A LUCKY winner has scooped the ￡4.1 million National Lottery Jackpot - but no one has yet stepped forward to claim the prize.
The winning Lotto numbers were 43, 14, 28, 52, 13 and 16 - and the bonus number was 56.
The jackpot winner matched all six numbers to scoop ￡4,101,869, while another ticket-holder matched five balls plus the bonus to win ￡1,000,000.
Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at The National Lottery, said: "What fantastic news for a single ticket-holder who has won tonight's amazing ￡4.1 million Lotto jackpot.
"This is the second lucky winner in a fortnight after one lucky player banked the ￡11 million Lotto jackpot on October 30.
"Players are being urged to check their tickets and to give us a call to claim this fantastic prize."
Read our Lottery live blog below for the latest updates and numbers...
Joseph Gamp 18 minutes ago
Millionaire maker odds – Lotto backup
According to the EuroMillions website, there is a 1 in 1,900,000 chance that a player could win the Millionaire Maker game on a Tuesday.
This shrinks to 1 in approximately 2,250,000 if there is a rollover – meaning no one has won the previous draw’s jackpot.
On a Friday, it’s estimated that there is a 1 in 2,950,000 chance of winning a guaranteed ￡1million.
If there is a quadruple rollover, the odds could fall to 1 in 3,400,000.
Winning the game depends on the number of payslips sold so the odds fluctuate from game-to-game.
The odds can also change if there is a special event.
In March 2019, EuroMillions created 40 UK millionaires in a one-off special draw.
Joseph Gamp 48 minutes ago
Fraudster who swindled ￡2.5m in fake ticket scam still owns ￡466k house
A RAPIST who scammed millions on the Lotto ten years ago still owns a posh four-bedroom house he allegedly bought with the tainted dosh.
The home in commuter haven Kings Langley, Herts, just minutes from the M25 has fallen into serious disrepair.
Docs show it is still owned by convicted rapist and fraudster Edward Putnam who is currently serving nine years for his despicable part in the biggest scam to ever hit the National Lottery.
He was jailed for seven years in 1993 for raping a terrified pregnant 17-year-old girl.
Putnam, now 56, “scooped” ￡2.5 million on the National Lottery in 2009 after conspiring with a Camelot employee to craft a fake ticket.
Joseph Gamp Today, 02:30
Lucky Leo
Well, according to the stars some signs are luckier than others, so read on and see if you should pop out and buy that winning lotto ticket. It could be you!
Leo – Oh, Leo we knew you’d be one of the lucky ones. You always look good, have a string of admirers and just tend to always be prowling on the bright side of the street.
Virgo – It’s no coincidence that planner extraordinaire is one of the luckiest signs of the zodiac. Virgos only become successful because they put in the hours and werk, girl.
Scorpio – Magnanimous Scorpio has definitely got it going on when it comes to luck. They’ll often find themselves in the right place at the right time as if by magic, much to the annoyance of some less fortunate souls.
Joseph Gamp Today, 02:00
‘We won, then gave our winnings away’
A ￡115million jackpot is probably enough to not just change your life, but the lives of everyone you’ve ever cared about too.
Which is probably why Frances and Patrick Connolly decided to give over half of their winnings to 175 people.
“We won ￡114,969,775.70 and we have given away more than half,” Frances said last year.
“That’s ￡60million-worth of love. And the thing that makes me even happier is that every single person we gave money to has passed some of it on to other people. I can’t think of a day since winning the Lottery that I haven’t smiled.”
Joseph Gamp Today, 01:30
Biggest lotto winners in history ￡1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize ￡1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline ￡633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin ￡625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017 ￡575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018
Joseph Gamp Today, 01:00
How did John Roberts lose his money?
John Roberts, from Edinburgh, won a massive ￡3.1million back in 1998.
But just three years later the security guard was penniless after blowing his money on cars, houses and luxury holidays.
One of his first big buys was a massive Tudor mansion in Blackpool, which he moved his wife, Linda, and five children into.
The five-bedroom detached home was worth around ￡160,000 when he bought it – and was a far cry from their council flat in Pilton, Edinburgh.
The seaside house was called Balmoral, after the couple’s favourite Scottish beauty spot.
In 2001, John moved out of the home and moved in with his cousin. At that time, it was worth ￡250,000
John is now rumoured to be living on handouts from friends and family after his marriage fell apart, and was said to be living in a caravan at one time.
Joseph Gamp Today, 00:30
Lottery winners adviser says he’s seen ‘all sorts of reactions’
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, has seen “all sorts” of reactions in his 15 years dealing with lucky ticketholders.
“I’ve seen people be sick with excitement, I’ve seen people resign their job on the spot, I’ve seen people jumping up and down, I’ve known husbands who haven’t told wives and wives who haven’t told husbands, I’ve been to homes where there’s literally a party going on already,” he said.
Joseph Gamp Today, 00:00
The odds of winning the Millionaire Maker
According to the EuroMillions website, there is a 1 in 1,900,000 chance that a player could win the Millionaire Maker game on a Tuesday.
This shrinks to 1 in approximately 2,250,000 if there is a rollover – meaning no one has won the previous draw’s jackpot.
On a Friday, it’s estimated that there is a 1 in 2,950,000 chance of winning a guaranteed ￡1million.
If there is a quadruple rollover, the odds could fall to 1 in 3,400,000.
Winning the game depends on the number of payslips sold so the odds fluctuate from game-to-game.
The odds can also change if there is a special event.
In March 2019, EuroMillions created 40 UK millionaires in a one-off special draw.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 23:30
Where does money raised by the Lottery go?
In the year ending 31 March 2021, the funds were shared as follows:
Health, education, environment and charitable causes – 40% Sport – 20% Arts – 20% Heritage – 20%
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 23:00
Which Lotto is easiest to win?
The easiest lotto to win by prize is the France Lotto (or Loto as it’s known) which gives you a one in six chance of winning a prize.
French Lotto = 1 in 6 Spanish Lotto = 1 in 10 UK Lotto = 1 in 9.3 Austrian Lotto = 1 in 12 EuroMillions = 1 in 13 SA Powerball = 1 in 36 SA Lotto = 1 in 93
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 22:30
Explained: How to play the Lotto?
You must pick six numbers from 1–59 or go with a Lucky Dip for randomly selected numbers.
Players can chose to play on Wednesday or Saturday, or both days if they’re feeling lucky.
You can buy Lotto tickets online every day from 6am until 11pm. But remember, to play on a draw day, you’ll need to buy your ticket before 7.30pm.
In a Lotto Must Be Won draw where no one wins the jackpot by matching six main numbers, there’s a Rolldown.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 22:00
‘I was made an example of after winning the Lottery’
Former chip shop worker Leah Sumray won ￡1million in 2007 — but ended up behind bars less than a year later for failing to testify at someone else’s trial.
She ignored a witness summons to give evidence in an assault case, instead jetting off on a ￡2,000 luxury holiday to Fuerteventura.
Sumray, who was 21 at the time of her win, was jailed for 14 days for contempt of court.
“I know I did something wrong and I’m sorry,” she told The Mirror in 2008.
“But I feel I was made an example of because I was a Lotto winner.”
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 21:30
The couple who won lottery twice after losing their son to Covid
A couple won two lottery prizes in two weeks, just months after tragically losing their son to Covid.
Susan Slater and her husband won more than ￡30,000 on the People’s Postcode Lottery twice in July of this year.
They now want to use the cash to remember their son Steve, who died with coronavirus.
Susan, 74, said she couldn’t believe it when she found out that she had won again: “When I got the phone call for this, I’d told quite a few people that I’d won ￡1,000 and I thought ‘this is a wind-up, someone is winding me up!’
“Nowhere in my imagination did I think I was going to be lucky enough to win ￡30,000.”
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 21:00
Past EuroMillions winners – from botched bum lift to money ‘ruining life’
While a few have used their winnings for good, others have suffered heartbreak along the way, as they fall victim to the so-called lottery curse – with marriage scandals, financial feuds, violent robberies, botched cosmetic surgery and tragedy.
Britain’s youngest lottery winner, Jane Park, received ￡1million from EuroMillions, but despite winning the least on our list, she made the biggest splurge.
Just 17 at the time, she treated herself to cars, holidays, clothes and plastic surgery. But she said that winning has been a nightmare and that being a millionaire is stressful.
Colin and Chris Weir won ￡161million on the EuroMillions in 2011 – making them the 22nd richest people in Scotland and propelling them onto the Sunday Times Rich List.
Sadly, in April 2019, the pair announced they were divorcing. They had been married for 38 years before being hit by the lottery curse, and shared two grown-up children, Carly and Jamie.
Just three months later, Colin tragically died of kidney failure and sepsis aged 72.
Read more stories here.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 20:30
Security guard scoops ￡250k jackpot – before celebrating win on first date
Luke Ashman, 22, from Dudley, West Midlands, bought the scratchcard before heading out for a drink with a woman that night after pubs reopened.
The couple had been speaking and seeing each other for about a year but were yet to go on a proper date due to the Covid restrictions.
They are still together after Luke’s big win.
The young man said: “That night we went out for a meal, I ordered a bottle of Prosecco and we celebrated an amazing day of both a lottery win and a first date. You could say I’d won twice in one day.”
Read the article in full here.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 20:00
The star signs that are luckier than others
According to the stars, some signs are luckier than others…
Leo – Oh, Leo we knew you’d be one of the lucky ones. You always look good, have a string of admirers and just tend to always be prowling on the bright side of the street.
Virgo – It’s no coincidence that planner extraordinaire is one of the luckiest signs of the zodiac. Virgos only become successful because they put in the hours and work!
Scorpio – Magnanimous Scorpio has definitely got it going on when it comes to luck. They’ll often find themselves in the right place at the right time as if by magic, much to the annoyance of some less fortunate souls.
Read more here.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 19:30
What happens to the EuroMillions money if no one claims it?
If no UK players come forward within 180 days then the prize money, plus all the interest it has generated while it is held in trust, goes to National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.
The National Lottery have said: “Our players change the lives of individuals as well as communities by raising, on average, over ￡33 million for National Lottery-funded projects every week.”
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 19:00
Lottery winners biggest prizes
The first National Lottery draw was held on November 19 1994 when seven winners shared a jackpot of ￡5,874,778.
Gareth Bull, a 49-year-old builder, won ￡41million in November, 2020 and ended up knocking down his bungalow to make way for a luxury manor house with a pool.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill, Suffolk, picked up ￡148,656,000 after they played the draw on August, 10, 2012, while Jane Park became Britain’s youngest lottery winner when she scooped up ￡1 million in 2013.
The late-Colin Weir and his wife Christine scooped ￡161million in 2011, making them richer than the Beckhams.
While Adrian and Gillian Bayford scooped a €190m (￡148.7m) Euromillions jackpot on August 10, 2012.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 18:30
Number 27 most likely to help punter scoop a jackpot
National Lottery ball number 27 is the most likely to help punters win a jackpot, researchers say.
It has made more appearances than any other in 3,071 draws in the past ten years.
The number came up 399 times in the UK National Lottery, Thunderball, EuroMillions and Irish Lotto.
That is 141 more times than number 57, the unluckiest number, which was drawn just 258 times.
The second luckiest is 54, which appeared 387 times. It was followed by 29, 42, 52 and 58 in joint third on 381 times.
The next luckiest was number 20 with 378. Then came 23, with 372.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 18:00
Graphic: The UK’s top EuroMillions winners
Some of the UK’s previous largest EuroMillions winners include Colin and Chris Weir won ￡161million on the EuroMillions in 2011.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford from Suffolk won ￡148.6 million, after exchange rates, on 10th August 2012 because they bought a Lucky Dip from a convenience store.
And Frances and Patrick Connolly, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, scooped the ￡114.9million New Year’s Day EuroMillions jackpot in 2019.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 17:30
Winning couple buy dog it’s OWN field
Dogs are often described as “man’s best friend” but it seems lucky rescue Lucy may appreciate that more than most.
She was found “starving and terrified” by Faye and Richard Davies after being “abandoned on the mountainside” in Brecon Beacons, Wales, back in 2018.
Just weeks late the couple won ￡1million on the EuroMillions and they decided to spend some of it treating the poor pooch.
After recognising Lucy was too scared to go out for walks, they paid ￡20,000 for a private field for her to play in.
Faye told the Mirror: “She was terrified of people, of other dogs and water, so dog walks were a nightmare.
“Then, weeks after our win, a half-acre field came up for sale just down the road [and] we bought it for Lucy.”
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 17:00
Hopes become reality
Like many people who play the lottery, Patrick and Frances Connolly “always hoped” they would win but didn’t have high hopes.
But two years ago, on New Year’s Day, they scooped ￡114,969,775 on the EuroMillions after playing every week for years.
When the couple, from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, found out about the “life-changing” sum, they modestly celebrated with “a cup of tea and a hug”.
They told ITV: “I always hoped we would win the lottery one day, but when we did, it would be just our luck that lots of others would win on the same day with the same numbers too.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would ever win almost ￡115 million.”
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 16:30
I won ￡1m after lover said he ‘wasn’t gullible enough’ to play
A MUM whose partner told her he wasn’t “gullible enough” to play the lottery has won ￡1m on the EuroMillions.
Holly Saul scooped the prize in the UK draw after her father-in-law reminded her to purchase a ticket.
The 29-year-old, from Cambridge, recalled bursting into tears of joy when she was told she had won.
The news followed just hours after her partner of eight years, Ben Lowther, 38, had said earlier: “I’m not gullible enough to play the lottery.”
Holly, who has two children, said: “We were both so shocked that I decided the only sensible option was to pour myself a G&T and Ben a Guinness.
“Then we sat in the garden for an hour staring into space, looking at each other and giggling like children. It was the most surreal and most wonderful time.
“What’s even better, I’ll forever tease Ben about his cheeky comment.”
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 16:00
Rolling in it
For many, winning the jackpot means mass celebrations and ultra-expensive cars – but not for Susan Hardman.
When the mum-of-one’s numbers came up in January 2010 she worked as a hairdresser in Eardisley, Hereford, and was “struggling financially”.
Instead of splashing out when the ￡1.2million win landed in her bank account, she traded in her scissors for overalls and became a pig farmer.
Susan claimed to be happier than ever knee-deep in mud and said bringing a piglet into the world brought her “more satisfaction” than winning the lottery.
Joseph Gamp 14th Nov 2021, 15:30
Euromillions explained
EuroMillions is a lottery game in which players from participating European countries join in the fun to win huge life changing jackpots.
Players can pick five numbers from 1-50 and two Lucky Stars from 1-12, or they can try a Lucky Dip for randomly selected numbers.
The EuroMillions runs on Tuesday’s or Friday’s every week. Remember, to play on a draw day, you’ll need to buy your ticket before 7.30pm.
All results are published here on the blog from around 8.30pm.
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