were 07, 08, 24, 27 and 36, and the Lucky Star numbers were 05 and 11. Although no player won the jackpot, over 2.06 million consolation prizes were landed, and the next game this Friday will give fans the chance to win a top prize of around £53 million!

It is becoming increasingly common for draw-based lottery games to offer an additional ‘raffle’ element that creates a guaranteed winner regardless of what happens in the main draw. The Millionaire Raffle is the best known example, giving one UK player a prize of £1 million every time a EuroMillions game takes place. The Lotto game will also be introducing a raffle in autumn 2013, and that will create at least 50 winners of £20,000 each in every Lotto draw. With raffle games becoming more widespread, it makes sense to take a look at some lottery raffle strategies that might help you to win big.