National Lottery News and Articles

Forces in Mind

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:33 GMT

A Forces in Mind programme which will help ex-service personnel to readjust to life as regular civilians has recently been announced by the BIG Lottery Fund. The programme will be funded by £35 million of lottery money and will benefit veterans of the armed forced all over the country. The intention is not simply to help individuals to make the transition from active service to regular life in the short term, but to also provide long term support wherever this is deemed to be necessary.

Lottery Optimists

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:35:59 GMT

An optimist is a person who sees the best in every situation and expects even better things to happen in the future. Anyone who reads this website regularly will have noticed that a very high proportion of lottery jackpot winners were also quite optimistic about their chances beforehand. So does this mean that lottery optimism is a key to jackpot winning success or is it just an interesting coincidence? Read on and we think that our conclusion about lottery optimists might surprise you…

New York for Raffle Winner

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:15:17 GMT

The first Millionaire Raffle winner to opt for publicity has said that he will now fulfil his lifelong dream of visiting New York. Ashley Beaumont, who is 63 years old and lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was the sixteenth person to win the Millionaire Raffle game. He won £1,000,000 in the Millionaire Raffle draw on Friday 19 February, and the win has not only delivered Ashley a great deal of financial freedom, but it has also made it possible for him to now take his first holiday for a dozen years.

Celebrations Aplenty for Lotto Players

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:09:43 GMT

There were celebrations aplenty for lottery players last weekend. To start with, the EuroMillions double rollover jackpot last Friday 05 March was won by a single player. The jackpot was worth £41,706,216 and the winning ticket was bought outside the UK, so no details about the winner are currently available. What we do know is that plenty of British players won one or more secondary EuroMillions prizes, and somebody somewhere became £1,000,000 richer thanks to the Millionaire Raffle number, which was DKR361644. As for the Lotto jackpot on Saturday, four lucky tickets matched the six main numbers to win £1,822,869 each.

Lotto Rollover this Saturday

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:29:38 GMT

No National Lottery player managed to match all six Lotto numbers on Wednesday 3 March, so the Lotto jackpot for this Saturday 6 March will be worth around £7.5 million. Add in the prospect of winning a EuroMillions double rollover jackpot of around £40 million, or maybe the Millionaire Raffle prize of £1 million this Friday 5 March and we have a weekend of lottery action that could prove to be life-changing for anyone lucky enough to get all of the lottery numbers they need.

Free Scratchcards at Hopa

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:41:02 GMT

Lottery players who also like to play online scratchcard games will be delighted to hear that specialist scratchcards website Hopa is giving away a free game every day throughout March. However, the site has decided to makes things a little more interesting by not telling players which game is the free one! Instead, players have to try and find the free game for themselves. If you happen to play the game that has been designated as the free one then you will be refunded any losses that you experience when playing that game when it is revealed the following day.

Angus Syndicate Wins Lotto Jackpot

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:25:53 GMT

A lottery syndicate of 25 workers at a haulage company in Angus matched all six Lotto numbers on Wednesday 24 February to win the jackpot. There were three winning tickets in total last Wednesday, so the £2.21 million jackpot was split equally, giving the syndicate a prize of £739,121. With 25 members in the syndicate, each one now has £29,564 to spend on whatever they like. The oldest member of the syndicate is company boss, David Murray, who is 65, and the youngest member is apprentice mechanic Shannon Jamieson, who is just 16.

Lotto Won but EuroMillions Rolls

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:35:14 GMT

One lucky National Lottery player managed to win the Lotto jackpot of £4,310,939 on Saturday 27 February by matching all six main numbers. The lottery results for Saturday’s game were 07, 14, 17, 42, 44 and 45, with number 47 being drawn as the Bonus Ball. Unfortunately, the EuroMillions jackpot the day before wasn’t so forthcoming, and no player matched all five main numbers (07, 11, 18, 29 and 42) as well as both Lucky Star numbers (06 and 07). That means we now have a EuroMillions double rollover jackpot of around £40 million to play for this Friday, as well as a brand new Lotto jackpot of £2.4 million this Wednesday 3 March.

Three Midweek Lotto Winners

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:23:56 GMT

Three Lotto players were lucky enough to match all six main numbers drawn on Wednesday 24 February to share a jackpot prize worth £2,217,363. That makes each winning ticket worth £739,121, though of course it is still too early to know who the winners are. If you want to check to see if one of them might be you then we can tell you that the lottery results for the midweek draw were 03, 11, 18, 23, 38 and 49. The Bonus Ball was number 34, and if those numbers eluded you then the next big game to have a go at is EuroMillions this Friday, where the jackpot will be worth around £25 million.

Search On for Jackpot Winner

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:31:15 GMT

A National Lottery player who purchased a ticket in the Leeds area for the Lotto draw on Saturday 6 February has not yet come forward to claim a jackpot prize worth £777,644. Lottery officials are now urging anyone who has bought a ticket for that draw to check their tickets against the lottery results, which were 03, 12, 15, 17, 22 and 29. The jackpot on 6 February was worth £3,668,220, but there were five winners in all, which is why the Leeds winner is owed £777,644 rather than the full amount.

Whizz-Kidz Get Lottery Boost

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:12:01 GMT

The Big Lottery Fund has awarded the Whizz-Kidz charity a grant of £496,783 to help fund a number of schemes across England that will help children and young people with disabilities to improve their wheelchair skills and general mobility. The Whizz-Kidz grant is part of an £11.8 million funding package that will benefit several important charities in England, including Action for Blind People and the Fostering Network. National Lottery players will be pleased to hear that more than £23 billion has now been raised for good causes since the lottery began in 1994, and over 317,000 grants have been awarded over the same period.

Bonus Ball Win for Syndicate

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:13:21 GMT

A syndicate of workers at the Glascote Heath, Tamworth branch of the refrigeration company Petit Forestier matched five main numbers and the Bonus Ball on Saturday 13 February to win a Lotto prize worth £81,698. The lottery results for that draw were 16, 22, 24, 30, 39 and 44, and the Bonus Ball was number 09. There are thirteen members in the lottery syndicate, so each one now has an extra £6,284 to spend. The win was discovered by syndicate leader Diane Morgan, and her impromptu celebrations in the kitchen about what she thought was a simple five-figure win were more than enough to get the attention of her husband, David.

Midweek Millions for Lotto Winner

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:33:21 GMT

One lucky player won the Lotto jackpot outright on Wednesday 17 February, though of course it is much too early to know who that player is. The jackpot was worth £2,566,661 and the lottery results which landed that sum were 03, 22, 27, 31, 38 and 49. The Bonus Ball was number 45. Whether the winner is already aware of their success, or has yet to discover their brand new multi-millionaire status, we don’t know. But we do know that the next Lotto jackpot for this Saturday 20 February will now be worth around £4.5 million.

Britain's Biggest Winners Go Public

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:59:45 GMT

The British couple who landed a £56 million half-share of the EuroMillions lottery jackpot last Friday 12 February have been named as Nigel Page and Justine Laycock. The couple’s lottery win is the biggest ever in the UK, and came just two days after Nigel had won a £55 prize from the Lotto game on Wednesday 10 February. Online lottery players will be encouraged to hear that Nigel bought his winning tickets via the internet, so there was no risk of him missing out on his life-changing prize even if he had neglected to check the lottery results. As it was, he checked his account on the morning of Saturday 13 February…

Two Tickets Win EuroMillions Jackpot

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:44:38 GMT

Two tickets won the EuroMillions jackpot on Friday 12 February. One winning ticket was purchased in Spain and one was bought right here in the UK. Whether the winning ticket in Spain was purchased by a lottery syndicate or individual is not yet known, but it is widely anticipated that lottery officials in the UK will confirm that the British ticket was purchased by a couple from Cirencester in Gloucestershire. The jackpot was worth £112 million, so the British couple will take home £56 million of that – which is £10.5 million more than Les and Sam Scadding won from the EuroMillions game back in November 2009.

Lotto Jackpot Sliced in Two

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:29:33 GMT

The Lotto jackpot on Wednesday 10 February, which was worth £2.35 million, will have to be sliced in two because that’s how many tickets matched all six main numbers to win the top prize. The lottery results were 05, 07, 15, 37, 42 and 44, and the Bonus Ball was number 03. Each of the two jackpot-winning tickets is now worth £1,178,108, so at least a couple of people will now be thinking of ways to celebrate their success this weekend. The rest of us will be looking forward to playing for the £113 million EuroMillions jackpot on Friday!

Lotto Winner Misses Deadline

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:28:59 GMT

A Lotto prize worth £105,064 has had to be transferred to the National Lottery fund for Good Causes because the winner failed to make their claim within 180 days of the draw taking place. The prize was won on Saturday 8 August, 2009, from a ticket purchased in the Blackpool Borough area. Whether the ticket was bought by someone who lives in that area or someone who just happened to be in the area during the summer holiday break is something that we will probably never know. What we do know is that somebody somewhere has missed out on an awful lot of money!

EuroMillions Mega Jackpot Rolls Over

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:10:06 GMT

The £85 million EuroMillions Mega Jackpot was not won by any player last Friday 05 February, so the whole amount has rolled over to give us an estimated £113 million jackpot this Friday 12 February. The EuroMillions Mega Jackpot results were 34, 35, 38, 39 and 46, and the two Lucky Star numbers were 03 and 04. The winning Millionaire Raffle number was WGC875346, so whoever was lucky enough to have that number on their lottery ticket is now £1 million richer. Those of us who didn’t land a seven figure win can console ourselves with the chance to win the £113 million EuroMillions jackpot this Friday!

February Numbers for Lotto

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:12:14 GMT

All six main numbers drawn in the Lotto game on Wednesday 03 February were within the range 1 to 28, which just happens to be the number of days in the current month. The lottery results were 03, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 28. The Bonus Ball number was 31. The jackpot, which was worth £1,942,838, was won by a single ticket, though of course it is too early for any details of that winner to have been made available. Lottery players all over the country will now be looking forward to the £85 million Mega Jackpot offered by the EuroMillions game this Friday 05 February.

Hairdresser Hits Lotto Jackpot

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:21:26 GMT

The owner of a hairdressing salon in Hereford is looking forward to spending more time on her hobbies now that she has won a share of a Lotto jackpot worth £1,182,714. Susan Herdman matched all six Lotto number on Saturday 16 January. The jackpot for that draw was worth £5.9 million, but there were five jackpot winners in total, so each one received a little over £1.18 million. Not that Susan is complaining. After all, even after sharing the spoils with four other winners, she still managed to emerge from the game as a brand new lottery millionaire!

Two Tickets Share Lotto Jackpot

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:59:04 GMT

Two tickets matched all six Lotto numbers on Saturday 30 January to share the £4.24 million jackpot. To be more precise, each winning ticket is now worth £2,122,675, although it is not known at this stage who the owners of those tickets are, whether they are individuals or syndicates, or even if they have yet come forward to formally claim their prize. As far as the EuroMillions lottery draw on Friday 29 January is concerned, one ticket matched all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars to win the entire jackpot of £25.4 million.

EuroMillions Birthday Mega Jackpot

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:38:47 GMT

EuroMillions lottery organisers have announced that there will be a special Mega Jackpot game on Friday 5 February, 2010, and that the jackpot itself will be worth £85 million. The first ever EuroMillions draw took place on Friday 13 February, 2004, so it looks like this Mega Jackpot is something of a birthday celebration, and with £85 million up for grabs it is one that no self-respecting lottery player will want to miss. Buy yourself a few extra tickets to mark the occasion and you’ll automatically be giving yourself more chance of winning the Millionaire Raffle game too!

Lucky Lottery Postcodes

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:28:50 GMT

National Lottery organisers in the UK have revealed the ten luckiest areas to live in as far as major lottery wins are concerned. Areas have been analysed by postcode to determine how many entries in each area win major prizes, compared with the adult player population of that same area. This approach provides a fair method of comparing different areas despite the fact that some postcodes obviously have much bigger populations than others. Nationally, 1 in 7,366 of the player population in the UK has won a share of a lottery jackpot, so how did the top ten postcodes perform against that benchmark?

Bank Workers Win Lottery Bonus

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:03:39 GMT

A syndicate of bank workers at the Alliance and Leicester in Bootle, Liverpool, is celebrating after matching five main Lotto numbers and the bonus ball to win £132,388. The win occurred on Saturday 2 January, and as there are twelve players in the syndicate, each one is entitled to a ‘bonus’ payout worth £11,032. In actuality, the syndicate members have agreed to take £11,000 each and use the remaining £388 to fund more lottery entries in the future – which is just the kind of prudent decision that might be expected of people who work for a bank!

Sturt Family Celebrates Jackpot Win

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:42:32 GMT

The British winners of the EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot last Friday 15 January have decided to go public with their good news. The Sturt family syndicate of four bought one of two jackpot-winning tickets to land an incredible £26.15 million. This is the fourth biggest jackpot win in National Lottery history, and if the four Sturt family members share the prize equally they will each get more than £6.53 million. The syndicate is based in Dorking and consists of 75 year old George Sturt and his three adult children, Colin, Gary and Teresa. Another eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren ensure that any celebratory parties will be very well attended!

Newcastle Syndicate Lotto Win

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:30:12 GMT

A syndicate of six Lotto players in Newcastle is still celebrating after winning a double rollover jackpot worth £10,257,210 on Wednesday 30 December, 2009. We can’t think of a better way to end one year and see in a brand new one than with a multi-million pound lottery win, and we’re betting that the syndicate felt exactly the same way. Now that the New Year festivities are over details of the lucky syndicate have been released and we can tell you that the winning Lotto ticket was purchased using money from a much smaller EuroMillions win the previous week.

UK Ticket Wins EuroMillions

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:53:30 GMT

A EuroMillions ticket bought in the UK was one of two to match the five main numbers and both Lucky Stars in the draw for the triple rollover jackpot on Friday 15 January. The jackpot was worth £52.3 million, so each ticket-holder (the other winner purchased their ticket in France) will pick up a half share worth £26.15 million. That makes this latest British win the fourth biggest in the history of the National Lottery, and follows the £45.5 million EuroMillions jackpot win by Les and Sam Scadding in November 2008.

Another Lottery Rollover Weekend!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:47:55 GMT

No player managed to match all six numbers in the Lotto draw on Wednesday 13 January, so we are once again facing the exciting prospect of a rollover weekend. The Lotto rollover jackpot for Saturday 16 January will be worth an estimated £7 million and, in case you’ve forgotten, there is a EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot of £51 million up for grabs this Friday 15 January. Add to all of that a €7.5 million multi-rollover jackpot in the Irish Lottery on Saturday and you have a whole range of life-changing opportunities to take advantage of!

Winter Fun at Lottery Casino

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:19:21 GMT

If you are one of the many people who think that waiting for the Big Freeze to thaw is about as interesting as watching paint dry, here’s an alternative way to pass the time – enjoy some winter fun at the Lottery Casino! There are some huge jackpot prizes to be won, including a Millionaires Club jackpot of over £515,300, a Rags to Riches jackpot worth more than £317,800 and a Progressive Keno jackpot of over £261,500. Winning any of those jackpots – or any of the other prizes on offer – would certainly put a smile on your face no matter how cold it is outdoors!

First Triple Rollover of 2010

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:10:27 GMT

The EuroMillions lottery jackpot on Friday 8 January once again proved to be a very slippery customer, and because no player matched the five main numbers and two Lucky Star numbers we can now look forward to our first triple rollover jackpot of 2010. The triple rollover jackpot for the EuroMillions game this Friday 15 January will be worth an estimated £51 million, which works out at almost £1 million for every week of the year! Add in a Lotto jackpot of £2.4 million to play for this Wednesday 13 January and we have yet another bumper lottery week to enjoy!

Lotto Jackpot Snowballs

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:49:03 GMT

The Lotto jackpot evaded players everywhere on Wednesday 6 January, so it will be rolled over for the game this Saturday 9 January, by which time it is estimated to be worth around £7 million. The lottery results for Wednesday were 04, 16, 18, 43, 45 and 49, with the number 23 being drawn as the Bonus Ball. The fact that the Lotto jackpot has snowballed means that we have two rollover jackpots to play for this weekend – the single rollover jackpot offered by the Lotto itself and, on Friday 8 January, a double rollover jackpot that will be worth around £36 million in the EuroMillions game.

Play Online to Beat the Snow!

Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:55:17 GMT

National Lottery players in many parts of the UK will see white when they look out of their windows this morning, and some areas have had a considerable amount of snow for several days previously. With more and more people discovering that they can’t drive to work or get to the shops because they are effectively snowed in, playing the lottery online will be the only way for many to participate in the Lotto and EuroMillions games this week.

Doctor Who Buys Lottery Ticket

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:14:40 GMT

If you were to give an experienced National Lottery player a time machine then it wouldn’t take long for them to find out what the lottery results were and then nip back in time to buy themselves a winning ticket. Popular BBC television character Doctor Who, of course, isn’t that selfish, so he waited until he was dying (for the tenth time, no less) to use his time travel powers in the same way, and even then he made sure that the ticket was bought only as a wedding day gift for one of his previous assistants, Donna Noble.

Happy New Year!

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:18:02 GMT

A single ticket won the Lotto jackpot of £10.25 million on Wednesday 30 December, making it a very happy new year for at least one person (possibly more than one if the ticket was purchased by a lottery syndicate). We can’t think of any better way of ending the year than with a win of more than £10 million, so we offer our congratulations to the lucky winner. As for everyone else reading these words, there is still a fantastic £24 million EuroMillions jackpot to play for this Friday 1 January, so you could see in the New Year with a National Lottery fortune of your own!

Are You Already a Winner?

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:13:26 GMT

We are fast approaching the end of what has been an extremely eventful year, but for a few lottery players it might have been a lot more eventful than they realise. That’s because there are several unclaimed National Lottery prizes in the system, and we’re not just talking about the odd £10 here or there. A ticket purchased in Devon for the Lotto draw on Wednesday 2 December won over £3.7 million, but the prize has not been claimed. There are also a few six figure wins outstanding, so our advice to everyone reading these words is to check your tickets!

New Year Rollovers

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:48:38 GMT

Rollovers in both the Lotto and EuroMillions games over the Christmas period mean that lottery players will be hoping to see the New Year in with a brand new fortune of particularly large proportions. The Lotto jackpot for this Wednesday 30 December will be worth an estimated £10 million thanks to two previous rollovers, and the EuroMillions jackpot this Friday 1 January will be worth around £24 million after last week’s jackpot also rolled over! The bottom line is that this dual rollover scenario now gives players two chances of enjoying a multi-millionaire lifestyle in 2010.

Win a Christmas Jackpot!

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:09:14 GMT

We’ll start today’s news item by wishing all of you a very merry Christmas – the festive fun is here at last, along with quite a bit of snow in many parts of the UK! We don’t know if any of you have had a flutter on it being a white Christmas this year, but the good news for lottery players is that you could win a whole lot more by playing EuroMillions on Christmas Day and Lotto on Boxing Day!

Good News for Historic Parks

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:32:15 GMT

Eleven historic parks in the UK have received good news from the Heritage Lottery Fund this week. Victoria Gardens in Neath, Wales, has been awarded a grant of £1.39 million for its restoration, and ten other parks have been given a ‘first round pass’, which means that they qualify for funding and are now able to submit detailed proposals which could lead to a formal lottery grant in the future. This news will be welcomed by anyone who likes to see lottery money go to projects that enrich the daily lives of entire communities.

Christmas Jackpots Landed!

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:43:10 GMT

The last weekend before Christmas produced jackpot winners in both the Lotto and EuroMillions games. The EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot of £52,883,496 was won by a single player, but because the winning ticket was not purchased in the UK, no further details about that win are yet available. The Lotto jackpot of £5,014,788 was won by two ticket-holders, giving each one a pre-Christmas windfall of £2,507,394.

Lotto Won - EuroMillions Next?

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:54:16 GMT

The Lotto jackpot of £2,900,560 was won outright by a single player on Wednesday 16 December, and lottery players everywhere will now be hoping that they can scoop the £54 million EuroMillions jackpot this Friday 18 December in the same way. The odds of winning the triple-rollover EuroMillions jackpot are a bit more challenging (every ticket as a 1 in 76,275,360 chance of landing the top prize) but £54 million is quite a bit higher than the Lotto jackpot, so things balance themselves out nicely.

Mid Wales Mystery Winner

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:03:33 GMT

A National Lottery player in Mid Wales won a share of the Lotto jackpot on Saturday 14 November, but has elected to remain anonymous. The winner, who can only be referred to as ‘Mr F’ lives in the county of Powys. He matched all six Lotto numbers (they were 01, 05, 09, 20, 23 and 39) to win the jackpot, but because there were five winners in total, the £4,222,850 jackpot had to shared the same number of ways.

Christmas Jackpot Snowballs

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:18:13 GMT

The last EuroMillions draw before Christmas will be worth a staggering £54 million after no player matched the five main numbers and both Lucky Star numbers that are required to claim the top prize. The lottery results that helped give us this festive triple rollover jackpot were 20, 41, 43, 44 and 46, and the Lucky Stars were 02 and 09. The EuroMillions game this Friday 18 December gives players a thrilling chance to secure multi-millionaire status before the big day itself, so if you have left your Christmas shopping until the last minute you might like a last-minute £54 million win to match!

Airport Syndicate Lands Jackpot

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:23:19 GMT

A syndicate of 23 National Lottery players who all work at Heathrow Airport is celebrating after landing a half-share of the Lotto jackpot on Saturday 5 December. The jackpot was worth £5,250,430, so the airport syndicate’s share was worth £2,625,215. Most people would be taken completely by surprise at such a win, but the leader of the syndicate – 55 year old Paul Cotter – was told several years ago by a fortune teller that he would one day enjoy a big win, and the good news for him is that she just happened to be right!

Lucky Numbers 2009

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:32:58 GMT

Following ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ numbers is a popular approach to playing lottery games, so for those of you who like to know what’s hot and what’s not, we are pleased to reveal the luckiest and unluckiest Lotto numbers of 2009. Of course, knowing which numbers are hottest and coldest won’t affect your odds of winning (if it did then lotteries around the world would soon go out of business) but it can definitely make your number-selection process a bit more interesting. If you win a jackpot as well then that’s just a very big bonus!

Double Rollover for EuroMillions

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:39:14 GMT

A double rollover jackpot worth £39 million will be on offer in the EuroMillions game this Friday 11 December. National Lottery players who are dreaming of a wealthy as well as white Christmas are already snapping up tickets at an impressive rate, so if you haven’t yet got yours you will want to do so without delay. An added bonus for UK players is that every EuroMillions ticket includes a separate Millionaire Raffle entry, so the chances of you becoming a millionaire in time for the festive season are bigger than ever!

EuroMillions Prize Unclaimed

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:33:31 GMT

Lottery players who might have bought a ticket in the North Devon area for the EuroMillions draw that took place on Friday 20 November should check their tickets without delay, because a prize of £103,310 is still unclaimed! The main EuroMillions lottery results on that day were 5, 9, 28, 43 and 47, with numbers 2 and 9 coming up as the Lucky Stars. If you recognise those numbers, or if you have been anywhere near North Devon in the last few weeks, it could be well worth taking a look around to see if you have the winning ticket that would make you £103,310 richer for Christmas!

Unclaimed Millions

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:56:40 GMT

A UK EuroMillions player has missed out on a prize worth almost £7 million by failing to claim within the 180 day lottery deadline and the prize has gone unclaimed.

Christmas Gifts for Lottery Players

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:34:05 GMT

There is just a short time to go until Christmas, and for most people that means a lot of head-scratching as they try to think of gifts to buy for their friends and family members. To help make your Christmas shopping go a little easier in 2009, we have put together a few gift suggestions that would be suitable for anyone who enjoys playing National Lottery games. Of course, if you fancy dropping a few hints of your own then you could always print this news article and leave it somewhere prominent for a while…

Great Grandmother Wins Jackpot

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:12:10 GMT

A great grandmother in Cumbria is in a celebratory mood after matching all six Lotto numbers on Wednesday 25 November to win a jackpot prize of £850,513. That might sound a tad low for a jackpot, but regular readers will recall that there were eight jackpot winners in that particular draw, so a prize that is less than £150,000 short of a million really wasn’t that bad at all, given the circumstances.

Lotto and EuroMillions Roll Over

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:37:11 GMT

Both the Lotto and the EuroMillions lottery jackpots have rolled over after no participant in either game managed to achieve 100% success last weekend. That means we now have a Lotto jackpot of £7.4 million to play for on Wednesday 2 December, as well as a EuroMillions jackpot of £26 million on Friday 4 December. Here’s how both of last weekend’s big games unfolded and why plenty of National Lottery players still found plenty of reasons to celebrate despite missing out on either of the top prizes…

Eight Tickets Win Lotto Jackpot

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:39:30 GMT

Eight tickets matched the six main numbers required to win the Lotto jackpot on Wednesday 25 November. The lottery results were 03, 06, 11, 17, 23, 29 and the bonus ball was 44. The fact that the main numbers were all under 31 meant that anyone who chooses their entries based on days of the month had a better than usual chance of winning a prize, and this was demonstrated by the £6.8 million jackpot having to be shared between eight winning tickets, each of which is now worth £850,513.

Cumbria Receives Big Lottery Funding

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:23:01 GMT

This week lottery players all over the country are voting for the local projects that they want to advance in the People’s Millions contest. However, the people of Cumbria are going through a very tough time at present due to extreme flooding, so the Big Lottery Fund has decided to make awards to the projects in Cockermouth and Maryport without them having to go through the usual voting procedure.

Lotto Rollover for Wednesday

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:41:05 GMT

Midweek Lotto jackpots are usually a bit lower than those offered on Saturdays due to the weekend games being slightly more popular, but every once in a while a Lotto rollover gives midweek players the chance to play for a larger than average sum of money. This week is one of those times, and a Lotto rollover for Wednesday 25 November could make one lucky jackpot winner £7 million richer. With less than five weeks to go until Christmas, lottery players everywhere will be hoping to start celebrating early with a win that will change their lives forever!

Appeal for Missing Millionaire

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:01:32 GMT

Lottery officials are appealing for a missing millionaire to make themselves known after a Lotto jackpot winner who won more than £3 million on Saturday 31 October has so far failed to make their claim. The ticket for the Halloween draw was purchased in the Worthing Area, and the winning numbers were 12, 18, 26, 35, 40 and 44. The exact value of the jackpot prize was £3,204,588.

Syndicate Wins Thunderball

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:45:11 GMT

A lottery syndicate of Mailcom employees in Milton Keynes is celebrating after winning the £250,000 Thunderball jackpot on Wednesday 11 November. The syndicate has 22 members, so each one will enjoy a share worth £11,363. You might expect the win to have been discovered by the syndicate leader, but Ruby Andrews forget to check the lottery results and didn’t find out about the win until Amanda Smith, one of the other syndicate members, sent her a message by text.

Merry Millions Winner

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:24 GMT

A woman from Felixstowe has won a top prize of £1 million by playing a Merry Millions scratchcard. Audrey White, who is 58, bought a Merry Millions scratchcard when she was purchasing her EuroMillions entry. That scratchcard won her £5, so she decided to reinvest some of her winnings in a new card. The lady who served her at the Tesco store accidentally tore the wrong scratchcard from the display, but Audrey decided to take it anyway and she put it in her handbag to play later.

Millionaire Raffle this Friday!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:43:56 GMT

The new Millionaire Raffle game that is to be a standard part of the EuroMillions lottery in the UK will be played for the first time this Friday 13 November. EuroMillions tickets now cost a little more than they used to, but that’s because the Millionaire Raffle guarantees that one player in the UK will become a millionaire every week regardless of what happens in the main EuroMillions draw. In other words, every time you buy a EuroMillions ticket you will be giving yourself two chances of winning a life-changing sum of money instead of just one!

Lotto Double Rollover

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:08:23 GMT

A Lotto double rollover jackpot worth £11 million is on offer tonight (Wednesday 11 November) so if you fancy winning yourself that kind of money you need to buy your tickets without any further delay. Lotto double rollovers are always worth playing for, and with just 43 days to go until Christmas, there could hardly be a better time to win yourself a sizeable fortune. If your numbers come up then you could do your Christmas Shopping in New York, just as recent EuroMillions winner Les Scadding is planning to do!

EuroMillions Winners Revealed!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:08 GMT

The winners of the £91 million EuroMillions jackpot last Friday 6 November have now been revealed. One of the two winning tickets was purchased by a syndicate of IT workers in Liverpool, and the other was bought by Les Scadding and his wife Samantha, who live in Caerleon, Wales. Confirmation of the winners means that the Scaddings have definitely beaten Angela Kelly’s record for the biggest individual win in UK lottery history when she won £35.4 million in 2007.

Two Brits Share EuroMillions Jackpot

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:36:46 GMT

Two British EuroMillions lottery players made history on Friday 6 November when they won more than £91 million between them. Both of the jackpot winners have come forward to collect their share of the prize, which will be worth £45,570,836 per winner. At the time of writing, neither winning ticket holder had elected to go public, so we do not know if the tickets are owned by individuals or lottery syndicates. The biggest British winner of the EuroMillions game prior to this latest double-whammy was Angela Kelly, who won £35.4 million in August 2007.

Bumper Rollover Weekend!

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:42:40 GMT

For the second weekend running, National Lottery players have two fantastic rollover jackpots to play for. The Lotto jackpot has rolled over once and will be worth around £7 million on Saturday 7 November. However, before we get to that game we have a £90 million EuroMillions jackpot to have a go at, thanks to five consecutive rollovers. This gives us a combined jackpot total of £97 million to get excited about, and will make for a bumper rollover weekend that no lottery player can afford to miss!

Lottery for Survival

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:03:13 GMT

If the world as we know it was to end in the year 2012 and you were in charge of a massive underground city that could offer a limited number of people a chance to survive, how would you choose who to allow into that city? You guessed it – hold a lottery! The Lottery for Survival is part of the 2012 movie experience and a web site offering tickets went live several months ago. Only now, as the 2012 movie hits our cinema screens, are people finally realising that the Lottery for Survival is a fiction.

Four Share Lotto Jackpot

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:39:23 GMT

The Lotto jackpot, which was worth just over £12.8 million on Saturday 31 October, has been won by four lucky tickets, giving each winner £3,204,588. No details about any of the winners have yet been released, but we can speculate that if they discovered their win on Saturday night they undoubtedly had a Halloween to remember! As for the EuroMillons game, the jackpot once again proved elusive and so there is a massive multi-rollover jackpot of £90 million to play for this Friday!

Halloween Arrives at Lottery Casino

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:45:50 GMT

Halloween has arrived early at the Lottery Casino, with several spooky games that you can play for big money jackpots – how does becoming a millionaire sound? Our advice is to lock the doors, grab yourself a drink of something spicy, turn the lights down low and turn your PC volume high so that you can immerse yourself fully in the full bone-chilling creepiness that awaits you. Fancy dress is optional.

Lottery Rollovers Everywhere!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:41:26 GMT

The jackpots in both the EuroMillions and the Lotto games last week eluded players everywhere, so we have two even bigger rollover jackpots to play for this week. The Lotto draw on Wednesday 28 October will offer a rollover jackpot worth around £7 million, and then on Friday 30 October the EuroMillions game will boast a massive quad-rollover jackpot worth around £71 million! The message to anyone who wants to win a fortune before the end of the month is clear – play both games and keep your fingers crossed that this is your lucky week!

Lotto Rollover for Saturday

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:51:40 GMT

The Lotto draw on Wednesday 21 October failed to produce a jackpot winner, so as well has having a EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot of £54 million to play for on Friday 23 October, we also have a Lotto rollover jackpot of £4.4 million on Saturday 24 October! This gives National Lottery enthusiasts two bites at the millionaire-lifestyle cherry, and if your numbers don’t come up in one of the games then they could still come up in the other! Technically speaking, a player could actually win both jackpots, but the odds of achieving that kind of feat are not worth contemplating.

Triple Rollover this Friday!

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:51:47 GMT

A triple rollover jackpot this Friday 23 October could make you around £54 million richer if you match the five main numbers and two Lucky Stars required to win the EuroMillions jackpot outright. Even those who fall one Lucky Star short could still walk away from the game with a hefty fortune, so if you like the idea of winning your way to riches it is certainly worth having a go at EuroMillions this week.

Hunt for Missing Winners

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:46 GMT

The hunt is on for two lottery winners who have yet to come forward to claim their prizes. Incredibly, both tickets were for the Lotto draw on Saturday 3 October, 2009, and both matched five main numbers and the bonus ball to win £149,559 each! To save you the bother of checking, the winning numbers for the draw in question were 14, 21, 23, 32, 36 and 46, and the bonus ball was 17.

Free Lottery Checker is Live!

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:16 GMT

A brand new Lottery Checker tool is now available right here at Lottery.co.uk, along with an Automatic Ticket Checker service that could make checking your lottery numbers as easy as clicking a mouse button! Both the main Lottery Checker and the Automatic Ticket Checker have been designed to help you avoid missing out on any National Lottery prizes that you win, so read on to find out how to take full advantage of them…

Lotto Ticket Expires Worthless

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:22:39 GMT

A Lotto ticket that had won a prize worth £50,503 in the lottery draw that took place on Wednesday 15 April, 2009, has expired worthless. The prize money won by the ticket has of course been donated to the lottery fund for Good Causes, but if the person who bought the winning lottery ticket now discovers their win then they wouldn’t be able to claim a penny of it. If there is one thing that we think must be worse than not buying a ticket and watching your numbers come up, it is finding a winning ticket that is no longer valid.

Batman Arrives at Lottery Casino

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:02:56 GMT

Holy jackpots, the Batman has arrived at Lottery Online Games! Okay, so it’s the Batman slots game rather than the Gotham City superhero himself, but we’re still very excited about the arrival and we think that you will be too – especially if you play the game and win yourself a huge stack of money as a result. If you haven’t played any of the instant games at Lottery.co.uk yet then now is a great time to see what’s on offer, because Batman slots is just one of the recent arrivals…

Double Rollover for EuroMillions

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:12:58 GMT

The EuroMillions jackpot of £27 million eluded players for the second week running last Friday, so there is a massive double rollover jackpot of £39 million on offer this Friday 16 October, 2009. Lotto players had better luck last Saturday, with two players matching the six main numbers to each win a half share of the £5.22 million jackpot.

Lotto Birthday Celebrations

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:33:42 GMT

The first ever Lotto draw took place on Saturday 19 November, 1994. That means we are just a few weeks away from celebrating 15 years of National Lottery jackpots, and although there have already been a number of official celebratory events, many lottery players will want to mark the occasion with a private celebration of their own. If you are one of them, here is a quick guide to doing just that…

Search for Kirklees Lotto Winner

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:32:06 GMT

The search is on for a National Lottery player who bought a winning Lotto ticket in the Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. The ticket matched five main numbers and the bonus ball in the draw that took place on Saturday 19 September, giving the lucky owner a prize worth £224,606. Unfortunately, the lucky lottery winner has not yet come forward to claim that prize.

EuroMillions Rollover This Friday!

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:25:33 GMT

A EuroMillions rollover jackpot worth around £26 million will be up for grabs this Friday 9 October, 2009, and if you look at last Friday’s results you will quickly see why. Three of the five main numbers in the last draw were consecutive numbers, and although the odds of that happening are exactly the same as the odds of any other selection of numbers appearing, most players tend to avoid such combinations.

Lottery Funding for Bletchley Park

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:24:19 GMT

Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes has been awarded development funding worth £460,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and could well receive millions more if an application for over £4 million proves successful. Bletchley Park is of course famous for the code-breaking activities that took place there during World War II, and the lottery funding will help to ensure that visitors can continue to enjoy and learn about the history of this important location.

Pub Syndicate Wins £4.5 Million

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:39:04 GMT

Lottery syndicates are in sizzling form of late, and a nine-strong pub syndicate based in Lanarkshire won a very nice jackpot worth £4,525,058 in the Lotto draw on Saturday 26 September, 2009. The syndicate consists of regulars at The Doon Inn pub in Blantyre, and each member is now £502,842 richer. That’s more than enough for quite a few pints, but word has it that a celebratory bottle or two of Champagne might also be on the agenda!

Syndicate Bowls a Lotto Win

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:43:15 GMT

A syndicate of carpet bowls players in Colchester is celebrating after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball (or should that be the bonus bowl?) to win £265,914 in the Lotto draw of Saturday 12 September, 2009. The syndicate has 19 members who all play at the Alresford Carpet Bowls Club, so each member is around £13,995 richer.

Lottery Scam by Post | Beware | €mln!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:58:05 GMT

Most people have become used to 'real life' products and services migrating onto the world wide web. But here's a less-than-savoury example of one that has gone the other way. You should by now be familiar with the host of internet and email lottery scams where you are told that you have won a prize, but you need to pay to have it delivered or for the correct documentation to have it 'released'. Now, the scamsters have moved from the net and are sending out similar cons via the regular post.

New and Improved Lottery Statistics

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:49:51 GMT

We are pleased to announce that our new and improved lottery statistics pages are now live, so if you are the kind of player who likes to take stats into consideration when making your lottery number selections, be sure to check them out. We have two pages – one for the Lotto game and one for the EuroMillions game. Both provide a wealth of statistical information in an easy-to-read format, and it’s all available to you for free!

Lottery Assists Community Sector

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:42:19 GMT

The BIG Lottery Fund, which exists to distribute Good Causes lottery money, has announced that it is investing £43 million in the Voluntary and Communities Sector (VCS). This sector is on the front line when it comes to helping communities to cope with the long-term effects of the recession, and the £43 million package will therefore help it to do its job more effectively and give millions of people greater hope for the future as a result.

Syndicate Scoops Mega Jackpot!

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:04:01 GMT

The EuroMillions Mega Jackpot story seems to run and run. Only yesterday we reported that the £90 million Mega Jackpot had been won by one ticket purchased in France, and now we can tell you that the ticket in question belonged to a lottery syndicate! The syndicate is based in the small village of Venelles and has fifteen members. That means that each member has won around £6 million each – not bad at all for a 6.67% share of the total prize!

Jackpot Winner Comes Forward

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:23:58 GMT

A UK lottery player who matched all six main numbers on Saturday 29 August and won a jackpot worth £4,908,817 has finally come forward. Although it is fairly common for lottery winners to wait a day or two before claiming their prize, a wait of more than a week tends to raise the alarm bells, and the lottery organisers weren’t slow to launch a publicity campaign to try and locate the £4.9 million winner.

French Mega Jackpot Winner

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:33:37 GMT

One lucky EuroMillions player in France scooped the Mega Jackpot on Friday 18 September, 2009. The Mega Jackpot had been estimated to be worth around £85 million, but a last-minute rush for tickets resulted in the final jackpot figure being even higher, and the French EuroMillions winner is now £90,740,000 richer than they were before! The winning main numbers were 6, 16, 30, 38 and 41, and the Lucky Star numbers were 2 and 4.

Mega Jackpot Tension Builds!

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:40:10 GMT

Tension is building as the EuroMillions Mega Jackpot draws ever closer, and in Leeds the tallest man in Europe has been helping to encourage lottery players to aim high! Neil Fingleton, who is 28 years old and hails from Durham, is a giant of man, measuring in at 7 feet and 7.5 inches tall. But as big as Neil is, even he is dwarfed by the £85 million EuroMillions Mega Jackpot that is up for grabs this Friday 18 September!

EuroMillions Mega Jackpot this Friday!

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:34:34 GMT

A EuroMillions Mega Jackpot worth around £85 million will be available this Friday 18 September, 2009, so if you fancy waving goodbye to the recession forever and living the rest of your life as a multi-millionaire, now is your chance! The odds of you winning the top prize are exactly the same as they are in any other EuroMillions lottery draw, so the only difference this week is that buying a EuroMillions Mega Jackpot ticket or two will give you even better value for money!

Derren Brown Lottery Results

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:10:45 GMT

Millions of Channel 4 viewers will today be talking about the fact that they watched Derren Brown appear to predict 6 out of 6 lottery numbers on live television, but as we said in our previous Darren Brown Lottery Prediction piece, appearances can be deceiving. The lottery results that Derren Brown seemed to predict successfully for the Wednesday 9 September draw were 2, 11, 23, 28, 35 and 39. The bonus ball, which wasn’t part of Derren’s act, was 15.

Managing Lottery Millions

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:50:11 GMT

Hardly a month goes by without one newspaper or another telling us about a jackpot lottery winner who has squandered their fortune and declared themselves bankrupt. That might sound like quite a difficult thing to do, but unfortunately it’s a lot easier than you might think. So how can a lottery jackpot winner avoid going broke? Read on and you’ll discover our top tips for managing lottery millions successfully…

Derren Brown Lottery Prediction

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:20:10 GMT

Derren Brown, the UK’s most popular illusionist and magician, will predict the result of a National Lottery draw live on television – and then reveal how he does it so that you can have a go at doing the same! The lottery stunt is the first in a series of four special Derren Brown ‘events’ that can be seen on Channel 4 this month, and the live lottery prediction will be broadcast at 10:35pm on Wednesday 9 September.

Lucky Seven Jackpot Winners

Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:47:47 GMT

No less than seven lucky lottery players matched all six numbers to win a share of the £6.8 million Lotto jackpot on Saturday 5 September, 2009. Coincidentally, the set of balls used was number 7. Each winner gets a £972,256 slice of the lottery jackpot pie – probably not as much as most National Lottery players hope for in the event of a jackpot win, but certainly enough to bring a smile to their faces.

New Millionaire Raffle Game

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:45:30 GMT

A brand new Millionaire Raffle game guarantees to create a UK millionaire each and every week with EuroMillions. This Millionaire Raffle game is exclusive to lottery players in the UK, and launches on Friday 13 November 2009. Of course, you will still have the usual chance of winning the normal range of EuroMillions prizes – including those hefty jackpots that we all like to get excited about – but you can also have a chance of winning £1,000,000 even if your EuroMillions numbers don’t come up!

Irish Lotto Rollover

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:57:31 GMT

Irish Lotto players have a jackpot of around €10 million to play for on Wednesday 2 September, 2009, so if you haven’t bought your tickets you’d better do so fast. You can buy lottery tickets online for the Irish lottery just as easily as you can for the UK Lotto and EuroMillions games, so don’t miss out on the chance of your numbers coming up!

EuroMillions Rollover Jackpot

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:55:37 GMT

A EuroMillions rollover jackpot worth around £25,000,000 will be on offer this Friday 4 September, 2009. This is because no player managed to match all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars in the draw last Friday 28 August. With the new month of September symbolising the end of summer for many people in the UK, having a nice big lottery jackpot to get stuck into will be very welcome, and it could help you to enjoy the autumn and winter months as a multi-millionaire!

Three Win Lotto Jackpot

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:17:25 GMT

The Midweek Lotto game on Wednesday 26 August, 2009, was won by not one but three tickets that matched all six main numbers. The jackpot for the Lotto was worth £6,671,970, so each of the lucky winners will receive £2,223,990. This means that the Lotto jackpot has now been reset and there is a jackpot of around £4.4 million to play for this Saturday 29 August, 2009. Don’t forget that there is also a very nice £12 million EuroMillions jackpot up for grabs on Friday 28 August, 2009.

Check Your Lottery Tickets!

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:49:06 GMT

National Lottery players are being urged to check their lottery tickets due to the fact that two large prizes have yet to be claimed. UK lottery winners have just 180 days from the date of the draw taking place to claim any prize they are due. If you were to win a prize and attempt to make a claim after that time then you would be disappointed because the cash would already have been handed over to the fund for Good Causes. Checking your tickets regularly is therefore essential.

Wednesday Rollover Jackpot

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:57:25 GMT

Midweek Lotto players have a very nice Wednesday rollover jackpot of around £7 million to look forward on 26 August, 2009, so if you haven’t done so already it would be a good idea to buy lottery tickets online so that you don’t miss out on a potential fortune. Whilst £7 million pales in comparison with the £65.4 million EuroMillions prize that was recently shared by two winners, it is more than enough to change your life forever…

Two Share EuroMillions Jackpot

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:22:53 GMT

Two lucky lottery players shared the EuroMillions jackpot on Friday 21 August, 2009 after both players matched all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars. The EuroMillions results were 4, 7, 16, 31 and 42 and the Lucky Stars were 3 and 5. The EuroMillions jackpot was worth £65.4 million, so each of the winners won an equal share worth £32.7 million.

Lucky Lottery Addresses

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:38:40 GMT

Research into lucky lottery addresses conducted by National Lottery organisers has shown that players who happen to live at ‘number 3’ on any particular street or road have won more lottery cash than players who live at other addresses. Those who live at number 3 have won a total of £77,180,678 since the National Lottery was first launched in November 1994, with those living at numbers 2, 5, 6 and 4 completing the top five.

Lottery Win for Caerphilly Gran

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:04:53 GMT

A National Lottery player from Caerphilly in Wales is celebrating after winning a Lotto prize worth £118,406. Hilary Carter, who is a great grandmother at the age of 65, matched the five main numbers and the bonus ball in the draw that took place on Wednesday 5 August, 2009. However, she didn’t discover her six figure win until she visited her regular hair salon for her weekly cut and blow dry…

EuroMillions Quadruple Rollover

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:23:29 GMT

A EuroMillions quadruple rollover jackpot is up for grabs this Friday 21 August, 2009, giving all National Lottery players the chance to win a staggering £64,000,000! Whilst double and even triple rollovers come along fairly regularly in the EuroMillions lottery game, quadruple jackpots are a lot less frequent, so when one does come along it’s always worth buying a few tickets just in case destiny has you lined up to be one of the lucky winners!

Londonderry Lottery Update

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:24:34 GMT

On Tuesday we brought you breaking news about a County Londonderry Lotto Winner who scooped over £4.5 million when his six numbers came up in the Lotto draw on Saturday 1 August, 2009. We can now tell you that Seamus Duffy has officially gone public with his story, so we are able to bring you all of the details that were not previously available.

National Lottery Awards Finalists

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:25:29 GMT

The National Lottery Awards finalists for 2009 have been confirmed and now the public has until midday on Friday 14 August to vote for their favourite. There are 21 projects in this final round and these are divided into seven groups of three, according to type. The winner of each group will receive a prize of £2,000 for their project and also benefit from all the publicity that their participation in the lottery awards has generated.

Londonderry Lotto Winner

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:13:02 GMT

The Lotto jackpot on Saturday 1 August, 2009 was won by a 49 year old man from County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Seamus Duffy matched all six main lottery numbers (2, 6, 27, 28, 40 and 49) to scoop the top prize of £4,593,096. That means the Lotto jackpot has now been reset and players have £2.4 million to play for this Wednesday 5 August.

National Lottery Guesstimation

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:29:24 GMT

National Lottery: Guesstimation is a BBC One television game show that is broadcast every Saturday night. If you haven’t seen the show before then we can tell you that it involves two families competing head-to-head over three rounds and that the victorious family wins a fantastic prize. We can also tell you that on Saturday 8 August digital TV lottery viewers will be able to participate in the show via the red button!

Corus Syndicate Success

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:03:33 GMT

A syndicate of eight Corus staff members were able to smile despite the threat of losing their jobs thanks to a National Lottery win of £2.2 million. The workers are based at the Scunthorpe steelworks and they were understandably nervous after Corus had announced that hundreds of jobs were at risk because of the falling demand for steel. But now their lottery win has helped to ease those job-related nerves.

September EuroMillions Superdraw | MegaJackpot

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:39:34 GMT

A EuroMillions Superdraw with a jackpot of €100,000,000 (around £85 million) looks likely to be held on Friday 18 September, 2009, according to our sources. Although that would make the next EuroMillions Superdraw just over eight weeks away, it is certainly a date that you should make a note of, because Superdraw jackpots are always extremely popular and buying tickets early is definitely advisable.

Lost Lotto Ticket

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:57:44 GMT

In April of this year we brought you news that a lost Lotto ticket had been found by a couple who claimed the £30,000 prize that it had won as their own (see Couple Sentenced for Lottery Fraud). By the time the alarm had been raised by the rightful owner, Dorothy McDonagh, the couple – Michael and Amanda Stacey – had spent half of the winnings and police froze the rest. Swindon Crown Court has now ruled that the couple should hand the remaining £15,000 over, plus £112 interest, to Dorothy with immediate effect.

National Lottery Viral Nation

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:39:07 GMT

Viral Nation is a brand new filmmaking competition that has been launched to celebrate 15 years of the National Lottery in the UK. The idea is simple: budding filmmakers around the UK are invited to submit ideas for a viral video that will show how lottery money raised for Good Causes has helped their community or even themselves on a personal level. The winning idea will then be turned into an actual viral video be a team of viral video experts.

Lottery Success for Spar Syndicate

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:45:42 GMT

A syndicate of 98 National Lottery players matched five numbers and the bonus ball to win £96,869 on Saturday 11 July, 2009. The syndicate, which consists of staff and customers of a Spar store in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, plays 98 tickets at a time – one for each member. As well as the big second tier prize the syndicate also managed to win 28 other prizes totalling £2,147.

Single Winner Scoops Triple

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:03:11 GMT

A single winner scooped the EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot on Friday 17 July, 2009. The winner, who has not yet been named, matched the five main numbers (2, 8, 17, 32 and 50) and both Lucky Star numbers (3 and 7) to win a massive £49,802,092. Although the jackpot eluded National Lottery players in the UK, one player in Britain was among nine who matched five main numbers and one Lucky Star to win £257,824.

Whole Lotto Wedding Plans

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:28:31 GMT

A Lotto jackpot win worth £2,203,775 means that care home worker Diane Hill can finally afford the wedding that she and her partner, Bob Gould, have been thinking about for the last two years. Diane, who is an Activity Coordinator at Feltham Dene care home in Middlesex, won her £2.2 million fortune on Saturday 11 July, 2009.

Irish Lotto Nick-of-Time Claim

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:48:24 GMT

An Irish Lotto player has only just claimed a prize worth €350,000 even though her ticket won the Lotto Plus 1 game on Wednesday 13 May, 2009. Irish National Lottery players have just 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prizes, so this winner was lucky to have discovered her win with some of that time left to spare.

Family Syndicate Wins Jackpot

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:41:29 GMT

A family syndicate of players has won a National Lottery jackpot worth almost £8 million. The family syndicate, which is based in Dartford, Kent, consists of five players, and the jackpot in question was won on Wednesday 8 July, 2009. The exact value of the jackpot was £7,985,672, so each member has effectively won a share worth around £1.59 million.

EuroMillions Triple Rollover

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:29:32 GMT

A EuroMillions triple rollover has generated a staggering jackpot worth around £49 million for the draw to be held this Friday 17 July, 2009. Last Friday the winning EuroMillions numbers were 6, 16, 20, 42, 46 and the two Lucky Stars were 1 and 6. Although nobody managed to match all of those numbers last week, plenty of lottery players will be hoping to make up for that with a £49 million win this time around!

Lucky Dip Lottery Jackpot

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:14:19 GMT

A Lucky Dip selection of numbers enabled a Swindon supermarket worker to sweep up a National Lottery jackpot worth £2,49,068 on Wednesday 1 July, 2009. Nicky Cusack, who is 43, had been having a terrible year prior to the win, having been diagnosed with having breast cancer in April. Fortunately, she has been in remission for a couple of weeks, so her lottery win will no doubt be helpful as she continues her recovery.

Lottery Rollovers Galore

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:28:28 GMT

Lottery rollover fans will be pleased to learn that there are two rollovers up for grabs this week. On Wednesday 8 July, 2009 the UK Lotto game will be offering a jackpot worth around £7 million after no player managed to win the top prize last Saturday. A double rollover has also created a jackpot of around £36 million for the EuroMillions lottery draw this Friday 10 July, 2009.

Lottery Instant Win Games | Casino Games

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:45:16 GMT

A fantastic range of Instant Win games is available right here at Lottery.co.uk. The instant win games have been specially selected not only for their massive entertainment value but also for the huge cash prizes that they offer. Fancy becoming rich in an instant? Our instant win games give you the chance to make it happen! Of course, if you would prefer to play for free just for the fun of it, you can do that too!

National Lottery Makeover

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:47:52 GMT

A National Lottery makeover means that new lottery signs and dispensers will be coming soon to a lottery retailer near you. The National Lottery organiser in the UK has announced that £16.5 million is being spent on ‘refreshing’ its image at the point of sale in an effort to increase excitement among players, boost sales even further and thereby help more Good Causes.

Social Workers Scoop Jackpot

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:43:47 GMT

A syndicate of nine social workers who all work for Bedfordshire Council have scooped a lottery jackpot prize worth £2.39 million. The jackpot on Saturday 13 June, 2009, was actually worth £4.78 million, but a Bolton player also won the top prize, so the jackpot was divided equally between the two winning tickets. The social workers call themselves ‘The Cozy Club Syndicate’, and with a £2.39 million win to celebrate they couldn’t be feeling cosier!

Lottery Luck in Bolton

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:19:53 GMT

There is plenty of lottery luck in Bolton if recent results are anything to go by. Just recently Brian Caswell of Bolton made the headlines when he won a £25 million share of the EuroMillions jackpot. And now another Brian of Bolton has won a lottery prize, because Brian Merga and his wife Susan landed more than £68,000 in the Lotto draw of Wednesday 10 June, 2009.

Irish Lottery Win Approved

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:21:19 GMT

A National Lottery winner in Ireland has been given the go-ahead to collect a €350,000 prize after previously having to leave the National Lottery HQ without a penny. Dermot Finglas had been told that the lottery organisers needed time to make certain ‘clarifications’ about the claim, but all of the questions have now been answered and Mr Finglas is officially €350,000 richer.

Brit Wins EuroMillions!

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:35:09 GMT

A British lottery player won a half-share of the massive £50 million EuroMillions jackpot on Friday 12 June, 2009. The winner is 73 year old Brian Caswell from Greater Manchester, and he won £24,951,269. The other winning ticket was bought in Ireland, so when all is said and done our own corner of the world did pretty well!

Lottery Jackpot Dreams

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:45:33 GMT

Lottery jackpot dreams are dreams in which we experience winning a lottery jackpot. They can be extremely vivid and detailed, and in many cases there might even be a ‘backstory’ leading up to the main event. For example, you might dream that you buy lottery tickets online a week before the draw takes place. Many people also dream of the particular numbers that are drawn in the game they are dreaming about!

EuroMillions Triple Rollover Jackpot

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:24:26 GMT

A EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot worth around £50 million can be won this Friday 12 June, 2009, and that’s because nobody won the top prize last week. It seems as if the scorching mini heat wave that we enjoyed recently in the UK has helped to generate one of the hottest lottery jackpots for weeks, and anyone who buys lottery tickets for the game could soon be richer than they ever thought possible!

Village SOS | Big Lottery Fund | BBC

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:53:55 GMT

A new Village SOS scheme run by the Big Lottery Fund in partnership with the BBC was launched this week. The scheme is designed to help regenerate the communities in six villages across the UK. It will do this by inviting villages to submit ideas for business ventures which could be brought into life with lottery funding.

EuroMillions Double Rollover

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:02:18 GMT

A EuroMillions double rollover means that the EuroMillions jackpot this Friday 5 June, 2009, will be worth around £37,000,000! We don’t know what you’ve got planned for the summer months this year, but we’re pretty confident that having an extra £37 million in your bank account wouldn’t be something you would turn down. If we’re right on that score, now is the time to start playing those lucky numbers!

Lottery Sales Success

Wed, 27 May 2009 15:31:34 GMT

Sales of lottery tickets in the year to 31 March, 2009, gave the UK’s National Lottery organiser its best year in a decade, according to recent reports. Sales of all National Lottery games (including scratchcards) totalled £5,149 million, compared with £4,966 the year before. The sales success is good news for the company which now enters its third lottery licence period.

Two Tickets Share Lotto Jackpot

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:07:51 GMT

Two tickets shared the Lotto jackpot on Saturday 23 May, 2009 by successfully matching the numbers 12, 17, 32, 41, 44 and 48. The bonus ball was number 15, but the owners of the jackpot-winning tickets didn’t need it – they had each won a half-share of £7,812,154.

Check Your Lottery Tickets!

Fri, 22 May 2009 11:07:14 GMT

All National Lottery players are urged to check their lottery tickets, especially any old ones that they might have tucked away in wallets, handbags and car dashboards. This is because there are several large prizes that have yet to be claimed, including a prize of £101,849 won by a ticket purchased in Glasgow for the draw held on Wednesday 6 May, 2009.

BIG Lottery Magazine

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:29:25 GMT

The Big Lottery Fund is launching a free magazine in Wales with the help of Big Issue Cymru. BIG magazine will be given away with all copies of the Big Issue in Wales this week, and it aims to make people more aware of how their local communities are benefiting from lottery money distributed by the Big Lottery Fund.

Spanish delight at Euromillions

Sat, 9 May 2009 07:59:27 GMT

Update: It has now been confirmed that the winner of the £113 million EuroMillions jackpot on Friday 8 May, 2009 was a 25 year old woman who lives in Majorca. The woman had been in bed with the flu and had been worried about losing her job because of her absence...

Monster EuroMillions Lottery Jackpot!

Mon, 4 May 2009 09:56:14 GMT

A monster EuroMillions jackpot worth £110,000,000 is up for grabs this Friday 8 May, 2009 thanks to six consecutive rollovers. If a single UK player were to win this incredible amount, they would become the biggest National Lottery prize winner in Britain.

Scottish Lottery Syndicate Success

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:13:15 GMT

A syndicate of six National Lottery players in Scotland is celebrating after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw held on Wednesday 22 April, 2009. The syndicate, comprising workers and ex-workers at a company called Sykes in Galashiels, won £429,807.

Lotto Triple Rollover | National Lottery UK

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:10:55 GMT

The UK National lottery jackpot always becomes more exciting when there is a triple rollover.

There have only been a handful of triple rollovers and they have all offered huge jackpots worth somewhere around the £20,000,000 mark. In some cases the triple rollover jackpots have been shared by several winners, but because triple rollover jackpots tend to be so big, every winner has still managed to take home a huge chunk of money.

Lottery Prayers Answered!

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:38:11 GMT

Louise Fletcher from Winlanton left the service at her local church on Sunday 5 April, 2009 and was met by her husband Jeff, who told her that they had won £140,933 on the Lotto the night before. Jeff explained that he had checked their National Lottery results at home and had immediately come out to share the good news with her.

Luton Lottery Rollover Jackpot

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:46:42 GMT

A National Lottery rollover jackpot worth more than £10 million has been won by a couple in Luton. Martyn and Sandra White matched all six main numbers in the Lotto draw on Wednesday 8 April, 2009, to scoop an incredible £10,784,075. However, they weren't able to get their hands on the money right away because they only discovered the win as they were about to embark on a holiday to Italy.

Couple Sentenced for Lottery Fraud

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:40:42 GMT

A couple sentenced for Lottery fraud have only narrowly escaped time behind bars. Michael and Amanda Stacey found a Daily Play ticket and claimed the £30,000 prize it won as if it were their own. The couple had spent £15,000 when the rightful National Lottery winner raised the alarm, leading the police to freeze the remainder of the payout.

Double Lotto Win!

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:33:13 GMT

A National Lottery player from Southwell is celebrating a double Lotto win that gave him a total payout of £130,967. Daniel Stretton, who is a retired printer, won prizes in both the main Lotto game and in the Lotto HotPicks game on Wednesday 1 April, 2009.

Another EuroMillions Triple Rollover

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:26:24 GMT

Another EuroMillions triple rollover jackpot of £52 million will be up for grabs this Friday 17 April, 2009 after no National Lottery players were able to match all five main numbers and both Lucky Star numbers. The last EuroMillions triple rollover was offered on Friday 9 January, 2009, and it ended up being won by a single ticket-holder. Will another individual scoop the £52 million this Friday?

Leicestershire Lotto Library

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:35:16 GMT

A Leicestershire ‘Lotto’ library has been opened thanks to a Big Lottery Fund award of £781,402. The Newbold Verdon Library near Leicester is the first of 58 newly renovated Lotto libraries that we can expect to see opening across the country, and a total of £80 million of National Lottery cash will be invested in the project.

Cumbrian Lottery Jackpot

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:33:13 GMT

A couple of National Lottery players in Cumbria matched all six main Lotto numbers to win the jackpot on Saturday 28 March, 2009. There were five jackpot-winners in all, but because it was a double rollover jackpot each winner received a share worth £2,783,114.

Colchester Lotto Prize Unclaimed

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:29:01 GMT

A Lotto prize of £78,507 won by a ticket purchased in the Colchester area for Saturday 27 September, 2008, has gone unclaimed. All National Lottery prizes must be claimed within 180 of the draw taking place, and the deadline for this particular prize expired at 5:30pm on Thursday 26 March, 2009.

Nano Lottery | Tata Cars | Lottery.co.uk

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:22:29 GMT

The Nano lottery might not be a lottery you have heard of before, but we expect it will soon become rather popular with lottery players all around the world. The prize in the Nano lottery isn’t a life-changing jackpot, but simply the right to buy one of the new Nano cars from Tata Motors.

Belated Valentines Win

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:01:03 GMT

We’ve all heard about absent-minded men forgetting Valentine’s Day, but a couple of Lotto players in Spalding did even better and completely overlooked a National Lottery win worth £101,823.

Bracknell Lotto Winner

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:15:04 GMT

A Lucky Dip Lotto ticket proved very lucky for a HGV driver from Bracknell. Terry Butler, who is 41 and drives for Waitrose, matched five main numbers and the bonus ball to scoop £101,823 on Saturday 14 February, 2009. However, he didn’t realise he had won until two weeks later!