Rumour has it that 25 UK
Millionaires will be created on Christmas Day this year – and that’s on top of the
usual EuroMillions jackpot!
Stay tuned here for more news on this.
As we aim to give you the
tip-top and current Lotto news, we’ve put together a round up of the most
exciting lottery stories of this last week, that you might have missed as
thoughts of Christmas shopping, turkeys and mulled wine are probably taking up
most of your day.
The big news of the week is the Unclaimed £63M EuroMillions Ticket.
Yes, that’s correct.
£63,837,547, which was won earlier this year, is still unclaimed and if it
remains so, the money will be given to the National Lottery’s charity fund on
the 5th of December.
Both the National
Lottery and the local press are making frantic appeals in the Stevenage and
Hitchin area of Hertfordshire where the ticket was bought back in June this
summer.
Up until now, the
largest unclaimed lottery prize was £9 million – so this huge amount is
record-breaking.
Imagine being the
winner who missed out on over £63 million just because the ticket was misplaced
behind the sofa. Or worse, eaten by the dog!
A National Lottery
spokesperson , when interviewed, pointed out that there is still time to claim:
“There have been occasions when claims have been made on the last possible day.
In 2009 someone who had won £2.5 million from the Worcester and Malvern area
came forward on the last day. So it is possible.”
The unclaimed ticket is for the EuroMillions draw
on the 8th of June. The numbers drawn were 5, 11, 22, 34 and 40 and
the lucky stars are 9 and 11.
This MUST be claimed by the 5th
December 2012!
Let’s move onto the next big news lottery news story: according to new
research, playing the lottery is becoming an increasing important part of
British culture.
This could also be the reason why the BBC have extended their
multi-million pound deal with the National Lottery to continue screening the
popular National Lottery draws every week.
It has been reported that the Saturday night show often has an audience of
over five millions viewers, so it’s no wonder the BBC wants to keep airing this
popular programme.
If you do play the lottery, have you ever thought about improving your
chances to win? It’s a great time to start, especially as Britain has had a
great year so far in terms of EuroMillions jackpot wins! (If you want more
information on this, you can read our article on how lucky Britain
really is.)
You can improve your chances of winning by playing within a Lottery
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if 4 of your friends and you put in £1, you can buy 5 Lotto tickets with this
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tickets and 5 EuroMillions tickets per week, for only £4.50.
A proof of this formula is that LottoByText, the UK’s leading mobile lottery syndicate operator, last month created 53,343 winners
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