TONIGHT'S Set For Life draw could see one lucky Brit scoop a whopping jackpot prize of ￡10,000 a month for the next 30 years.
The draw will take place at 8pm, with the top prize equally a lifetime paypout value of ￡3.6million as the winning numbers drop just minutes later.
It comes after the EuroMillion pot of ￡46million failed to be won - meaning Tuesday's draw will be for a staggering jackpot of ￡55million.
Although the huge amount wasn't claimed, two Brit ticket holders matched 5 numbers and 1 Lucky Star - bagging themselves ￡110,833.60.
Read our Lottery live blog below for the latest news and results...
Louis Allwood 13 minutes ago
What sectors are supported by the Lotto funding?
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%
Louis Allwood 31 minutes ago
How likely am I to scoop the prize?
Euro-millions.com says the odds of picking five numbers and the two Lucky Stars is 1 in 139,838, 160.
Matching five numbers and one star has odds of 1 in 6,991,908.
There is a 1 in 22 chance of matching two numbers in the draw.
The approximate overall odds of winning a prize in EuroMillions are 1 in 13.
According to the EuroMillions website, the chances of winning the UK Millionaire Maker game can be estimated as 1 in 1,900,000.
But winning in this game depends entirely on the number of the payslips sold so the odds therefore fluctuate.
Louis Allwood 41 minutes ago
Lucky mum
Kerri-Ann Robinson, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was studying for her college diploma in business when she won the jackpot.
The mature student, then 41, was taking care of her three-year-old daughter when she “begged me for a blackcurrant juice” in 2007.
Kerri-Ann raced out to the shops at lunchtime and “as an afterthought, chose a Lucky Dip for the Lotto draw that night”.
The next day during a break between classes, she checked the numbers and discovered she had won ￡2,543,691.
Louis Allwood Today, 17:00
What can you win tonight?
Here is what is up for grabs if you enter tonight.
5 MAIN NUMBERS AND LIFE BALL – ￡10,000 every month
for 30 years 5 MAIN NUMBERS – ￡10,000 every month
for 1 year 4 MAIN NUMBERS AND THE LIFE BALL – ￡250 4 MAIN NUMBERS – ￡50 3 MAIN NUMBERS AND THE LIFE BALL – ￡30 3 MAIN NUMBERS – ￡20 2 MAIN NUMBERS AND THE LIFE BALL – ￡10 2 MAIN NUMBERS – ￡5
Louis Allwood Today, 16:46
How would you spend the winnings?
A LUXURY holiday, an expensive shopping spree, a flashy new motor – the possibilities are endless when you’re a new millionaire.
But such vast wealth is not something to be foolishly frittered away, as recently skint Michael ‘Lotto Lout’ Carroll will attest to after blowing ￡9.7m on drugs and sex parties.
However, not everyone has such frivolous plans when it comes to spending their lottery money.
Here we reveal some of the most unusual ways people have celebrated their newfound wealth.
Read more here.
Louis Allwood Today, 16:36
On the rise
Wednesday’s Lotto draw will have an estimated jackpot of ￡2m.
It comes after the last prize pot reached 11.1million – which was scooped druign Saturday night’s draw.
The National Lootery draw takes place at 8.00pm, with a Thunderball draw soon after at 8.15pm.
Louis Allwood Today, 16:15
Set For Life Draw Tonight
The only draw taking place tonight will be the Set For Life Draw, taking place at 8:00pm.
To be in with a chance of winning ￡10k every month for the next 30 years, go and get those tickets and enter your numbers.
Joseph Gamp Today, 16:00
Adrian & Gillian Bayford’s ill fortune
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.
When they realised they had won, they celebrated by taking their children out for pizza.
Just 15 months after the jackpot win, Gillian, 47, divorced Adrian, 49.
Adrian used part of the fortune to set up his own music business and open a shop featuring the world’s largest collection of Lady Gaga memorabilia.
Adrian’s ￡6.5m mansion with 189 acres and pool is being sold because close friends report it has too many memories of pals betraying him.
Joseph Gamp Today, 15:45
What is the UK Millionaire Maker?
Every EuroMillions ticket also bags you an automatic entry into the UK Millionaire Maker, which guarantees at least one player will pocket ￡1million in every draw.
If your numbers did come in the draw on Friday night you could still be in luck.
Everyone in the UK gets their own special code for the secondary draw.
Friday night’s UK code was HQFJ71291.
Joseph Gamp Today, 15:30
Who won the Thunderball top prize on Saturday?
There were no top prize winners in the HotPicks or Thunderball draws.
The winning Thunderball numbers were 35, 30, 33, 24 and 01.
Saturday’s Thunderball was 07.
Joseph Gamp Today, 15:15
Age is more than just a number
Those feeling lucky now have to be over 18 to play, as the minimum age goes up from 16 to 18.
That means it is illegal for any retailer to sell these goods to anyone under the age of 18 – and will apply to favourite games like Lotto and the EuroMillions.
Online sales of lottery tickets and scratchcards have already been banned – this came into force in April this year.
The new age restriction, which was exclusively revealed by The Sun, aims to make sure the lottery is not a “gateway to problem gambling”, minister for sport, tourism and heritage Nigel Huddleston previously said.
Joseph Gamp Today, 15:00
Olympics star stripped of Lotto funding
CJ UJAH has been stripped of domestic athletics funding following his Olympics drugs violation.
The sprinter is suspended from the sport after testing positive for banned substances at the Tokyo Games in August.
The case has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the GB team that won 4x100m relay silver behind Italy could be stripped of their medals.
That would mean heartache for Ujah’s Tokyo team-mates Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.
Londoner Ujah, 27, was on Olympic Relays funding – between ￡21,000 and ￡28,000 – over the past 12 months.
He insists he is not a cheat and denies any wrongdoing.
Joseph Gamp Today, 14:45
‘I’m glad I didn’t get the ￡3M’ says winner who lost ticket
Martyn and Kay Tott got the shock of their lives when they realised they’d won ￡3million back in 2001 – six months after buying the ticket.
By the time they saw an appeal for the winner to come forward, they couldn’t find the ticket.
After 45 agonising days of deliberating, Camelot told the devastated couple that they weren’t going to receive the cash.
“Having that money taken away was torture,” Martyn told the Mail on Sunday.
“For a long time I lost sight of who I was and what I believed in. But I can honestly say I’m glad I didn’t get the ￡3million now.
“There is no guarantee it would have brought me happiness.”
Joseph Gamp Today, 14:30
Number checks
You can find all winning numbers here on our blog.
Once you have entered the draw make sure to tune in here and we will bring you the results as soon as they come in.
You can also view results for all the latest draws on the National Lottery website.
As well as winning numbers for the last game, you can also view historical results going back six months.
It will give you the option to view results for:
Lotto EuroMillions Thunderball Lotto Hotpicks EuroMillions Hotpicks Set For Life
Joseph Gamp Today, 14:14
Spending a penny
Dennis and Shirley Banfield knew how to relieve their local community how to spend their ￡18million National Lottery win in 2018.
The couple from Winterbourne, Bristol, paid for new lavatories at a local community centre after discovering they needed replacing.
In 2019, Denis told the Mirror: “When we read that it needed new toilets, we donated ￡20,000 for the work and cut the ribbon outside the Ladies and Gents ourselves at an official ceremony
“We joined a lunch at the centre… and a man got up to use the loo [and] said, ‘I’m just off to use the Banfields’ which really made our day!”
Joseph Gamp Today, 14:08
Mo money mo problems
Dave and Angela Dawes couldn’t believe their luck when they scooped a incredible ￡101,203,600.
Treating themselves, the pair bought a ￡4 million home, Socknersh Manor, in Burwash, East Sussex – previously owned by the likes of Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck.
However, they went through hell last year when they were tied up and robbed by a gang at their luxury home.
The robbers fled with jewellery and around ￡20,000 cash in the couple’s Range Rover. They later beefed up security at their home to protect themselves.
Joseph Gamp Today, 14:00
Where money raised by National Lottery ticket sales went last year
Other than money towards operating cost and a small profit, Camelot operates primarily as a social entreprise and gives away the money raise to good causes.
Take from data of total ticket sales of ￡8,373.9 million in the year ending 31 March 2021, here is a breakdown of where the money goes:
￡1,887.5 million was raised for National Lottery projects ￡4,854.7 million was paid to players in prizes ￡1,004.8 million went to the Government in Lottery Duty ￡275.9 million was earned by retailers in commission
Joseph Gamp Today, 13:45
Tale of the EuroMillions couple and the ‘lottery curse’
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.
They splashed out on a stunning mansion and their humble first buys included a checked sports jacket, a computer and a tractor.
The Scottish couple initially bought Knock House near Largs, but they sold their mansion in favour of an even bigger pad in Troon. They donated much of their money and set up The Weir Charitable Trust in 2013.
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.
Joseph Gamp Today, 13:30
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 Today, 13:15
Lucky Brit’s ‘fantastic news’ after scooping ￡11m Lotto jackpot
A LUCKY Brit has won more than ￡11 million after they scooped the National Lottery jackpot tonight.
The winner matched all six main numbers to pocket ￡11,042,269, Camelot said.
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at the National Lottery, described it as “fantastic news” for a single ticketholder to win the “massive” jackpot.
Saturday night’s big win means Wednesday’s estimated jackpot is ￡2 million.
The winning numbers were 18, 51, 56, 59, 07, 47 and the bonus ball was 17.
Joseph Gamp Today, 13:00
Family drama
In 2016, the Davies family won ￡61million on the EuroMillions.
Stephanie Davies, then 23, reluctantly bought a ticket after mum Sonia phoned from Florida and begged her to buy one.
Sonia, who worked as an administration assistant, was in the US having vital keyhole surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from the parathyroid glands in her neck, and had a feeling she would go on a winning streak after the op was a success.
But even this happy family couldn’t avoid controversy as it was reported father of the family Keith, of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, would share his cash with his daughters with ex Mandy – but his wife’s son was allegedly snubbed.
Keith’s partner Sonia’s estranged son Spencer Pugh claimed he would not see a penny of the ￡61million EuroMillions win.
Joseph Gamp Today, 12:40
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 Today, 12:20
Lotto jackpot from Wednesday now ￡2m
Wednesday’s Lotto draw will have an estimated jackpot of ￡2m.
It comes after the last prize pot reached 11.1million – which was scooped druign Saturday night’s draw.
The National Lootery draw takes place at 8.00pm, with a Thunderball draw soon after at 8.15pm.
Joseph Gamp Today, 12:05
Set For Life returns this evening
Monday’s Set For Life draw takes place at 8pm.
The jackpot up for grabs in tonight’s game? A staggering ￡10,000 a month, for 30 years.
That’s a lifetime payout of ￡3.6million.
What are you waiting for? Go grab a ticket!
Joseph Gamp Today, 11:50
Set For Life winner quits job to become ghost hunter
A WOMAN who scooped ￡10,000 a month on the National Lottery Set For Life has quit her job to become a ghost hunter with her husband.
Part-time paranormal investigator Laura Hoyle, 39, has decided to ditch her day job to pursue her spooky passion with Kirk Stevens, 37, after their big win.
The 39-year-old is used to shocks – after realising she had landed the life-changing amount of money when she initially thought she had only won a fiver.
Laura was able to immediately jack in her job at a logistics firm, after realising the cash could allow her to concentrate on her ghost-hunting hobby full-time.
She said she could barely focus on her work when she learned of her good fortune.
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