Terri, champion ballroom dancer from Leicestershire, celebrated her £1M Lotto win in true form – waltzing around the living room with her husband John! Terri, 69 year old £1M Lotto winner, said she intends to celebrate her win by buying a new dress and shoes to wear when it’s safe to return to the dance floor. Her retired husband, John, has his eye on a bespoke suit from London’s Savile Row.
Terri said, “The neighbours could see us jumping up and down, dancing and celebrating and asked us what we were doing. We told them about our win and they ended up celebrating with us, socially-distanced from our respective front gardens.”
The lucky Lotto winning couple were on their way to look for a new kitchen. They decided to purchase their ticket in the draw while they were out. They always purchase a Lucky Dip ticket, making it more exciting not knowing what you’re going to get!
Terri and John have already been generous with their winnings. Terri mentioned, “John gave the shop assistant at the garage who sold him the ticket £100 and said to her, ‘make sure you don’t do anything sensible with the money'”. They have also helped our some friends and family during COVID-19 with homeschooling supplies.
The couple are looking forward to when they can travel again, with plans of visiting Antarctica! They also want to take their grandchildren skiing.
Congratulations to this lucky couple – all the best!
£1M Lotto Winner Numbers
The winning Lotto numbers on January 9th were: 9, 21, 23, 30, 35, 38 and the Bonus Ball is 53. To win the jackpot, you must match all 6 main numbers. You can win a prize by matching as little as 2 main numbers. Terri and John managed to match 5 main numbers and the Bonus Ball, sending them home with £1,000,000! You can win a prize with matching as little as 2 main numbers.
For your chance to be the next £1M Lotto winner like Terri and John, make sure you get your ticket in the next draw and come back to check if you’re a winner with Lottery Results UK!
When you’re entering the lottery, the end goal is always to win the jackpot. So you might find yourself wondering – which lottery has the best odds?
Thunderball
Any prize: 1 in 13
Jackpot odds: 1 in 8,060,598
Thunderball involves picking five main numbers from 1 to 39. You also need to pick one Thunderball from 1 to 14. You can choose your own numbers, or select a Lucky Dip for randomly selected numbers.
Matching the Thunderball means you win £3 while matching five main numbers and the Thunderball gives you the chance to win up to £500,000.
Thunderball is drawn four days a week, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at approximately 8:15 pm. Tickets cost £1, and ticket sales close at 7:30 pm on the days of the draw.
Lotto
Any prize: 1 in 9.3
Jackpot odds: 1 in 45,057,474
Lotto involves choosing six numbers between 1 and 59. If you match two numbers, you will win a free Lotto Lucky Dip. You need to match five numbers and the Bonus ball to win the jackpot.
Lotto is drawn at approximately 8:30 pm on Wednesday and Saturday. Ticket sales close at 7:30 pm on the day of the draw. Lotto tickets cost £2.
Lotto HotPicks
Pick 5 Match 5 numbers: 1 in 843,398
Lotto HotPicks involves picking between 1 to 5 Hotpicks numbers. Picking and matching one number has better odds – 1 in 10 – however, the prize is much smaller. If you pick and match five numbers, you may win up to £350,000.
Lotto HotPicks draws take place with Lotto, every Wednesday and Saturday at 9 pm GMT. Sales close 90 minutes before the draw. Tickets cost £1, no matter how many numbers you choose.
EuroMillions
Any prize: 1 in 13
Jackpot odds: 1 in 139,838,160
EuroMillions involves picking five numbers between 1 and 50, as well as two Lucky Stars from 1 to 12. You can choose your own numbers, or choose a Lucky Dip for randomly selected numbers. Match all five numbers and the two Lucky Stars to win the jackpot; if you match two numbers you will win £2.70.
EuroMillions is drawn around 8 pm on Tuesday and Friday, with ticket sales closing at 7:30 pm.
You can enter EuroMillions if you are from Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland or the UK. As a result of the number of countries which can enter, EuroMillions has a much higher odds.
EuroMillions HotPicks
Pick 5 Match 5 numbers: 1 in 2,118,760
EuroMillions HotPicks is a game based on the EuroMillions numbers. You can choose to match between one or five numbers – matching one number has 1 in 10 odds, but you will only win £10. If you match five numbers you will win up to £1,000,000. The Lucky Star numbers do not count, instead, the draw uses the five main EuroMillions numbers.
The Health Lottery
Any prize: 1 in 108
Jackpot odds: 1 in 2,000,000
Unlike the others, the Health Lottery is not a national lottery. Instead, it is 51 local society lotteries which represent one or more areas across Great Britain. This lottery raises money for health-related causes.
You have to choose five numbers between 1 and 50, which can be your own numbers or a Quick Pick. Each line played also enters you into the Mega Raffle for the next month. Matching one ball and the bonus ball will win you a free ticket into the next Mega Raffle. Matching five numbers will win either a minimum £25,000 or 10% of dales for that draw, whichever figure is greater.
Tickets cost £1. Draws occur five times a week – Tuesday through to Saturday. The Health Lottery is drawn around 9:55 pm. The Mega Raffle occurs on the 1st of every month.
People’s Postcode Lottery
Any prize: 1 in 160
Jackpot odds: unavailable
People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription-based lottery. Rather than selecting lottery numbers, tickets are based on your postcode.
To play, you pay £10 per month and select the postcode you wish to play. You don’t need to choose the postcode where you live – you can play with any. The winners will be everyone with the postcode which is selected.
You have a chance to win prizes every day. There are three different prize tiers:
£1,000 Daily Prize, awarded from Monday to Sunday
£30,000 Street Prize, awarded on Saturday and Sunday
£3,000,000 Postcode Millions Prize, awarded once per month
Odds are not announced for People’s Postcode Lottery, as it depends on how many people have entered, and organisers have declared the odds as sensitive information.
Which lottery has the best odds?
So if you’re only going to enter one lottery, which one has the best odds?
The Lotto HotPicks has the best odds at 1 in 834,398. If you don’t want to play a HotPicks game, Health Lottery is the next best, at 1 in 2,000,000.
It may have been twelve years since this previous lucky winner had the winning Saturday Lotto numbers, but she recalls it like it was yesterday. Not only had she become an instant millionaire but she won the life-changing windfall on the anniversary of her father’s death.
Susan Crossland and her husband Michael from Mirfield won an incredible £1.2 Million back in 2009. The National Lottery recently caught up with the winners to talk about their win and how their life has changed since.
Winning Saturday Lotto numbers
She explained that she put her entry in for the Saturday Lotto draw like usual. That is, sitting around the telly while her husband was dozing behind the newspaper and Susan keeping busy with her knitting. Her entry always contained special numbers that her dad had played – a caring action, as her father had passed away. These numbers certainly were special, since they resulted in her winning £1.2 Million! Even more, this particular draw was also on the anniversary of her father’s passing and she believes that the winning Lotto numbers were ‘heaven sent’!
Where are they now?
In their catch up with officials, the couple shared that the winnings had been put to good use. In particular, they bought a purpose-built home to share with Susan’s siblings, who all require full time care.
“It’s meant we can always look after my brother and two sisters. I often feel like [my father] is looking down on us and I hope he thinks we are doing a good job of spending our win on the whole family.”The caring winner has also continued her craft of knitting and putting it to good use. She recently led a group of Yorkshire National Lottery winners in knitting hand muffs for elderly and vulnerable people.
Above all, Susan is grateful to have been able to enjoy life with her family. She shared that for her, “it’s about being together, being happy, and making memories.”
Congratulations again to the Saturday Lotto winner!
Do you spend your days dreaming of becoming a millionaire? Wish you could take off on a private plane to a luxurious destination or retire early? While there is no science to winning the lottery, there are ways to give yourself the best chance. Here are some tips to increase your chances of winning the lottery.
Best tips to win the lottery
1. Play lotteries with better odds
Lottery games all have different rules and ways to play. This means that the odds of winning vary in each lottery. Some lotteries have high odds, while others give you better chances to win. Likewise, some lotteries have great odds of winning any prize across all the divisions. There’s plenty of games to consider so make sure to check out our article on which lottery has the best odds.
2. Increase the number of games played
This tip seems obvious, but the old saying is true – you’ve got to be in it to win it! The more games you play, the better chance of winning.
3. Play as often as you like
Some people choose to increase their odds of winning and play every week or as often as they can to make sure they’re in each draw. Imagine seeing your numbers come up and not having a ticket! On the other hand, some others prefer to increase their odds for one draw by saving up and playing more games in just the big jackpots.
4. Use the full range of numbers
People often choose numbers that have special meaning to them, such as anniversaries and birthdays. However, dates in a month can only go up to 31. Lotteries in the UK use a range of numbers up to 59 in some games. Don’t cut your chances short by leaving out a large section of the possible winning numbers!
5. Check your lottery results
Most importantly, remember to check your lottery results after the game and claim your prize. What good is it to increase your chances of winning the lottery if you never even find out?
After a tough 2020, a group of 20 women from Hertfordshire are celebrating their UK Lottery results and are now sharing in £1 Million! The syndicate of friends, who called themselves ‘The Lottery Ladies’ took out the top prize for the 19th of December 2020 Lotto draw.
The women, aged between 40 and 75, have seen some small wins over the years. However, when the syndicate leader, Shelley, logged in to the National Lottery app, she was met with something she had never experienced.
“Usually the message congratulates us on the win, but this time when I logged on it asked me to call Camelot. I decided to call – not for one second imagining the call would lead to someone confirming we’d won £1M!”
After speaking with officials, Shelley texted the other members. She asked them to sit down before sharing the news that they had won! The syndicate will share the £1 Million prize, meaning each player gets a fantastic £50,000!
Perfect timing
The timing could not have been better with Hertfordshire having just gone into Tier 4. Shelley explained that some syndicate members had just finished calls with family cancelling Christmas. While nothing can bring back that time with loved ones, the win is, “just the lift we needed going into 2021”.
The Lottery Ladies are working out how they will spend their winnings. However, plans to help out family and home improvements are high on some members’ lists.
UK Lottery Results
The group scored the top prize in the Saturday December 19, 2020 National Lotto draw. The UK lottery winning numbers were:
Lotto is the National Lottery’s flagship game. With thousands of UK players winning prizes every draw, it’s no wonder why it’s more popular than ever. Whether you’re an expert, or new to the classic, this handy Q&A might come in handy!
What is Lotto?
First introduced in 1994, the National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery of the United Kingdom. Now the nation’s favourite game, millions have been won in prizes. And millions more have been raised for good causes across the country.
Where do I buy Lotto tickets?
Lotto tickets can be bought online from the National Lottery website, or from authorised National Lottery retailers across the UK.
To win the jackpot you must match 6 main numbers. Match 5 main numbers plus the Bonus ball to win £1 million. Match 5 main numbers to win £1,750. 4 main numbers to win £140. 3 main numbers to win £30. And match 2 numbers to win the Free Lucky Dip.
When does the Lotto draw close?
Ticket sales close at 7:30pm on the evenings of their respective draw. Ticket sales reopen for the next commencing draw at 9:00am the following morning.
When can I buy a Lotto ticket?
Online ticket sales close at 11:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and at 7:30pm on Wednesday and Saturday.
When is the Lotto draw?
Draws take place twice a week at approximately 8:30pm on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
You can find the latest Lotto results, as well as results for previous draws right here on lotteryresults.co.uk.
How do I claim Lotto Prize?
If you bought your ticket from a retailer, you can claim prizes up to £500 from the retailer at their discretion. You can redeem prizes up to £500 from a designated post office with a National Lottery terminal, or by post. You can redeem prizes up to £50,000 from a designated post office with National Lottery terminal, by post, or at some National Lottery retailers on the Isle of Man. For prizes £50,000 and over, you’ll need to claim in person, by first calling the National Lottery on 0333 234 50 50.
If you played online using Direct Debit, and your prize is £50,000 and below, your associated bank account will receive the winnings. For prizes £50,000 and over, you must claim your prize in person by calling the National Lottery on 0333 234 50 50.
If you played online without using Direct Debit, and your prize is up to £500 your National Lottery account will receive the winnings. If your prize is up to £30,000, you will need to confirm that the debit card registered to your National Lottery account can receive the winnings. For prizes £50,000 and over, you must claim your prize in person by calling the National Lottery on 0333 234 50 50.
When an Essex woman saw the EuroMillions jackpot was growing, she decided to play an entry online with the National Lottery. Though not a regular player, it seems her Lucky Dip really was lucky! The EuroMillions winner won a EuroMillions payout of £242,775.50! She shared her winner’s story and what it means to have a major win.
Love and happiness in 2020
Samantha, originally from Dorset, shared that she moved to Essex earlier this year to be with her partner. They struck up a relationship before the pandemic, and frequently travelled 3.5 hours to see each other. She explained that she was so happy to have met someone lovely again after her divorce.
After waking on the morning following the EuroMillions draw on November 27, Samantha was checking her emails before work. One email from the National Lottery came up, asking her to log in to her account for further information about her EuroMillions results. She admitted it was, “the shock of her life” to discover the EuroMillions payout of nearly £250,000!
Despite the incredible EuroMillions results, Samantha had to wait until her work lunch break to confirm with officials. She explained how she rang Camelot from her car just after 10am, describing it as, “the best phone call I have ever made.” The next call was to her boyfriend, who was overjoyed to celebrate with her.
The lucky winner is hoping to take her partner on a holiday somewhere warm, when it’s safe to travel.
“It’s been a tough year but I couldn’t feel more lucky right now.”
Congratulations to the EuroMillions winner!
EuroMillions draw results
The lucky Euro Millions winner won £242,775.50 in EuroMillions draw 1376 on Friday 27 November 2020.
The winning numbers were: 2, 5, 8, 14, 16, and Lucky Stars 8 and 9.
To have your chance to win like Samantha, make sure you have your ticket in a EuroMillions draw and check back for the latest EuroMillions draw results.
One of Europe’s most popular Euro lottery games is EuroMillions. It is also referred to as the Euro Lottery or Euro Lotto. This is a game which takes place every week on Tuesday and Friday evenings. To win, you choose five numbers between 1 and 50, as well as two Lucky Stars from 1 to 12.
Nine countries can enter any EuroMillions Euro lottery draw – Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.
So which country wins EuroMillions most often?
Most Euro Lottery winners by country
Since it began in 2004, EuroMillions has made hundreds of people millionaires and paid out 2.8 million prizes. There have been 343 jackpot winners, with the most recent being in February 2020, with the lucky winners taking home £14.3 million.
France and the UK have the most Euro Lottery jackpot winners, with both having 104 winners. Spain is close behind with 102 winners. Next is Portgual with 77 winners, followed by Belgium with 38 winners and Switzerland with 22 winners. Austria and Ireland both have 17 winners, and Luxembourg has just three.
There are also 12 prize tiers other than the jackpot. When considering all prize tiers, France is still the country which wins the most often, winning 24.3 percent of prizes. The UK comes in second with 22 percent, followed by Spain at 19.3 percent. Ireland comes in last with 2.1% of the overall prizes won.
Euro Lottery jackpot winners by population
While these numbers clearly show people from France are winning far more frequently than Luxembourg, they don’t take into account the size of the population.
France has the largest population, with 67.2 million people, while Luxembourg has just 590,667 residents. This means Luxembourg has a jackpot winner per 196,889 people, with France having a win for every 646,153 people.
Portugal has the most winners per person, with one jackpot every 133,636 people.
When should you play EuroMillions?
Want to try and increase your chances of winning EuroMillions? You may wish to try to be selective with when you purchase your ticket – some days and months of the year are luckier than others.
EuroMillions is drawn twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. A staggering 80 percent of jackpot winners took home the jackpot prize on Friday, with 389 winners and just 95 on Tuesday.
Which Euro Lottery draw time do you prefer to play?
If you are going to only play once per year, you may wish to choose September, with 70 jackpot winners. December and August both have the fewest number of winners, with 27 people winning the jackpot in these months.
The 28th is the most popular day of the month to win EuroMillions, with 31 winners, or 6.40%. This is closely followed by the 8th with 30 winners or 6.20%. However, 17 November is the day where there have been most jackpot winners, with 20 people winning on this date.
Remember, once you have purchased your EuroMillions ticket, you can check if you have won right here at Lottery Results.
*Article has been republished. Statistics and data were accurate at the original time of writing – February 25, 2020.
Get excited! The UK National Lotto draw tonight is a Lotto Must Be Won draw. This gives all players the chance to win even better prizes! Don’t miss your chance to win.
The Lotto draw tonight is a Lotto Must Be Won draw. That means that if no one matches the 6 main numbers to win the jackpot, there will be a Rolldown. A Rolldown is where all the winning players share the jackpot amount, boosting everyone’s Lotto prizes!
Match 2 winners will not only receive a Lotto Lucky Dip, but also a £5 bonus to their Lotto prize. All other winning prize tiers will receive a boost from sharing in the jackpot prize.
How to Play Lotto
You must match 6 main numbers to win the jackpot. To win £1 million, match 5 main numbers plus the Bonus ball. Other combinations of matches have various Lotto prizes, right through to matching 2 numbers to win a Free Lucky Dip.
Moreover, with the Lotto Must Be Won promotion, you can expect to win even more!
When is the Lotto draw tonight?
The Lotto draw time is 8:30pm tonight.
However, ticket sales close prior to the draw. Lotto ticket sales close at 11:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday and Saturday Lotto ticket sales close at 7:30pm.
Where can I buy Lotto tickets?
Lotto tickets can be purchased from just £2 at authorised National Lottery retailers. Alternatively, you can buy tickets online from theNational Lottery website.
How can I watch the Lotto draw tonight?
TheNational Lottery website offers the latest Lotto results. However, if you miss out you can also catch up on theLatest Draws playlist on their official YouTube channel. They publish results videos at 7:45pm every Wednesday and Saturday.
Where can I find Lotto results?
You can find thelatest Lotto results and Lotto results history at lotteryresults.co.uk shortly after the draw.
Sheila Garrett from Kent has had lightning strike twice, after winning the lottery – again! The lucky winner has been dancing up a storm, celebrating the exciting Thunderball draw results that saw her £500,000 richer! Her Thunderball Friday entry is the second major prize win for this great-grandmother of 15, after previously winning a US lottery with the same lucky Thunderball numbers!
Prior to 2020, Sheila would buy her Thunderball tickets at the shops. However, this year she has taken to playing online and checking them online. Results are available shortly after the draw at LotteryResults.co.uk. As Sheila had an online UK Thunderball Friday ticket, she received an email that she had won and shared that she instantly knew she had won the £500,000 top prize.
The 80-year-old has admitted that while she knew she was destined to win, her winning Thunderball draw results are still rather surreal. After sharing the news with her family, she is looking forward to using the funds wisely.
While buying a bungalow was what she initially wanted, she is now setting her sights on a more enjoyable option. Sheila enjoys life in her retirement community with a lovely flat, social club, and trips. Winning the Thunderball lottery allows her to keep enjoying her life but perhaps moving to the larger flat in the complex. Furthermore, she’s eager to get stuck into some renovations and keeping herself occupied with redeveloping the flat.
Winning Thunderball numbers
Incredibly, Sheila has won a major lottery prize before. While living in Florida in the early 1990s, she won $20,000. Even more, it was the same winning Thunderball numbers she had used back then! She split her birthdate, the 28th, to 2 and 8, as the game from the US she had played only allowed numbers up to 26. Then, she used her children’s birthdates of 5, 14, and 24. Her favourite number, 10, was the winning Thunderball number.
Sheila jokes that despite her incredible luck in winning a lottery twice, she is just getting started.
“It will have to be EuroMillions next!”
Could you be the next UK Thunderball winner? Don’t forget to check your Thunderball draw results at LotteryResults.co.uk.
