How Many Lottery Millionaires In Uk
The National Lottery is giving 100 people the chance to become millionaires this month.
EuroMillions Winner Statistics; There have been over 1,400 EuroMillions draws since 2004, with millions of euros given away in every one. Euro-Millions.com has crunched the numbers so you can view in-depth winner statistics, from the countries that have won the most prizes to the day of the year that's luckiest for winning a jackpot. It has been almost a whole year since a group of supermarket workers from Devon won the UK Lotto prize of nearly £4 million between themselves. Almost all of these lucky winners are still working together in the same Tesco store which brought them together to play via a syndicate and made them win big with the UK Lottery. Read the full story here. Getting rich: The number of millionaire households across the UK has risen by 29 per cent to 3.6 million in two years In total, British households held a net wealth of around £1.7trillion at the.
It is hoped the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw will break the record set by last year's 100 Millionaires draw, held on the night of the opening ceremony for London 2012.
On that occasion, 97 of the 100 winners came forward to claim their prize, setting a world record for the number of millionaires made in one night by a lottery draw.
A National Lottery spokeswoman said: 'This special EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw will see 100 UK players become millionaires on one spectacular night.
'Hopefully we will be celebrating this summer by smashing the record we set last year.
'Players are encouraged to get their tickets early in order to ensure they are in with a chance of joining the National Lottery Millionaires Club.
'The National Lottery has already created more than 3,300 millionaires and we look forward to boosting that number on July 26.'
Staff at the National Lottery will keep their phone lines open until midnight on the day, with four times the normal level of staff working to field calls from the new millionaires.
Every UK ticket holder who buys a EuroMillions line automatically enters the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw.
There is usually one winner per draw in the UK, as opposed to the 100 there will be on July 26.
Last Updated: Monday 30th June 2014, 14:05
Five new millionaires have emerged from Saturday’s UK Lotto draw after they each matched all six main numbers. The winning sequence from Saturday night was 8, 12, 28, 30, 43 and 49 with the Bonus Ball 42.
Of the 51 UK Lotto draws that have taken place so far this year, just four have seen five or more winners in the top tier category. Remarkably, three of these wins have come in the past month alone with this weekend’s big winners scooping the largest prize seen in any of the four draws. Saturday’s winners shared a £5.2 million top tier prize pool and each took home a share worth £1,045,504 whereas the share of the jackpot won in other multiple winner draws never exceeded £800,000.
In addition to the five jackpot winners from Saturday, eight players won £42,670 each when they matched five main numbers plus the Bonus Ball and 276 players won £1,050 each when they matched five main numbers.
How Many Lottery Millionaires In Uk
A further 304,603 tickets won either £25 for matching just three main numbers or £98 for matching four main numbers. The supplementary UK Lotto Raffle saw 100 prizes of £20,000 given out to players who matched one of the unique codes drawn. A full list of all 100 winning codes can be found on the UK Lotto Raffle Results page.
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As the jackpot was won on Saturday, Wednesday’s UK Lotto draw will offer players a brand new top prize estimated at £2.1 million plus 50 raffle prizes worth a guaranteed £20,000 each. For your chance to win big, tickets for the game can be purchased online via the Lottery Tickets tab or in person from an authorised retailer.