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Lottery Cheat Imran Pervais Escapes Jail Term Tue, May 7, 2013A shopkeeper who tried to con a lottery syndicate out of nearly £80,000 in winnings has been spared a jail sentence. More »
- Doubts over Lottery Games repayment Fri, Apr 19, 2013
MPs have raised doubts about repaying the National Lottery for its key role in helping to fund the London 2012 Games. More »
- Lottery tickets go with home offer Wed, Apr 17, 2013
A homeowner has taken the unusual step of offering the buyer of his property £10,000-worth of lottery tickets in a bid to secure a sale. More »
- The Voice moves to avoid BGT clash Wed, Apr 10, 2013
BBC bosses are to avoid a head-to-head clash with rival Britain's Got Talent next week by scheduling The Voice in a later slot. More »
- National Lottery Ticket Price To Double To £2 Thu, Jan 17, 2013
The cost of playing the main National Lottery draw is to double to £2, but more winners will get a share of the prize pot. More »
- Record Funding Boost For Olympic Sports Tue, Dec 18, 2012
UK Sport has announced an 11% increase in funding for Olympics and Paralympic sports ahead of the 2016 Rio games. More »
- EuroMillions: Did Anyone Claim £64m Jackpot? Thu, Dec 6, 2012
A mystery lottery player has lost out on a £64m fortune after the deadline for them to claim the life-changing prize expired. More »
- EuroMillions: Time Runs Out For Jackpot Winner Wed, Dec 5, 2012
A mystery lottery winner had until 11pm on Wednesday to claim a £64m prize before the ticket expired. More »
- As Stevenage fails to find £64m jackpot winner, what happens to unclaimed lottery … Wed, Dec 5, 2012
Stevenage may have made the news for its missing £64m jackpot ticket, but amazingly over £15m of lottery prizemoney still remains unclaimed across Britain. More »
- Euromillions: £64m Hitchin Prize Unclaimed Wed, Nov 28, 2012
A EuroMillions player has just seven days to identify themselves as the winner of £64m - the biggest unclaimed prize in UK lottery history. More »
- Canadian Pensioners In £600m Motorsport Deals Fri, Oct 26, 2012
Canada’s biggest pension fund is plotting a double-swoop on the world’s most prestigious motorsport series through investments worth about £600m, I have learned. More »
- Lottery Hits 3,000 Millionaires Jackpot Mon, Oct 22, 2012
The National Lottery has created 3,000 millionaires since it began in 1994 and most of them kept the majority of their winnings in the UK, a new study has said. More »
- National Lottery Awards project finalists revealed Wed, Oct 17, 2012
More than 20 community initiatives are competing for votes in a bid to be declared the nation's favourite National Lottery-funded project. More »
- Paula Radcliffe Loses Lottery Funding Mon, Oct 15, 2012
Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has been axed from UK Athletics' National Lottery funding list. More »
- Three Times Lucky For Lottery-Winning Family Wed, Sep 26, 2012
A family in Norway has hit the lottery jackpot for the third time in six years - and the wins have so far all coincided with the birth of a new baby. More »
- UK Ticket Holder Scoops £37m Lottery Jackpot Sat, Sep 8, 2012
A £37m EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a UK ticket holder - the nation's 14th largest win ever. More »
- Camelot issues warning over EuroMillions email scam Fri, Aug 24, 2012
National Lottery operator Camelot has issued a warning for people to be on the lookout for email scammers claiming to be EuroMillion winners Adrian and Gillian More »
- Camelot Loses 'Rival' Lottery Legal Fight Wed, Aug 22, 2012
The National Lottery operator Camelot has lost its High Court battle that attempted to limit the ambitions of the "rival" Health Lottery. More »
- Exclusive: Camelot Braced For Court Defeat Wed, Aug 22, 2012
The operator of the National Lottery is today expected to suffer a defeat in its attempt to quash the ambitions of the Health Lottery owned by Richard Desmond, the More »
- Shop Worker Jailed For Claiming £1m Jackpot Mon, Aug 20, 2012
A shop worker has been jailed for 30 months for trying to claim a winning £1m lottery ticket belonging to a pensioner couple. More »
- New £148.6m EuroMillions winners 'celebrated by eating takeaway pizza' Tue, Aug 14, 2012
Adrian and Gillian Bayford - the couple from Suffolk who scooped £148.6m on the EuroMillions - have been dubbed Britain's most "down to earth" millionaires after More »
- Winners Of £148.6m Jackpot Revealed Tue, Aug 14, 2012
A couple who claimed last week's massive £148.6m EuroMillions jackpot have been revealed as Adrian and Gillian Bayford. More »
- 'Voice Of Darts' Sid Waddell Dies, Aged 72 Tue, Aug 14, 2012
Legendary darts broadcaster Sid Waddell has died at the age of 72. More »
- EuroMillions: Suffolk Pair Claim £148m Win Mon, Aug 13, 2012
A couple from Suffolk have claimed last week's massive £148.6m EuroMillions jackpot, the National Lottery has said. More »
- Funding For Olympic Sports Extended To Rio Sun, Aug 12, 2012
Funding for Olympic sports has been guaranteed until the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, David Cameron has announced. More »
- An Olympics Of Amazing Achievements Sun, Aug 12, 2012
It's been the most extraordinary Olympic Games. From first to last, it's been a wonderful time to be British too. More »
- Lottery Operator Confirms EuroMillions Claim Sat, Aug 11, 2012
The operator of The National Lottery, Camelot, has confirmed that it has had a claim staked for the £148m EuroMillions jackpot prize. More »
- EuroMillions: £148m Must Be Won Tonight Fri, Aug 10, 2012
A UK winner of the second-largest EuroMillions jackpot could be created later, with the rollover prize fund now capped at £148m. More »
- Where Are The Missing Lottery Millionaires? Mon, Jul 30, 2012
More than 20 new millionaires have still to come forward to claim the life-changing prize they won in Friday's record-breaking Olympics lottery draw. More »
- EuroMillions: Hunt On For Lucky Winners Sat, Jul 28, 2012
The hunt is on for dozens of lucky winners of a special EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle draw brought in to mark the opening of London 2012 on Friday night. More »
- London 2012 Games Merchandise Not Selling Wed, Jul 11, 2012
The British Olympic Association chef de mission Andy Hunt has admitted the BOA is searching for an additional £2 million after slower than projected sales of its More »
- EuroMillions £63.8m Prize Still Unclaimed Thu, Jun 21, 2012
If a £63.8m EuroMillions prize is not claimed by 6pm tonight, the area where the ticket was bought will be named. More »
- £63m EuroMillions Winner Yet To Come Forward Sun, Jun 10, 2012
No one has yet come forward to claim their £63.8m share of the EuroMillions jackpot, a National Lottery spokeswoman said. More »
- Couple claim £1m after leaving winning lottery ticket on fridge door for two … Thu, May 31, 2012
A couple have scooped £1m after they discovered a forgotten two-month-old lottery ticket stuck on their fridge door contained the jackpot numbers. More »
- Hot tubs and snooker tables: Top items bought by National Lottery winners r … Fri, May 18, 2012
Lottery millionaires will splash their cash on hot tubs and walk-in wardrobes for their dream house, new research by Camelot has revealed. More »
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