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UK Lottery sales up for the first time in six yearsNews Story
Camelot, the company that runs the National Lottery, will this week reveal that annual sales have risen for the first time in six years.The announcement will be a relief for Dianne Thompson, Camelot's chief executive, who pledged last year to put an end to years of decline that have hurt the lottery's good causes - the charities and cultural projects that benefit from it - and led to mounting criticism of the company.A year ago Camelot revealed that annual sales had fallen to 4.6bn (US$8.2 bi
Apr 25, 2004, 6:58 pm - Todd - Lottery News

UK player wins record Euro Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
The biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a British ticketholder for the first time, Camelot said today.Camelot said the unknown ticketholder won 16.7 million (US$30.6 million) in the continental-wide lottery.Previous winning tickets have originated from France and Spain.The ticket has landed the sixth richest prize in British lottery history, with the biggest jackpot being the 22.6 million won by Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison, of Hastings, East Sussex, in June, 1995.It costs 1.
Apr 12, 2004, 2:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Private management could be Alabama lottery optionReply
Alabama should look at the UK 's National Lottery. It is the most successful lottery in the world, and the vast majority of the British people trust their national lottery. The state government should get in touch with the UK 's National Lottery Commission and pick their brains. The National Lottery Commission The Commission s duties are to ensure that players are treated fairly; the nation s interest in the Lottery is protected; and the operator is motivated to maximise the enjoymen
May 22, 2015, 9:48 pm - myturn - Lottery News

Warning to those who play overseas lotteries!
Hello, guys. I'm Farha, long time lurker and finally decided to open an account. As my first post I'd like to warn you guys in order to avoid a potentially life wrecking disappointment. I read several topics about people playing euromillions or the national UK lottery when they actually don't live in Europe or the USA respectively; either through agents or by some other more obscure methods like actually having an online account (somehow). I'm speaking to those people. First let's
Feb 6, 2012, 4:11 pm - FARAHSAN - Lottery Discussion Forum

Anyone else thinking of Euromillions?Reply
Shalini,Your remark sounds very interesting to me. Does that imply, for example, that an international tourist can not claim the prize, if won, in his/her name even with a proper identification such as passport? Or, is that limited only to online play through UK National-Lottery online account? (As I understand it, online plays are open generally to those residents of UK only.)I am asking this because, just having read the so comprehensive Terms and Conditions of the UK National-Lottery, I fai
Jan 3, 2006, 12:58 am - anonymous77 - Jackpot Games Forum

U.K. convicts used stolen card to win £4 million lottery prize; now card owner wants the winningsNews Story
Blotto Louts bender is short-lived Includes video report By Kate Northrop The owner of the debit card two United Kingdom convicts used to purchase a winning lottery ticket worth 4 million (US$4.98 million) says he wants to see at least a portion of the prize. Joshua Addyman, 29, was on the receiving end of a fraudulent debit purchase made by two jobless convicts, Mark Goodram and Jon-Ross Watson, which resulted in a 4 million lottery win. Just having learned of the win last w
Apr 16, 2024, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Anyone else thinking of Euromillions?Reply
I agree but a ticket if you were in the UK tickets are $2.60 each plus the price of flying over there.best site I have found for past draw info is this : google for national-lottery uk resultshistory then click on first item and select euromillions. at the current jackpot level it looks like it grows around 10 million pounds per draw. I'm not getting tickets this time but definitly get them very early next time as I'm sure they will close sales early due to to interest in this game now.You can c
Jan 3, 2006, 3:53 am - dvdiva - Jackpot Games Forum

UK Lottery faces shortfallNews Story
Camelot faces a 500m shortfall in the money it raises for good causes because of the long-term decline in lottery sales, a former official of the game's regulator has warned.Mark Slattery, who recently stepped down as the National Lottery Commission's head of communications, said last year's 4.62bn lottery sales were the second lowest on record. This has left Camelot with an uphill task to match the 10.6bn it raised for good causes during its previous lottery licence.His analysis for The Inde
Aug 16, 2004, 9:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

UK winner claims £123 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
A 123 million (US$140 million) EuroMillions jackpot win has been successfully claimed by a UK ticket holder who has chosen to remain anonymous, Camelot said. The operator of the National Lottery confirmed the 123,458,008 prize won in the draw on June 11 had been validated and paid out. It is the third biggest amount ever to be won in the UK and the fourth EuroMillions jackpot win this year. Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at The National Lottery, said, What an amazing win the third
Jun 25, 2019, 11:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

New National Lottery UK Game - Set for Life!
National Lottery UK has released a new draw based game, the basics of the game is that there's 2 draws weekly (Monday Thursday) and the tickets cost 1.50 each, if you match 5 main numbers plus the life ball which is just a bonus ball then you win 10,000 a month for 30 years! If you just match 5 main numbers then you win 10,000 a month for 1 year. Here's more information on the game - https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/set-for-life I'm glad they've brought this out, when I first saw it a
Mar 12, 2019, 5:07 pm - JoshUK - Lottery Discussion Forum