SATURDAY'S National Lottery draw saw hopeful Brits play for a cool £20million jackpot, however the winner is yet to come forward.
The National Lottery draw results for Lotto, were recorded and streamed live at 7:45pm on Saturday 4th September 2021.
The winning numbers were 21, 14, 39, 41, 36, 1, and the bonus ball was 34.
Brits have been urged to come forward and claim if they are in posession of the winning ticket. You could be one step closer to going on that all-expenses trip you've dreamed of!
The biggest ever Lotto winner was created in April 2016, when an anonymous player banked a whopping £35m.
Read our National Lottery live blog below for the latest updates…
- Milica Cosic
EXPLAINED: WHERE DOES THE MONEY RAISED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY GO
In the year ending 31 March 2021, the funds were shared as follows:
- Health, education, environment and charitable causes – 40%
- Sport – 20%
- Arts – 20%
- Heritage – 20%
OBLIVIOUS WOMAN HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS CARRYING £28MILLION WINNING LOTTERY TICKET IN HER PURSE FOR WEEKS
The 45-year-old, who has not been named, was the sole winner of the draw in Germany on June 9, Lotto Bayern said.
She told reporters that she continued to “carelessly” carry her new found fortune around despite correctly guessing the seven fields on the lottery ticket last month.
She has now vowed to never play the lottery again adding that she now has “more than enough for my husband, my daughter and me.”
Read the article in full here.
THE BIGGEST LOTTO WINNERS IN HISTORY
- £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize
- £1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline
- £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
- £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017
- £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018
- Milica Cosic
THE UNLUCKIEST LOTTERY WINNERS OF ALL TIME WHO MISSED OUT ON MILLIONS BECAUSE OF LOST TICKETS AND PAYMENT PROBLEMS
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
SIGN MOST LIKELY TO PICK THE RIGHT WINNING NUMBERS
The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Which sign is most likely to win the lottery? 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.
- Joseph Gamp
CALLIE ROGERS CAMPAIGNING TO RAISE LEGAL AGE LIMIT TO PLAY THE LOTTERY
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.”
- Joseph Gamp
HOW LONG DO WINNERS HAVE TO CLAIM THEIR PRIZE MONEY?
Winners from different countries have different deadlines to claim their prize.
In Austria, winners have a whole three years to claim the prize before it is returned to the lottery and used to fund boosted prizes.
Belgian winners, on the other hand, only have around 140 days before the money is returned to the Belgian National Lottery.
The least amount of time to snap up the jackpot goes to France and Luxembourg.
Winners from Ireland, Portugal and Spain all have around 90 days to tell the world they’ve won.
Read the article in full here.
- Joseph Gamp
MAN SCOOPS £680,000 LOTTO JACKPOT BUT NEARLY MISSES OUT ON PRIZE AFTER THINKING WIN WAS ‘HOAX’ AS WIFE ‘DIDN’T BELIEVE HIM’
The lucky winner, from Darwin, almost didn’t collect the money after being left in total disbelief when he saw all six of his numbers on the lottery app.
“Usually, I get an email straight after the draw that tells me how close I am to winning division one,” the winner told Daily Mail Australia.
“But this time, I didn’t, so when I woke up on Sunday morning, I logged into The Lott app and I saw I had all six numbers.
“I thought ‘well, that’s strange’ and then I saw the prize amount, and I thought it must be some kind of hoax.”
He was one of five winning entries in the TattsLotto draw with each person taking home £680,000 ($1,304,946.92).
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said it took some time for him to believe that he had scooped the massive prize.
- Joseph Gamp
MISSED OUT ON THE LOTTO DRAW?
Here’s how to try again next time:
The next Lotto draw is on Wednesday.
There are no draws on Sundays.
- Joseph Gamp
EUROMILLIONS WINNER MARGARET LOUGHREY GAVE RELATIVES £1M EACH AND JUST FINISHED DREAM HOME WHEN SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AT 56
The 56-year-old, who claimed a £27million win eight years ago, said the money had “destroyed her” before her sad death this week.
Neighbours say Ms Loughrey – known as ‘Maggie Millions’ – had recently transformed a derelict property nicknamed ‘the barn’ into a stunning home for herself.
Paul Gallagher told the Belfast Telegraph: “She had been living in a bungalow next to it and the barn was just finished, I believe.
“It’s a pity she didn’t get to enjoy her new home.”
And he said people were “shocked” by her death.
“Margaret was well-known and did a lot of good, charitable work around the town,” he said.
Ms Loughrey bought the winning ticket from shop SuperValu when she was walking back home from the Job Centre.
Margaret Loughrey handed cash to friends and family after her Lottery win.
- Joseph Gamp
THE BIGGEST LOTTO WINNERS IN HISTORY
- £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize
- £1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline
- £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
- £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017
- £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018
ILL FORTUNE
Despite hitting the jackpot, countless lotto winners have suffered astonishing tragedies from the breakdown of their marriages to losing everything they own.
One of the very first lottery winners, Lee Ryan, scooped the £6.5million jackpot just 17 weeks after the lottery was launched on November 14 1994. He made headlines when it emerged he was accused of handling stolen cars and was imprisoned for 18 months after his huge payout. Lee then spent a decade living the high life and splashed his car on luxury cars, a helicopter and a £2million mansion.
But Lee ended up penniless, spent two years living on the street and shacked up in a tiny flat in London he shared with homeless pals. “The money was cursed because I took the p**s out of God when I asked him to make me a multimillionaire. My cellmate warned me to be careful what I wished for,” he said.
HOW DOES THE NATIONAL LOTTERY WORK
The National Lottery raises money to go to many ‘good causes’ and have helped give out numerous grants to those that need it most.
On their website they state: “We retain around just 1% of revenue in profit, while around 95% of total revenue goes back to winners and society. More so, we run one of the most cost-efficient major lotteries in Europe, with around 4% of total revenue spent on operating costs.
“To date, National Lottery players have helped to raise over £43 billion for Good Causes, with more than 635,000 individual awards made across the UK – the equivalent of more than 225 lottery grants in every UK postcode district.”
‘I’M GLAD I DIDN’T GET THE £3M’
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.”
EUROMILLIONS WINNER MARGARET LOUGHREY GAVE RELATIVES £1M EACH AND JUST FINISHED DREAM HOME WHEN SHE WAS FOUND DEAD AT 56
The 56-year-old, who claimed a £27million win eight years ago, said the money had “destroyed her” before her sad death this week.
Neighbours say Ms Loughrey – known as ‘Maggie Millions’ – had recently transformed a derelict property nicknamed ‘the barn’ into a stunning home for herself.
Paul Gallagher told the Belfast Telegraph: “She had been living in a bungalow next to it and the barn was just finished, I believe.
“It’s a pity she didn’t get to enjoy her new home.”
And he said people were “shocked” by her death.
“Margaret was well-known and did a lot of good, charitable work around the town,” he said.
Ms Loughrey bought the winning ticket from shop SuperValu when she was walking back home from the Job Centre.
Margaret Loughrey handed cash to friends and family after her Lottery win.
- Joseph Gamp
YESTERDAY'S THUNDERBALL NUMBERS REVEALED
Yesterday's Thunderball numbers were 28, 21, 11, 1, 14 and the Thunderball was 14.
- Joseph Gamp
HOW MANY LOTTERY TICKETS WERE SOLD IN THE LAST YEAR?
From total ticket sales of £8,373.9 million in the year ending 31 March 2021:
- £1,887.5 million was raised for National Lottery projects
- £4,854.7 million was paid to players in prizes
- £1,004.8 million went to the Government in Lottery Duty
- £275.9 million was earned by retailers in commission
WHICH STAR SIGN MOST LIKELY TO PICK THE RIGHT WINNING NUMBERS?
The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Which sign is most likely to win the lottery? 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.
INSIDE MARGARET LOUGHREY’S VINTAGE CAR SHOWROOM AT NEW HOME SHE NEVER LIVED IN
The 56-year-old, who scooped a £27million (€31million) fortune, built a six-bay showroom for the vehicles even though she did not drive.
She was found dead at the £130,000 bungalow where she had been staying temporarily in Strabane, Co Tyrone, on Thursday.
The little house is next door to the showroom and the barrel-roofed converted barn where she planned to live alone.
Police said there were “no suspicious circumstances” after Ms Loughrey’s body was discovered.
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY’S ‘SET FOR LIFE’ DRAW?
Set For Life gives players the chance to win £10,000 every month for 30 years.
The winners get a a total of £3.6 million over three decades.
Players have to choose five main numbers – from 1 to 47 – as well as a Life Ball from a separate set between 1 and 10.
WE WON THE LOTTERY THEN GAVE WINNINGS AWAY BY MAKING PALS RICH & FLUSHING CASH DOWN THE LOO AFTER FIVE BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE’
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.
- Joseph Gamp
WHERE DOES THE MONEY RAISED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY GO
In the year ending 31 March 2021, the funds were shared as follows:
- Health, education, environment and charitable causes – 40%
- Sport – 20%
- Arts – 20%
- Heritage – 20%
OBLIVIOUS WOMAN HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS CARRYING £28MILLION WINNING LOTTERY TICKET IN HER PURSE FOR WEEKS
The 45-year-old, who has not been named, was the sole winner of the draw in Germany on June 9, Lotto Bayern said.
She told reporters that she continued to “carelessly” carry her new found fortune around despite correctly guessing the seven fields on the lottery ticket last month.
She has now vowed to never play the lottery again adding that she now has “more than enough for my husband, my daughter and me.”
Read the article in full here.
‘I’M GLAD I DIDN’T GET THE £3M’
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.”
THE MOST COMMON EUROMILLIONS WINNING NUMBERS REVEALED
For EuroMillions, you pick five main numbers and two Lucky Stars, with draws taking place every Tuesdays and Fridays.
The five most drawn main numbers since EuroMillions launched in February 2004 are 23, 44, 50, 19 and 37.
The two most drawn Lucky Stars are 2, 3 and 8.
The least drawn numbers are 33, 36, 22, 40, 18.
The original Lucky Stars were 1 to 9 – of those, the least drawn are 4 and 1.
The more recently added Lucky Stars 10, 11 and 12 have been drawn less.
In the UK, a single entry to a EuroMillions draw costs £2.50.
EuroMillions is different to the main Lotto draw.
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