EUROMILLIONS returns tonight with a staggering £44m jackpot waiting to be scooped up by a lucky ticketholder.
The draw takes place between 8.15pm and 8.30pm, with the winning numbers revealed just minutes later.
Brits also have another chance of winning £500,000 in tonight's Thunderball draw.
Meanwhile, it comes after Saturday's huge £4m jackpot was not won – meaning the prize pot will again roll-over to the tune of £5.4million this Wednesday evening.
Please gamble responsibly. And when the fun stops, stop.
Read our EuroMillions live blog below for the latest numbers and results…
- Joseph Gamp
Into the golden pond
Well, it’s good news if you’re born in February or March.
According to research from Lott and MailOnline, dreamy Pisces is the luckiest sign of the zodiac when it comes to winning the lottery.
The data, which was based on those winning the top lottery jackpot, found that 11.6% of the winners were Pisces – meaning, on average, they were more likely to pick the golden ticket.
Go-with the-flow Pisces will stumble upon extraordinarily lucky breaks and often find themselves effortlessly attracting most things on their wish list.
So, Pisces, if you’re reading this maybe you should get down to the shops and buy a lottery ticket.
- Milica Cosic
'NO guarantee money will buy happiness'
Martyn and Kay Tott got the shock of their lives when they realised they’d won £3million back in 2001 – six months after buying the ticket.
By the time they saw an appeal for the winner to come forward, they couldn’t find the ticket.
After 45 agonising days of deliberating, Camelot told the devastated couple that they weren’t going to receive the cash.
“Having that money taken away was torture,” Martyn told the Mail on Sunday.
“For a long time I lost sight of who I was and what I believed in. But I can honestly say I’m glad I didn’t get the £3million now.
“There is no guarantee it would have brought me happiness.”
- Milica Cosic
‘We won, then gave our winnings away’
A £115million jackpot is probably enough to not just change your life, but the lives of everyone you’ve ever cared about too.
Which is probably why Frances and Patrick Connolly decided to give over half of their winnings to 175 people.
“We won £114,969,775.70 and we have given away more than half,” Frances said last year.
“That’s £60million-worth of love. And the thing that makes me even happier is that every single person we gave money to has passed some of it on to other people. I can’t think of a day since winning the Lottery that I haven’t smiled.”
Read more here.
- Milica Cosic
Rolling in the pie
They say money can’t buy you love – and it appears it can’t buy you a decent Cornish pasty in Scotland either.
Lottery jackpot winner Adrian Bayford has quit his home in Scotland — because he missed the iconic pasties and the English pub.
The ex-postie, 49, had relocated north of the border, having abandoned his £12million English country estate after a string of failed romances.
But pals say the friendly millionaire — who scooped £148million in 2012 — got fed up with the fancy Scottish pies and neeps and tatties.
The final straw came when lockdown ended and the dad-of-two realised how much he was missing English pubs — with Scottish drinking focused on bars and hotels.
Friends said he was so bored without a decent village boozer he took up archery.
Pals thought his country pile in Cambridgeshire had been sold, when in fact he had taken it off the market and moved back in.
- 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.
- Milica Cosic
Unluckiest winner of all time
That was the case for one young couple this week who missed out on the £182million Euromillions jackpot – when they realised their winning ticket payment hadn’t gone through.
Rachel Kennedy, 19, and Liam McCrohan, 21, from Hertfordshire were “absolutely heartbroken” when they realised their usual numbers had come up, but they had won nothing.
The couple, both students, had played the winning numbers of 6, 12, 22, 29, 33, 6 and 11 for five weeks in a row before all seven digits appeared in Friday’s draw.
Rachel’s account was set up to automatically buy a Euromillions ticket with her usual numbers but because her account did not have the right funds, the ticket payment did not go through.
“I called the number thinking that I had won £182million and they said ‘yeah you’ve got the right numbers but you didn’t have the funds in your account for the payment of the ticket so it didn’t actually go through’,” Rachel said.
Read the article in full here.
- Milica Cosic
The biggest Euromillions winners in history
Your chances to win may be remote but if you do you could win big.
These winners may just change your mind about playing tonight. However, always remember to play responsibly. And when the fun stops, stops.
Here are some of the record prizes one by UK winners in the past:
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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 the Thunderball.
The draws will be at 8:45pm and 8.00pm.
- Milica Cosic
New rules on scratchcards
A major rules shake-up to National Lottery tickets and scratch card will change who is able to buy tickets from October this year.
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 a major crackdown on gambling laws last year.
Online sales of lottery tickets and scratch cards have already been banned – this came into force in April this year.
- Milica Cosic
It's for adults only
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.
- Milica Cosic
Ways to boost your chances of winning EuroMillions
SOME say it's a game of luck, but others vow it's their chance to strike it rich – but if you want to win big with EuroMillions, there is a lot more to picking your digits than you might think.
- Don't favour special dates
- Bunch your choices
- Keep things balanced
- Avoid repeats
- Odds and Evens
- Shun same last digits
- Omit one bundle of ten
- Club together
- Lottery syndicates
Read the article in full here.
- Milica Cosic
Odds of winning the EuroMillions
The life-changing jackpot is hard to scoop. With between 80 to 100 million people purchasing a ticket for a EuroMillions draw each week, it proves stiff competition.
In order to win the cash prize, players need to match all five main numbers and both lucky star numbers.
But punters only have a 1 in 139,838, 160 chance of bagging the top prize.
Matching five numbers and one star has odds of 1 in 6,991,908.
There is a 1 in 22 chance of matching two numbers in the draw.
The approximate overall odds of winning a prize in EuroMillions are 1 in 13.
According to the EuroMillions website, the chances of winning the UK Millionaire Maker game can be estimated as 1 in 1,900,000.
But winning in this game depends entirely on the number of the payslips sold, so the odds therefore fluctuate.
- Milica Cosic
Most common Lucky Stars
The most common Lucky Stars, which range between 1-12, are both low numbers.
Number 2 is the out-an-out winner having been drawn 109 times and number 3 has come out 102 times.
The number drawn out the least number of times is 22 – which has been a winning number on just 37 occasions.
Eighteen has showed up just 38 times, while 40 has mirrored itself and made 40 debuts.
The other uncommon numbers are 33, drawn 42 times, and 3, which has appeared 43 times.
Ten has been drawn the least number of times (70) with one appearing 74 times.
- Milica Cosic
The most common EuroMillions numbers
Each and every EuroMillions draw has no guarantees, but the opportunity to become a millionaire is something many people can't resist.
Whether you religiously play or throw on the odd Lucky Dip, most people have weighed up the odds against them.
Players choose five numbers between 1-50 and two Lucky Stars between 1-12, but some numbers seem to crop up more than others.
According to EuroMillions statistics, number 20 is the biggest winner – having been drawn 66 times.
Its closely followed by numbers 23 and 5, which have both made an entrance 64 times.
Number 27 has been a winning ball 63 times, while 42 has made an appearance on 60 occasions.
- Milica Cosic
How to play the EuroMillions
- Pick five numbers from 1-50 and two Lucky Stars from 1-12. Or try a Lucky Dip for randomly selected numbers.
- Choose to play on a Tuesday or Friday – or both if you'd like, then the number of weeks you'd like to play.
- You can play up to seven lines of numbers and buy up to 10 play slips at a time.
- Always remember to play responsibly!
- Milica Cosic
What draw is on tonight?
Tonight, Brit's can play for the EuroMillions – and there's a whopping £44M to be won!
The draw days are every Tuesday and Friday at 8.45 pm and results will be posted on our blog shortly after.
Good luck!
- Milica Cosic
Recap: Last night's Set For Life numbers
Last night’s Set For Life draw happend at 8pm, and if you missed it here are the results:
The winning numbers for Monday night’s game were: 24, 27, 40, 46 and 47.
The Life Ball was 05.
Are you a big winner?
- 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.
- Milica Cosic
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.
It should be noted that there are no draws on Sundays.
- Milica Cosic
Set For Life winner becomes full time ghost hunter
A WOMAN who scooped £10,000 a month for 30 years on the National Lottery Set For Life quit her job to become a ghost hunter with her husband.
Part-time paranormal investigator Laura Hoyle, 39, has decided to ditch her day job to pursue her spooky passion with Kirk Stevens, 37, after their big win.
The 39-year-old is used to shocks – after realising she had landed the life-changing amount of money when she initially thought she had only won a fiver.
Laura was able to immediately jack in her job at a logistics firm, after realising the cash could allow her to concentrate on her ghost-hunting hobby full-time.
Read more here.
- 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 her millionaire status did 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 told The Mirror.
Read the article in full here.
- Milica Cosic
The most rewarding numbers
Think you’ve got the right numbers to win the EuroMillions? Here are the most popular numbers.
For Euromillions, the most popular number is 50.
Followed by: 44, 19, 4 and 30.
The most common extra numbers have been 8 and 3.
- Milica Cosic
Your chances of unlikely events
Experts reveal chances of unlikely events – from death by shark to winning lottery.
Number - crunching 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 the article in full here.
Woman wins on first time ‘hunch’
A woman won £184million on her first ever EuroMillion lottery ticket after buying it “on a hunch”.
The young woman – who wanted to remain anonymous – was presented with the prize at her home in Tahiti after it went unclaimed since October 15.
According to the EuroMillions website, her ticket was the only entry that matched all seven numbers after the jackpot had hit its cap of €220m (£184m).
The mystery woman said she had never entered the EuroMillions draw in her life but had grown up watching her grandfather play.
“I was waiting for the right moment to play, and that day I had a hunch,” she said.
“Everything is possible, you just have to believe in it. Before checking my ticket, I felt a shiver in my back.
Count your lucky stars
Well, according to the stars, it seems that some of us are much more likely to get it than others.
Before we get to the big reveal of which sign is most likely to pick the right balls and become a millionaire, let’s take a look at some of the other lucky stars in the zodiac.
- Leo
- Virgo
- Scorpio
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