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- Louis Allwood
THE Set For Life draw returned tonight and one lucky Brit could win a staggering £10,000 every month for the next 30 years.
Monday's winning numbers are 08, 13, 15, 35 and 47, while the Life Ball is 09.
In the twice weekly draw, players pick five numbers from 1-47 plus one Life Ball number from 1-10 or go with a Lucky Dip to get a randomly generated number.
You can buy Set For Life tickets online every day from 6am until 11pm.
Read our lottery live blog below for the latest numbers and results...
12th Jan 2022, 17:45By Joseph Gamp
Callie Rogers campaigns
Callie is now campaigning for the government to raise the age limit for the National Lottery.
Gambling is now more popular among children than skateboarding and campaigners believe an age limit of 16 entices young people into a habit of betting.
Callie feels she was too young to cope with the pressure and wants to stop other kids going through the same problems she faced.
She told the Mirror: “You are only a 16, with all that responsibility. At that age, you can get the best advice ever. But you are not in a position to listen. I was too young.
“I suffer from such bad anxiety when I am going to meet new people. It preys on my mind, what a new partner’s family will think of me, or even new friends. I still get abuse just because of who I am.”
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12th Jan 2022, 08:00By Milica Cosic
Helpful tips to help you win
- Avoid computer picks. It lowers your odds of winning.
- On scratchcards try buying 10 of one ticket instead of several different tickets.
- Mix it up – Never play all one-number groups.
- Don’t pick all odd or all even numbers.
- Don’t play patterns.
- Avoid anniversaries, birthday’s and dates.
- Don’t Copycat – Avoid playing winning numbers that have been drawn before, because every combination has a chance of coming up once every half a million drawings.
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12th Jan 2022, 07:30By Milica Cosic
What happens to unclaimed EuroMillions prize money?
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.”
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12th Jan 2022, 07:00By Milica Cosic
National Lottery: Weekly timetable
Below is a handy timetable for all UK lottery games including Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life.
There is a draw 6 nights a week.
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12th Jan 2022, 06:30By Milica Cosic
The National Lottery's 'life coach'
The National Lottery believes it is incredibly important to support winners with their mental health.
Winners are also provided with a life coach to help them with the big decisions, whether that's which country you holiday in next, what kind of supercar you treat yourself to.
Lottery advisor, Andy Carter says: "People are actually going through an enormous change, they’ve had an enormous shock.
"This is why winners are also given a life coach, which they can share with their whole families if they choose.
"Winning the lottery gives you lots and lots of opportunity to do lots of fantastic stuff but it takes a bit of getting used to."
Winners have access to this financial, legal and wellbeing support for the rest of their lives too.
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12th Jan 2022, 06:00By Milica Cosic
This is what REALLY happens when you win the lotto
Lottery advisor, Andy Carter spills the beans.
Day one - Your details then get passed on to Andy, who will then call you back to figure out the logistics.
They will check your personal details, such as verifying your identity and your bank account details to get paid your winnings.Two days later - Once you’ve had a little time to think about how you will manage your winnings Andy will pay you a home visit.
His team will triple check all your paperwork, making sure your ticket's real and verify you are the person who bought the winning ticket.
Afterwards, Andy will send the winning funds to whichever bank account you choose and the money will arrive in your account within two working days.Follow-up programme - The logistics of receiving your money is "just the start" of the long journey for Lottery winners. Two-or-so weeks after the millions have landed in your account, Andy sets up some meetings with legal and financial advisers to help you through.
But on top of this continuous support, the National Lottery believes it is incredibly important to support winners with their mental health. Winners are also provided with a life coach to help them with the big decisions.Read the article in fullhere.
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12th Jan 2022, 05:30By Milica Cosic
Odds for easiest lotteries to win around the world
- FranceLoto – odds 1:5.99
- Swedish Lottery – odds 1:7
- Oz Lotto – odds 1:8
- Polish Mini Lotto – odds 1:8.5
- UK National Lottery – odds 1:9.3
- Spanish Lotto – odds 1:10
- Austria Lotto – odds 1:12
- Irish Lotto – odds 1:13
- Mega Millions Lottery – odds 1:24
- Powerball Lotto – odds 1:24.87
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12th Jan 2022, 05:00By Milica Cosic
Some signs are luckier than others
According to the stars some signs are luckier than others, so read on and see if you should pop out and buy that winning lotto ticket. It could be you!
Leo – Oh, Leo we knew you’d be one of the lucky ones. You always look good, have a string of admirers and just tend to always be prowling on the bright side of the street.
Virgo – It’s no coincidence that planner extraordinaire is one of the luckiest signs of the zodiac. Virgos only become successful because they put in the hours and werk, girl.
Scorpio – Magnanimous Scorpio has definitely got it going on when it comes to luck. They’ll often find themselves in the right place at the right time as if by magic, much to the annoyance of some less fortunate souls
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12th Jan 2022, 04:30By Milica Cosic
Your chances of unlikely events
Experts reveal chances of unlikely events – from death by shark to winning lottery.
Number - crunching experts atcardchat.comhave 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 the article in fullhere.
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12th Jan 2022, 04:00By Milica Cosic
Top scratchcard to get
According toOddschecker, the best scratchcard to snap up is £500 Loaded with odds of just 1 in 3.15.
For just a fiver you could be in the running for £500.
In second place, with the same odds, is Full of £500s which also has a top prize of £500.
Cashword Multiplier follows close behind, which sees punters scratch off letters to reveal symbols to create full words.
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12th Jan 2022, 03:30By Milica Cosic
‘Money made my close relatives demanding and greedy’
Euromillions mumGillian Bayford is locked in a family feud over her share of a £148million jackpot.
Gillian, 44, accused her dad Ian McCulloch, 72, of trying to seize control of the fortune she won with her ex Adrian Bayford, 46.
The Dundee mum of two blasted Ian, mum Brenda and brother Colin, 42, saying: “It made them bitter and greedy.”
And she told how she gave them a £20million slice of her fortune — only for them to come back for more.
Gillian, who runs a property firm in Dundee, said: “It’s upsetting and it’s raw. The money was supposed to make everybody happy.
“But it’s made my close relatives demanding and greedy.”
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12th Jan 2022, 03:00By Milica Cosic
The odds of winning the Millionaire Maker
According to the EuroMillions website, there is a 1 in 1,900,000 chance that a player could win the Millionaire Maker game on a Tuesday.
This shrinks to 1 in approximately 2,250,000 if there is a rollover – meaning no one has won the previous draw’s jackpot.
On a Friday, it’s estimated that there is a 1 in 2,950,000 chance of winning a guaranteed £1million.
If there is a quadruple rollover, the odds could fall to 1 in 3,400,000.
Winning the game depends on the number of payslips sold so the odds fluctuate from game-to-game.
The odds can also change if there is a special event.
In March 2019, EuroMillions created40 UK millionairesin a one-off special draw.
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12th Jan 2022, 02:30By Milica Cosic
When was the first draw
The firstNational Lottery drawwas held on November 191994 when seven winners shared a jackpot of £5,874,778.
The largest amount ever to be won by a single ticket holder was £42million, won in 1996.
Gareth Bull, a 49-year-old builder, won £41million in November, 2020 and ended up knocking downhis bungalow to make way for a luxury manor house with a pool.
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12th Jan 2022, 02:00By Milica Cosic
Where does money raised by National Lottery sales go?
Around £30 million is raised every week by National Lottery players for good causes – so even if you don’t win some of the country’s most vulnerable do.
Here are some of the organisations they work with:
- Arts Council England
- Sport England
- BFI
- UK Sport
- Arts Council Of Wales
- Sport Wales
- Arts Council Of Northern Ireland
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12th Jan 2022, 01:30By Milica Cosic
‘I sill shop in Primark despite winning £1.8m’
A NATIONAL Lottery winning dinner lady still lives in her council house, shops in Primark and drives a Kia despite bagging £1.8million.
Trish Emson, 51, explained money or hermillionaire statusdid not change her or her partner Graham Norton, also 51, who still works as a decorator.
The down-to-earth pair have even managed to keep their teenage son Benjamin, 17, in check – and don’t even give him pocket money.
The modest mum, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, said: “Being rich doesn’t make you posh or a better person.
“I don’t like showing off and bragging about money and I can’t be posh anyway.
“To look at me you wouldn’t think I was a millionaire, but if I have to dress up I feel fake, I prefer my jeans,” she toldThe Mirror.
Read the article in fullhere.
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12th Jan 2022, 01:00By Milica Cosic
Can lottery winners remain anonymous in the UK?
Absolutely! Lottery winners can keep their anonymity in the UK.
There is also a common myth or misconception that remaining anonymous affects the amount of money you win.
However, this is absolutely false and your decision about whether or not to go public has no bearing on your jackpot.
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12th Jan 2022, 00:30By Milica Cosic
The dinner lady who vowed to keep working
Karen Dakin, 53, won in the draw hours beforeMother’s Day, with numbers based on the birth of her son Callum, 14.
She said: “My son has, in some strange way, helped give me the most amazing Mother’s Day gift of all time!”
She added: “I’ve always picked numbers special to me, including my son Callum’s date of birth – the year and the time – so I instantly recognised the winning numbers.
“What an amazing turn of events.”
Read morehere.
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12th Jan 2022, 00:00By Milica Cosic
'Winning numbers came to me in a DREAM'
AN AUSTRALIAN man has scooped up a whopping £2.6 million on the lottery – after the numbers appeared to him in a dream.
The lucky winner from Marion, South Australia purchased the The Lott’s Set for Life ticketon 5 December.
He had the only division one winning entry for draw 2313, and can now expect £10,806 to be dropped into his account every month for the next 20 years.
The winner said: “I buy Set for Life tickets every week. It’s my favourite lottery game.
“I was ducking in to get some groceries this morning when I thought I’d check my ticket.
“When I scanned the ticket, the prize amount wouldn’t come up, so I thought I must have won something good. I went straight to the head office then to find out exactly what it was.
“I couldn’t believe it when they told me I’d won division one!”
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11th Jan 2022, 16:30By Joseph Gamp
This is what REALLY happens when you win the lotto
Lottery advisor, Andy Carter spills the beans.
Day one – Your details then get passed on to Andy, who will then call you back to figure out the logistics.
They will check your personal details, such as verifying your identity and your bank account details to get paid your winnings.Two days later – Once you’ve had a little time to think about how you will manage your winnings Andy will pay you a home visit.
His team will triple check all your paperwork, making sure your ticket’s real and verify you are the person who bought the winning ticket.
Afterwards, Andy will send the winning funds to whichever bank account you choose and the money will arrive in your account within two working days.Follow-up programme – The logistics of receiving your money is “just the start” of the long journey for Lottery winners. Two-or-so weeks after the millions have landed in your account, Andy sets up some meetings with legal and financial advisers to help you through.
But on top of this continuous support, the National Lottery believes it is incredibly important to support winners with their mental health. Winners are also provided with a life coach to help them with the big decisions.Read the article in fullhere.
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11th Jan 2022, 16:30By Joseph Gamp
Where does National Lottery money go?
Around £30 million is raised every week by National Lottery players for good causes – so even if you don’t win some of the country’s most vulnerable do.
Here are some of the organisations they work with:
- Arts Council England
- Sport England
- BFI
- UK Sport
- Arts Council Of Wales
- Sport Wales
- Arts Council Of Northern Ireland
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11th Jan 2022, 16:00By Milica Cosic
Helpful tips to help you win
- Avoid computer picks. It lowers your odds of winning.
- On scratchcards try buying 10 of one ticket instead of several different tickets.
- Mix it up – Never play all one-number groups.
- Don’t pick all odd or all even numbers.
- Don’t play patterns.
- Avoid anniversaries, birthday’s and dates.
- Don’t Copycat – Avoid playing winning numbers that have been drawn before, because every combination has a chance of coming up once every half a million drawings.
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11th Jan 2022, 15:30By Milica Cosic
What happens to unclaimed EuroMillions prize money?
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.”
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11th Jan 2022, 15:00By Milica Cosic
Make sure you know: New scratchcard rules
A major rules shake-up to National Lottery tickets and scratch card in October 2021 changed who is able to buy tickets.
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.
The new rules come into effect from today after being announced as part of amajor crackdown on gambling lawslast year.
Online sales of lottery tickets and scratch cards have already been banned – this came into force in April this year.
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11th Jan 2022, 14:30By Milica Cosic
Top tips for playing the lottery
Have you ever wondered the secrets to winning big in the lottery? Is it pure luck or is there a system to it…?
- Avoid computer picks. It lowers your odds of winning.
- On scratchcards, try buying 10 of one ticket instead of several different tickets.
- Mix up your numbers.
- Even it out – Don’t pick all odd or all even numbers.
- Split from the crowd, so don’t play patterns.
- Apparently, you should avoid anniversaries, birthday’s and dates.
- Avoid playing winning numbers that have been drawn before, because every combination has a chance of coming up once every half a million drawings.
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11th Jan 2022, 14:00By Milica Cosic
National Lottery: Weekly timetable
Below is a handy timetable for all UK lottery games including Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life.
There is a draw 6 nights a week.
Tonight will see the return of the EuroMillions and Thunderball.
The draws will be at 8pm and 8.15pm.
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