TUESDAY'S EuroMillions saw a sensational ￡34MILLION jackpot up for grabs for one lucky ticket holder.
The winning numbers for last night's draw were 12, 15, 20, 42, 44 and the Lucky Stars were 1 and 2.
Unfortunately, there were no winners of the top prize - but 3 ticket holders bagged ￡151,000 each after matching five numbers and one Lucky Star.
It means Friday's jackpot rolls over to a staggering ￡46MILLION.
And the National Lottery's Thunderball also draw took place at 8pm last night.
The winnings numbers in tonight's Thunderball draw were: 1, 2, 7, 27, 37 and a Thunderball of 06.
Meanwhile this Wednesday, the Lotto draw will offer an estimated ￡8.7million jackpot after no-one bagged the top prize on Saturday evening.
Read our EuroMillions live blog for the latest updates...
Milica Cosic 17 minutes ago
Pictured: The National Lottery weekly timetable
Here’s a timetable for all UK lottery games including Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life.
There is a draw six nights a week, and we reveal the winning numbers on the blog here each night.
There, however, is no draw on Sundays.
Milica Cosic 32 minutes ago
UK’s biggest unclaimed win
The UK’s biggest unclaimed win was from June 2012, when a Euromillions prize worth ￡63.8 million.
The prize money was never picked up by its unfortunate owner.
The ticket was bought in the Stevenage or Hitchin areas of Hertfordshire but, after the allowed time period to claim expired, the money was instead distributed among charitable causes.
Milica Cosic 46 minutes ago
The man who won the lottery seven times
American man, Richard Lustig, is the only person in the world who has won the lottery seven times.
In an interview with ABC News, Lustig explained that his method wass to re-invest all of his winnings back into the lottery, and also recommended using hand-picked sequential numbers, as well as using the same numbers repeatedly.
Lustig's total wins amount to a value of $1,052,205.58, which is about ￡766,736.95.
Win 1: January 1993 (scratch-off ticket) - $10,000 Win 2: August 1997 (Florida Fantasy 5) - $13,696.03 Win 3: June 2000 ("scratch-off ticket "2nd chance drawing") - $3,594.66 Win 4: October 2001 ("scratch-off ticket "2nd chance drawing") - valued at $4,966 Win 5: January 2002 (Florida Mega Money) - $842,152.91 Win 6: November 25, 2008 (Florida Fantasy 5) $73,658.06 Win 7: August 9, 2010 (Florida Fantasy 5) - $98,992.92
Milica Cosic Today, 12:30
Probabilities
According to a CPA review, people are more likely to do the following than win the lottery:
Die from an asteroid strike: 1 in 74,817,414 Become a movie star: 1 in 1,505,000 Get struck by lightning: 1 in 1,101,000 Bowl a 300 game: 1 in 11,500
Milica Cosic Today, 12:15
Tips to help you win the lottery
Do you want to boost your probability of hitting the jackpot price in lotto? Here are some tips on how to increase your chances of winning.
To increase your probability of winning, you need to buy more tickets. Form a lottery syndicate where you gather money from lottery players. Don’t choose consecutive numbers. Don’t choose a number that falls in the same number group or ending with a similar digit. Look for more unpopular games played at odd times. Better if you will play less popular lottery games with fewer players, so you will have less competition. Some people tend to play lotto based from the numbers of their birthday, or the birthday of a family member. Keep in mind that every number in the lottery has an equal probability of being chosen as the winning number.
Milica Cosic Today, 12:00
What is the Double Rollover?
This is a draw following a draw where the jackpot prize pool wasn't won.
It's a common mistake to call that previous draw a "rollover", but in fact it's just a draw where the jackpot prize was rolled over to the next draw.
If a jackpot has rolled over two, three or even four times, it's pretty easy to describe; you would refer to it as a double rollover, triple rollover or quadruple rollover.
Milica Cosic Today, 11:45
Explained: How to play the Double Rollover?
Players must pick six numbers from 1-59, or go with a Lucky Dip to have their numbers automatically generated.
You can play the draw on Wednesday or Sunday - or both days.
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.
Milica Cosic Today, 11:30
What draw is on tonight?
Tonight is the Triple Rollover, where you could be in with the chance of winning ￡8.7M.
The draw happens at 8pm, so results should follow shortly after.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 11:15
Lotto hell
A LOTTO winner blew his ￡6.5million fortune on cars, homes and dodgy business ventures before eventually being made homeless.
Lee Ryan, who hit the jackpot in 1995, said his win was nothing but a "curse".
He scooped the whopping cash prize just weeks before going to jail for handling stolen cars.
But after years of high living and bad investments, the former millionaire was last known to be renting a two-room flat in south London and earning less than ￡10,000.
Ryan insisted in 2014 that he was happier being broke than he had ever been as a millionaire.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 11:15
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%
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 11:00
No EuroMillions jackpot winners last night
There have been no winners of yesterday's EuroMillions ￡34million jackpot.
However, there were three winners who matched 5 numbers plus 1 Lucky Star.
Each ticket holder scooped ￡129,513.80 – with one of them a UK winner.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 10:45
The unexpected win
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.”
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 10:30
What are your odds of…?
Experts have revealed the chances of unlikely events – from death by shark to winning lottery.
Experts at cardchat.com have worked out the likelihood of some very unlikely events.
1000 – 1 = Seeing a shooting star. 37,500 in 1 = Being bitten by a snake. 3,700,000 in 1 = Being killed by a shark. 1,000,000,000,000 in 1 = Meeting your doppelganger. 45,000,000 in 1 = Winning the lottery. 500-1 = Being born with an extra toe.
Read full article here.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 10:15
Mapped: Top ten luckiest cities in the UK
The following map shows the top 10 luckiest lottery areas in the UK.
Lottery data shows the areas with the cities and towns with the highest number per capita of high-tier winners to scoop ￡50,000 or more on the National Lottery.
The National Lottery has now made over 6,100 millionaires in the UK.
Data taken from the launch of the lottery in 1994 until Sept 2019 reveals the luckiest regions.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 10:00
How to check the winning numbers?
Every night, we post the winning numbers of the draw that night on our blog. Bear in mind that on Sundays, there is no draw.
You can also view results for all the latest draws on the National Lottery website.
It will give you the option to view results for the:
Lotto EuroMillions Thunderball Lotto Hotpicks EuroMillions Hotpicks Set For Life
As well as winning numbers for the last game, you can also view historic results going back six months.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 09:45
'Gullible' mum wins ￡1m
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."
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 09:30
‘Britain’s unluckiest couple’ split after missing out on ￡3m
Martyn and Kay Tott were overjoyed when finding out they had bought the winning Lottery ticket back in 2001.
But their joy quickly turned to “torture” upon discovering the ticket was missing – and a 30-day window to report it had passed.
Martyn said the near-win “quickly highlighted our differences” and lead to bickering, with the married couple mutually agreeing their relationship had run its course.
But he now feels the loss was a good thing, saying “there is no guarantee it would have brought me happiness”.
Read the article in full here.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 09:15
Is EuroMillions prize money capped?
The maximum jackpot prize is capped at €200 million – before conversion – and can alter depending on which country the winner lives in and the value of their currency.
In the UK, the winner’s prize would be capped around ￡181.5million.
That’s an eye watering sum of money.
Earlier this month, a French ticket holder bagged an estimated ￡184m.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 09:00
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.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 08:45
National Lottery weekly timetable
There is a draw happening six nights a week, apart from Sundays.
Here is a timetable for all UK lottery games including Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life and what day they happen on.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 08:40
Tonight’s Lotto jackpot now an estimated ￡8.7m
The jackpot for tonight’s National Lottery draw will be an estimated ￡8.7 million after no-one bagged the top prize on Saturday evening.
No-one matched all six main numbers, although one lucky player matched five plus the bonus ball to take ￡1 million, Camelot said.
The winning Lotto numbers were 27, 21, 28, 04, 13, 37 and the bonus number was 19.
Set of balls number 11 and draw machine Arthur were used.
Some 141 ticketholders matched five numbers to win ￡1,750, while 8,093 matched four numbers to claim ￡140.
caroline.mortimer@thesun.co.uk Today, 08:15
‘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.”
Milica Cosic Today, 08:00
No one to claim?
Here's 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.”
Milica Cosic Today, 07:30
Explained: What are the most common EuroMillions numbers?
For EuroMillions, you pick five main numbers and two Lucky Stars. Draws take place every Tuesday and Friday.
The five most drawn main numbers since EuroMillions launched in February 2004 are 23, 19, 44, 50 and 5
The two most drawn Lucky Stars are 2 and 8.
The least drawn numbers are 22, 33, 46, 18 and 47
The original Lucky Stars were 1 to 9 - of those, the least drawn are 4 and 1.
The more recently added Lucky Stars 10, 11 and 12 have been drawn less.
In the UK, a single entry to a EuroMillions draw costs ￡2.50.
EuroMillions is different to the main Lotto draw.
Milica Cosic Today, 07:00
Explained: How old do you have to be to play the lottery?
There are rules regarding how old you need to be in order to play any lottery draw, or buy scratchcards.
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.
Gambling is illegal for under-18s, but until now anyone 16 or over has been able to play National Lottery games.
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