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UK Lotto players furious over 5-number payoutNews Story
'Teachable moment' for people who play multiples or patterns Imagine beating the odds of 1 in 144,415 only to find out that your prize payout was just 15 (US$21). That's what thousands of UK Lotto players experienced Wednesday night. National Lottery winners were left in anger last night after those who matched five numbers ended up with less money than people that matched only three. Players with five winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto draw ended up with just 15. This compared to 25
Mar 24, 2016, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Ex-wife of big UK lottery winner still wouldn't take him backNews Story
The ex-wife of the man who won a 32.5 million (US$45.5 million) lottery jackpot has said she would not take her former spouse back, even with his multi-million fortune. Jenny Brown, 61, used to be married to Gerry Cannings, 63, who was announced yesterday as the lucky winner of the second biggest ever Lotto jackpot. But management consultant Ms. Brown, who has since remarried, said: My new husband asked if it would have been worth being married to him for 32 million. No. I don't envy him a
Feb 26, 2016, 9:15 am - Lottery News

UK couple waits for house to be painted, then claims £32.5M lottery jackpotNews Story
A Cambridgeshire couple who won 32.5 million (US$45.5 million) on the lottery have been identified and they've revealed the bizarre reason they carried the winning ticket around for a week before claiming the massive windfall. Retired schoolteacher Gerry Cannings, 63, and his wife Lisa, 48, were aware they had picked the winning numbers the morning after the draw but didn't celebrate until days later as their house was being decorated. The couple, from Peterborough, wanted to wait until th
Feb 25, 2016, 7:47 am - Lottery News

Largest-ever UK Lotto jackpot has players... angry?News Story
By Todd Northrop In the United States, a record jackpot is cause for celebration and waves of ticket-buying, but in the United Kingdom players are bemoaning tomorrow night's record 42.2 million (US$62.62 million) Lotto jackpot and threatening to boycott the game, according to local media reports. Apparently having a jackpot won frequently is more important to Brits than the size of the pot. Tomorrow's record 42.2 million jackpot is the result of a record 10th rollover. The reason for th
Dec 29, 2015, 9:05 am - Lottery News

UK Lottery fears website error caused players to discard winning ticketsNews Story
By Todd Northrop The United Kingdom National Lottery is putting out an urgent call for players to re-check their Lotto tickets from the Oct. 10 drawing because the Lottery published the wrong numbers on their website. To promote the re-launching of the revamped Lotto game on Oct. 10, the UK National Lottery held an expanded raffle drawing that awarded 25 prizes of 1,000,000 (US$1.5 million). During a normal drawing the lottery would award just one prize of 1,000,000. When the winning ra
Nov 1, 2015, 5:46 pm - Lottery News

UK couple credit dog with discovering lottery double-winNews Story
A couple who won nearly 150,000 (US$231,000) playing the multi-country Euromillions game doubled their prize after their dog found a second winning ticket for the same amount. Shortly after Jane and Alan Slater's numbers came up in the draw on September 29th, their dog Ruby disturbed another forgotten ticket in their car. It was tucked in a catalog in the car and flew out when Ruby and a second family dog jumped in after a walk. The two tickets, for the same draw, were each worth 149,08
Oct 15, 2015, 9:32 am - Lottery News

£1 million EuroMillions prize goes unclaimedNews Story
A United Kingdom lottery player from Leicestershire has missed out on the chance to become a millionaire. UK National Lottery bosses announced that the deadline to claim the EuroMillions win expired at midnight yesterday. The winning ticket, bought in Leicester, would have allowed the holder to claim a EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker prize from the draw on Tuesday, December 23. A National Lottery spokesman said that as the deadline has now passed the money, plus the interest it earned
Jun 23, 2015, 7:58 am - Lottery News

UK Lotto game to change in OctoberNews Story
Harder to win, but guaranteed millionaires Lotto players in the United Kingdom will have to select their winning numbers from a pool of 59 rather than 49 under sweeping changes to the game taking effect later this year. The UK National Lottery operator, Camelot, said the enhancements would give players a better chance of winning and becoming a millionaire. It said a new Millionaire Raffle would guarantee at least one millionaire per draw, the average winning jackpot was expected to be t
Jun 16, 2015, 4:41 pm - Lottery News

UK lottery player claims £93M EuroMillions jackpotNews Story
The holder of a jackpot-winning EuroMillions ticket bought in the UK has come forward to claim their 93,388,943 (US$145 million) prize, lottery operator Camelot has confirmed. The identity of the winner is still unknown, and they can choose to remain anonymous if they wish. The prize is the biggest in the UK this year and the sixth-biggest ever in the country. The winner could receive their money by Monday, Camelot said. We're delighted Friday's ticket-holder has come forward to cla
Jun 15, 2015, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Factory worker quits job after winning $12.3M UK lottery jackpotNews Story
A food factory worker and his partner both quit their jobs after the pair won a lottery jackpot worth nearly 8 million (US$12.3 million). Philip Thomas Dunning, 44, and his partner Gina Meikle were left in a state of shock after winning 7,864,529 in Saturday's UK National Lottery draw. The couple, of Bo'ness, Falkirk, are getting ready for the good times after a pal called them with the news as they were heading to bed. Sandra, who matched the lucky couple up eleven years ago, knew the
Apr 30, 2015, 8:02 am - Lottery News