THE Set For Life draw returned tonight offering Brits a chance of winning £10,000 a month for the next 30 years.
The draw, which took place at 8pm, saw a top prize worth a lifetime payout of £3.6million up for grabs.
Monday's winning numbers were 03, 09, 14, 28 and 37.
And the all-important Life Ball was 04.
Please gamble responsibly. And when the fun stops, stop.
Read our National Lottery live blog below for the latest results…
- Joseph Gamp
£300,000 on a scratchcard after shielding
A COUPLE “burst into tears” when they discovered they had won £300,000 on a scratchcard after shielding for almost two years.
Louisa Tomlinson described the win as “a dream come true” after she and husband Greg endured a “really tough couple of years” while she recovered from a stroke and treatment to mend a hole in her heart.
The duo, who have five children and have been married for 22 years, now plan to achieve a lifelong dream by buying their own home.
Louisa, 57, said: “I’d just started a new job when I had the stroke, and in treating that the doctors discovered that I also had a hole in my heart.
“I haven’t worked since, and Greg, a trained electrician, had to take a part-time delivery job so he was around to look after me as I recovered.
“I’ve always dreamt of owning our own home and to be honest, over the last 18 months I’ve thought of nothing else, scouring Rightmove for the perfect little cottage.
“I knew we could never afford it but the daydreaming kept me entertained while I was shielding… this really is a dream come true.”
- Joseph Gamp
This number has made 3,071 lotto appearances
Number 27 has made more appearances than any other in 3,071 draws in the past ten years making it the best number to have in your row.
The number came up 399 times in the UK National Lottery, Thunderball, EuroMillions and Irish Lotto.
That is 141 more times than number 57, the unluckiest number, which was drawn just 258 times.
The second luckiest is 54, which appeared 387 times. It was followed by 29, 42, 52 and 58 in joint third on 381 times.
The next luckiest was number 20 with 378. Then came 23, with 372.
- Joseph Gamp
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.
- Joseph Gamp
When hopes become reality
Like many people who play the lottery, Patrick and Frances Connolly “always hoped” they would win but didn’t have high hopes.
But two years ago, on New Year’s Day, they scooped £114,969,775 on the EuroMillions after playing every week for years.
When the couple, from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, found out about the “life-changing” sum, they modestly celebrated with “a cup of tea and a hug”.
They told ITV: “I always hoped we would win the lottery one day, but when we did, it would be just our luck that lots of others would win on the same day with the same numbers too.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would ever win almost £115 million.”
- Joseph Gamp
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
Cheques with an important message (Continued…)
And when it came to gifting some of their winnings to family and friends, it became a bigger operation – one Sharon says was reminiscent of the ‘Secret Millionaire’.
“My husband used to be a hotel manager and he made a spreadsheet and went round to about 30 friends and family’s houses and it was almost like Secret Millionaire.
“We have always said we class it as a responsibility to have that amount of money and we want to do good with it and not waste it or blow it.”
“We made a little card and put a cheque in it and gave it to them.”
Cheques with an important message
Their lives were turned upside down when they scooped £12.4million on the EuroMillions and gave away 30 cheques to friends and family.
Sharon and Nigel Mather from Sale, Greater Manchester, won the life-changing sum in 2010 after checking their ticket on their way home from a holiday.
Nigel, 55, was working as a hotel manager, and Sharon, 50, had just returned to work In finance at Trafford Council from maternity leave.
They picked up the ticket while on holiday and only discovered they had won when they returned home.
Number 27 most likely to help punter scoop a jackpot
National Lottery ball number 27 is the most likely to help punters win a jackpot, researchers say.
It has made more appearances than any other in 3,071 draws in the past ten years.
The number came up 399 times in the UK National Lottery, Thunderball, EuroMillions and Irish Lotto.
That is 141 more times than number 57, the unluckiest number, which was drawn just 258 times.
The second luckiest is 54, which appeared 387 times. It was followed by 29, 42, 52 and 58 in joint third on 381 times.
The next luckiest was number 20 with 378. Then came 23, with 372
Set For Life numbers REVEALED
The Set For Life draw has taken place with a staggering £3.6m u for grabs.
Monday's winning numbers are 03, 09, 14, 28 and 37.
And the all-important Life Ball is 04.
- Joseph Gamp
Set For Life in 15 minutes time
The Set For Life draw returns at 8pm.
You could win a top prize of £10,000 a month for the next 30 YEARS.
We'll publish the numbers moments after they are released.
- Joseph Gamp
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.
- Joseph Gamp
Mum-of-two stayed to finish shift after winning big on scratchcard
A MUM of two stayed to finish her care home shift after finding out she had landed £1million on a lottery scratchcard.
Stunned Sara Thomas, 26, asked colleagues to ring Camelot to check her jackpot was for real.
She broke the news to partner Sean Warner, 28, who urged her to take the rest of the day off but she kept working.
Sara, from Merthy r Tydfil, South Wales, said: “I was gobsmacked when I won.
“When I told Sean, he said I should leave work for the day but we were short-staffed and I didn’t want to let the girls down so I stayed.
“The rest of the day was a bit of a blur.”
- Joseph Gamp
When your hopes become reality
Like many people who play the lottery, Patrick and Frances Connolly “always hoped” they would win but didn’t have high hopes.
But two years ago, on New Year’s Day, they scooped £114,969,775 on the EuroMillions after playing every week for years.
When the couple, from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, found out about the “life-changing” sum, they modestly celebrated with “a cup of tea and a hug”.
They told ITV: “I always hoped we would win the lottery one day, but when we did, it would be just our luck that lots of others would win on the same day with the same numbers too.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would ever win almost £115 million.”
- Joseph Gamp
Mum-of-two stayed to finish shift after winning big on scratchcard
A MUM of two stayed to finish her care home shift after finding out she had landed £1million on a lottery scratchcard.
Stunned Sara Thomas, 26, asked colleagues to ring Camelot to check her jackpot was for real.
She broke the news to partner Sean Warner, 28, who urged her to take the rest of the day off but she kept working.
Sara, from Merthy r Tydfil, South Wales, said: “I was gobsmacked when I won.
“When I told Sean, he said I should leave work for the day but we were short-staffed and I didn’t want to let the girls down so I stayed.
“The rest of the day was a bit of a blur.”
- Joseph Gamp
‘Gold digger’
ONE of Britain’s biggest EuroMillions winners has won a bid to gag his former mistress after she wrote a book about their holiday romance.
Gareth Bull, 50, was married to wife Catherine when he scooped almost £41million in 2012.
But Gareth has now won a battle for a restraining order against his lover that bans her from bringing legal action against him, the Mirror reports.
She claimed she had a right to publicly speak out on their tryst to defend allegations she was a “gold digger”.
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
‘Gold digger’
ONE of Britain’s biggest EuroMillions winners has won a bid to gag his former mistress after she wrote a book about their holiday romance.
Gareth Bull, 50, was married to wife Catherine when he scooped almost £41million in 2012.
But Gareth has now won a battle for a restraining order against his lover that bans her from bringing legal action against him, the Mirror reports.
She claimed she had a right to publicly speak out on their tryst to defend allegations she was a “gold digger”.
Read more here.
- Joseph Gamp
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.
- 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 full here.
- Joseph Gamp
Top scratchcard to get
According to Oddschecker, 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.
- Joseph Gamp
The man who won the lottery seven times
American man, Richard Lustig, is the only person in the world who has won the lottery seven times.
In an interview with ABC News, Lustig explained that his method wass to re-invest all of his winnings back into the lottery, and also recommended using hand-picked sequential numbers, as well as using the same numbers repeatedly.
Lustig’s total wins amount to a value of $1,052,205.58, which is about £766,736.95.
- Win 1: January 1993 (scratch-off ticket) – $10,000
- Win 2: August 1997 (Florida Fantasy 5) – $13,696.03
- Win 3: June 2000 (“scratch-off ticket “2nd chance drawing”) – $3,594.66
- Win 4: October 2001 (“scratch-off ticket “2nd chance drawing”) – valued at $4,966
- Win 5: January 2002 (Florida Mega Money) – $842,152.91
- Win 6: November 25, 2008 (Florida Fantasy 5) $73,658.06
- Win 7: August 9, 2010 (Florida Fantasy 5) – $98,992.92
‘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.
- Joseph Gamp
Improving your Lotto Odds
Each line of Lotto numbers has an identical chance of winning.
The only way to improve your odds is to get more entries.
An affordable way to do this is to play in a syndicate so that you split the cost with others and boost your odds at the same time.
Always remember to play responsibly. And when the fun stops, stop.
- Joseph Gamp
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
- Joseph Gamp
How the free Lucky Dips work
If you match two numbers, it is easy to claim your free Lucky Dip.
If you have bought your ticket from a store, simply take your entry to any National Lottery retailer within 180 days of the winning draw. You will then be given the choice over whether to receive your Lucky Dip for the next Wednesday or Saturday draw.
When you win a Lucky Dip online, you will be notified by email and the Lucky Dip will be automatically entered into the next Lotto draw. You will then be given the chance to decide whether you would like any future Lucky Dips to be entered into the next draw, the next Wednesday draw or the next Saturday draw.
- Joseph Gamp
When hopes become reality
Like many people who play the lottery, Patrick and Frances Connolly “always hoped” they would win but didn’t have high hopes.
But two years ago, on New Year’s Day, they scooped £114,969,775 on the EuroMillions after playing every week for years.
When the couple, from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, found out about the “life-changing” sum, they modestly celebrated with “a cup of tea and a hug”.
They told ITV: “I always hoped we would win the lottery one day, but when we did, it would be just our luck that lots of others would win on the same day with the same numbers too.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would ever win almost £115 million.”
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