EUROMILLIONS returned with a staggering top prize of £22m waiting to be won.
Tuesday's draw took place at around 8.10pm, and the winning numbers were 19, 21, 37, 47 and 48, plus the lucky stars were 03 and 06.
Thunderball also returned at 8pm offering another chance to scoop up a cool £500,000 jackpot.
The winning numbers were 9, 13, 22, 26 and 3, while the Thunderball itself was 12.
Please gamble responsibly. And when the fun stops, stop.
Stay with our EuroMillions blog and see the winning numbers as they go live…
- Louis Allwood
Whole lotto misery
A LOTTERY winner was killed by her doctor husband who injected her with painkillers after he accused her of squandering the cash.
Joseph Roncaioli, 72, was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife Ibi who won $10 million she split with her friend.
Prosecutors told his trial he may have been have been upset his wife squandered the couple’s fortune leaving them with little money for retirement, the Toronto Star reported.
Passing sentence, the trial judge said his crime “more resembles a murder than an accidental killing”.
“It was intentional, not spontaneous,” said Justice Jane Ferguson.
Hungarian-born Ibi and her friend won $10 million on the lottery in Canada back in 1991 and the pair split the winnings.
Her husband’s trial heard that she gave away $2 million on a son whose existence was a secret from her other two boys.
- Louis Allwood
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.
- Louis Allwood
Tips to get lucky numbers
Avoid repeats
Another top tip is to ensure you are always choosing numbers that weren’t drawn last week.
While it might seem 3 is a lucky number, just because it appeared in the previous draw, it doesn’t mean it will again next time.
Odds and evens
According to expert analysis, all-odd and all-even line-ups are drawn less than three per cent of the time.
As there are seven gaps to fill, this means it is best to pick three odd and two even, or two odd and three even.
One of these patterns will occur in 68 per cent of EuroMillions draws.
Shun same last digits
Similarly to odds and evens, it’s good to mix things up when it comes to the second digit of your numbers.
Even if seven might be your lucky number, think twice about choosing 7, 17, 27, 37 and 47.
Almost 90 per cent of draws have no more than one repeated last digit.
And your chances of winning with four same final digits drop to less than two tenths of one per cent.
- Louis Allwood
Explainer: Where does the money go?
Around £30 million is raised every week by National Lottery players for good causes – so even if you don’t win some of the country’s most vulnerable do.
Here are some of the organisations they work with:
- Arts Council England
- Sport England
- BFI
- UK Sport
- Arts Council Of Wales
- Sport Wales
- Arts Council Of Northern Ireland
Latest November Euromillions results
Tue 30 Nov 2021 – Jackpot £14,501,000 – Ball numbers 19 – 20 – 26 – 33 – 43 – Lucky Stars 01 – 04 – UK Millionaire Maker codes HBJX98427
Fri 26 Nov 2021- Jackpot £137,864,547 – Ball numbers 01 – 20 – 41 – 42 – 50 – Lucky Stars 03 – 07 – UK Millionaire Maker codes VBKD46480
Tue 23 Nov 2021 – Jackpot – £122,108,668 – Ball numbers – 17 – 21 – 36 – 42 – 46 – Lucky Stars 07 – 10 – UK Millionaire Maker codes JVGQ82959
Friday’s winning EuroMillions numbers
There was £14m up for grabs in tonight’s EuroMillions draw.
Friday’s winning numbers are: 11, 21, 33, 38 and 42.
The lucky stars are 02 and 08.
Euromillions December results
Fri 10 Dec 2021 – Jackpot £14,518,000 – Ball numbers 11 – 21 – 33 – 38 – 42 – Lucky Stars 02 – 08 – UK Millionaire Maker codes MGMC95489
Tue 07 Dec 2021 – Jackpot£122,150,223 – Ball numbers 22 – 31 – 38 – 46 – 47 – Lucky Stars 07 – 11 – UK Millionaire Maker codes VFLN93289
Fri 03 Dec 2021 – Jackpot £111,176,000 – Ball numbers 21 – 22 – 29 – 32 – 46 – Lucky Stars 09 – 10 – UK Millionaire Maker codes TDLJ97056
National Lottery Scratchcard odds revealed
STRIKING it rich with a scratchcard might seem like a fantasy – with most punters pocketing a couple of quid, if anything.
But some actually put you in pretty good stead of bagging the top prize.
Read more here.
Set For Life numbers revealed
Monday's winning numbers were 07, 19, 20, 27 and 32.
The life ball was 04.
Were you a winner?
- Louis Allwood
Special win after ‘scary’ pandemic
A syndicate of 53 NHS workers won £118,044 on EuroMillions earlier this year.
They matched five numbers and one lucky star in the October 8 draw.
The syndicate members are mostly pharmacy staff at Morriston Hospital in Swansea and aged between 20 and 63.
They have been working flat out during the pandemic.
Pharmacy technician Kim Owen, 61, said: “It’s been a scary time for all of us so the win is extra special.”
Members of the syndicate, which is called the Pharmily Crew, will each receive £2,227. Most say they will spend their share on sunshine holidays.
- Louis Allwood
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.”
- Louis Allwood
Set For Life winner becomes full time ghost hunter
A WOMAN who scooped £10,000 a month on the National Lottery Set For Life has 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.
- Louis Allwood
The biggest lottery prizes 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
What happens if no one claims a prize?
If no UK players come forward within 180 days then the prize money, plus all the interest it has generated while it is held in trust, goes to National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.
The National Lottery have said: “Our players change the lives of individuals as well as communities by raising, on average, over £33 million for National Lottery-funded projects every week.”
Go get checking!
A HUGE £11.7 million National Lottery jackpot was up for grabs over the weekend.
Brits have been urged to check tickets as the Rolldown took place on Saturday giving winners bigger prizes.
- Louis Allwood
Thunderball prizes
5 MAIN NUMBERS Plus the Thunderball – £500, 000
5 MAIN NUMBERS – £5,000
4 MAIN NUMBERS Plus the Thunderball – £250
4 MAIN NUMBERS – £100
3 MAIN NUMBERS Plus the Thunderball – £20
3 MAIN NUMBERS – £10
2 MAIN NUMBERS Plus the Thunderball – £10
1 MAIN NUMBER Plus the Thunderball – £5
0 MAIN NUMBERS Plus the Thunderball – £3
- Louis Allwood
What are the 6 luckiest numbers?
Ever wondered what numbers you *should* be playing?
Well, 6, 7, 33, 38, 40, and 49 are known as the six luckiest numbers globally.
These numbers come from data collected from draws that happened in Spain, Canada, Germany, Poland, the UK, Greece, and South Africa.
- Louis Allwood
Two EuroMillions winners have just DAYS to claim their £1million
TWO EuroMillions players have just days to claim their huge jackpot win or they will lose it forever.
The lucky lotto winners bagged themselves a cool £1million jackpot on the UK Millionaire Maker draw.
The first winning draw was in June but the six-month deadline to claim the prize is only three days away.
The winning ticket was bought in Newham in London and the winning draw number is HSHJ77861.
If the prize is not claimed by December 15 then the cash will go into the good causes fund.
The second winning draw was in July and the deadline for claiming that £1m prize if December 29.
That winning ticket was bought on the Isle of Anglesey and Gwynedd and was one of 20 top prizes in that draw.
And it's not the only unclaimed jackpot waiting for its rightful owner.
- Louis Allwood
‘Our life fell apart’
Dave and Angela Dawes, 53, cashed in their prize in 2011, buying Tom Jones’ former home for £4m in East Sussex, as Britain’s seventh biggest winners.
Speaking at the time of their win the couple, who had only played twice before, said that they were going to have the wedding of their dreams.
Angela enjoyed a new engagement ring, and the couple planned to to buy properties in London and abroad and were looking forward to a trip to Las Vegas and a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
But the couple’s fortunes have dramatically changes in the ten years since their win, with court battles and dramatic home raids turning the tide.
Initially they splurged £4.5million on a flat in Fulham, West London just ten minutes from Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium for football mad Mr Dawes, 57.
The couple then swapped London life for village bliss in East Sussex, and enjoyed a quiet life spending their millions.
But then Dave’s son Michael also took his dad and stepmother to court after they refused to stop coughing up for him to lunch at the Ritz.
- Joseph Gamp
Secrets to winning the lottery revealed
- 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.
- Joseph Gamp
National lottery weekly draws timetable
There is a draw happening six nights a week, apart from Sundays.
Here is a timetable for all UK lottery games including Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life and what day they happen on.
Tonight is the turn of the main Lotto and the Thunderball.
- Joseph Gamp
636,000 Project celebration
To celebrate the 636,000 projects The National Lottery have supported over the past 27 years, four word-based installations – Build, Dreams, Create, Change – are being unveiled across London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Antrim.
Famous faces Alexandra Burke, Sir Chris Hoy, Nadine Coyle and Liam Reardon will be revealing the artworks which have each been created using 636 National Lottery balls by arts collective Greyworld and inspired by funded projects.
- Joseph Gamp
Where does National Lottery money go?
Around £30 million is raised every week by National Lottery players for good causes – so even if you don’t win some of the country’s most vulnerable do.
Here are some of the organisations they work with:
- Arts Council England
- Sport England
- BFI
- UK Sport
- Arts Council Of Wales
- Sport Wales
- Arts Council Of Northern Ireland
When the fun stops, stop.
Gaming is fun but for a few, but it may become a problem.
If you’re worried about yourself, or someone you know, speak in confidence to the people at GamCare, available 24/7, on 0808 8020 133 or visit the GamCare website for assistance.
Who are the biggest Euromillions winners in history?
Your chances to win may be remote but if you do you could win big.
Here are some of the record prizes one by UK winners in the past:
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