Some Interesting Lotto Facts
26/09/2008 19:00:21
With the Euromillions Superdraw just a few hours away lottery fever has taken hold all across Great Britain and Europe. Hopefully you’ve remembered to buy your tickets and if not there’s just a little while to do so now. Tonights Euromillions Lottery will have a guaranteed jackpot of £100 million, because it’s a superdraw it cannot roll over. It has to be won tonight and if one ticket doesn’t match all six numbers drawn then it will be shared between the lesser winners. For such an exciting evening I thought you’d like to hear some Interesting Lotto facts.
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£100 million would be pretty difficult to spend given that it could accrue as much as £5 million interest over the course of one year, earning a staggering £14,041 interest every single day.
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Euromillions has paid out more than £828 million, just in the UK alone.
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The luckiest Euromillions number is 50, having been drawn 39 times since the game launch. The most drawn lucky star is number six which has made 60 appearances.
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The largest lottery prize ever given out was a staggering $390 million prize split between two players in a Mega Millions Draw. The two lucky players hailed from two states, Georgia and New Jersey.
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The largest every Euromillions prize went to Dolores McNamara from Ireland who scooped around £77 million in July 2005.
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The largest UK Lottery winner was Glaswegian Angela Kelly who won over £34 million on a Euromillions draw last year. She took three days to check her numbers as her ticket sat in the bottom of her handbag.
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Tonight of course another name could be added to these interesting Lotto facts as you become the biggest Euromillions winner and scoop the guaranteed £100 million prize, we can all dream of course and I, like you will be glued to the TV awaiting the numbers.
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