Lotto’s Set For Life returns TODAY with chance of wining £10k a month for 30 YEARS

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.

EXPLAINED: WHAT HAPPENS TO EUROMILLIONS PRIZE MONEY IF NO ONE CLAIMS IT?

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.”

‘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.”

NATIONAL LOTTERY WEEKLY TIMETABLE

Here’s a timetable for all UK lottery games including Lotto, EuroMillions and Set For Life.

There is a draw 6 nights a week.

However, there are no draws on Sundays.

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

WHAT IS A ROLL DOWN AND HOW MUCH IS WEDNESDAY’S LOTTO JACKPOT?

Whenever there’s a Lotto Must Be Won draw and no one wins the jackpot by matching 6 main numbers, there’s a Rolldown.

This means the jackpot is shared across other prize tiers where players match 2 or more main numbers, so thousands can expect to win a boosted cash prize.

After no one scooped Saturday’s top prize of £15m, the jackpot is now £2m.

But if the top prize is missed, the roll over process will b

TOP TEN ODDS FOR EASIEST LOTTERIES TO WIN AROUND THE WORLD

1. FranceLoto – odds 1:5.99
2. Swedish Lottery – odds 1:7
3. Oz Lotto – odds 1:8
4. Polish Mini Lotto – odds 1:8.5
5. UK National Lottery – odds 1:9.3
6. Spanish Lotto – odds 1:10
7. Austria Lotto – odds 1:12
8. Irish Lotto – odds 1:13
9. Mega Millions Lottery – odds 1:24
10. Powerball Lotto – odds 1:24.87

EXPLAINED: WHAT IS SET FOR LIFE?

The Set For Life draw runs on Mondays and Thursdays and one lucky Brit could win £10,000 every month for the next 30 years.

Players have to pick five numbers from 1-47 plus one Life Ball number from 1-10 or go with a Lucky Dip to get a randomly generated number.

You can buy Set For Life tickets online every day from 6am until 11pm. But remember, to play on a draw day, you’ll need to buy your ticket before 7.30pm.

The winning numbers go out at 8pm and can be found on the National Lottery website or their YouTube channel.

WHAT IS A ROLL DOWN AND WHAT IS WEDNESDAY’S LOTTO JACKPOT?

Whenever there’s a Lotto Must Be Won draw and no one wins the jackpot by matching 6 main numbers, there’s a Rolldown.

This means the jackpot is shared across other prize tiers where players match 2 or more main numbers, so thousands can expect to win a boosted cash prize.

After no one scooped Saturday’s top prize of £15m, the jackpot is now £2m.

But if the top prize is missed, the roll over process will begin.

WHEN IS THE NEXT DRAW?

The next game to play in will be the Set For Life draw on Monday evening.

Taking place at 8pm, it will see Brits play for the chance to win £10k a month for the next 30 years.

Tuesday will see Thunderball take place at 8pm, shortly followed by EuroMillions at 8.45pm – with a stonking jackpot of £42m up for grabs.

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

‘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.”

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Donna previously revealed how Gareth, who told her he was separated, splurged on taking her to glitzy events and luxury holidays.

She claimed he told her their relationship had to be kept secret as he didn’t want to give his wife ammunition if they were to divorce.

But Catherine spotted the pair on TV at an Anthony Joshua fight in 2017 and they separated later that year.

Donna later said she felt “wounded” when the relationship ended and Gareth stopped talking to her.

She was previously slapped with an injunction banning her from spilling the beans in her memoir.

ONE OF UK’S BIGGEST EUROMILLIONS WINNERS TAKES OUT RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST EX-MISTRESS

ONE of Britain’s biggest EuroMillions winners has won a bid to gag his former mistress after she wrote a book about their holiday romance.

Gareth Bull, 50, was married to wife Catherine when he scooped almost £41million in 2012.

Read more here.

GRAN ESCAPES JAIL AFTER STEALING £33,000 OF LOTTO SCRATCHCARDS FROM CORNER SHOP

A GRAN stole £33,000 worth of Lotto scratchcards from a corner shop while working behind the till, a court heard today.

Trusted shop assistant Sheila Hancock, 60, took thousands of cards from the display without paying for them.

And if she saw it was a winning card after scratching off the silver foil she took the prize money out of the till, it was said.

Puzzled owner Virajkumar Patel couldn’t understand why his busy store wasn’t making a profit despite staying open throughout the pandemic.

So he checked CCTV and was horrified when he saw Hancock repeatedly helping herself to cards and winnings. York crown court heard she had become addicted to the “easy” gambling and got away with the deceit from January 2020 until April of this year.

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.

EXPLAINED: WHAT HAPPENS TO EUROMILLIONS PRIZE MONEY IF NO ONE CLAIMS IT?

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.”

HOW DOES THE SET FOR LIFE DRAW WORK

Each set of numbers you enter for this draw will cost you £1.50.

All you need to do is pick five numbers between 1-47 as well as one Life Ball number between 1-10.

The jackpot prize for matching all numbers is £10,000 every month for 30 years.

The prize for just getting the five main numbers is £10,000 every month for 1 year.

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.”

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

WOMAN WHO BOUGHT HER BOYFRIEND A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET DIVIDES THE WEB AS SHE ASKS FOR SOME OF THE PRIZE MONEY

The woman had given her partner a National Lottery scratchcard for Christmas which ended up winning him £500. 

The dilemma was shared to the MoneySavingExpert Instagram account by a sibling of the brother.

They said that her brother should get to keep all of the money as the scratchcard was a gift. 

The sibling wrote: “Should my brother share his lottery winnings? 

“My brother’s girlfriend gave him a National Lottery scratchcard as a Christmas gift, and he won £500.”

Many people said he should pocket the money as the card then belonged to him. 

One said: “It’s his and should be under no obligation to share it with anyone.”

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%

EXPLAINED: WHAT HAPPENS TO EUROMILLIONS PRIZE MONEY IF NO ONE CLAIMS IT?

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.”

TOP TEN ODDS FOR EASIEST LOTTERIES TO WIN AROUND THE WORLD

1. FranceLoto – odds 1:5.99
2. Swedish Lottery – odds 1:7
3. Oz Lotto – odds 1:8
4. Polish Mini Lotto – odds 1:8.5
5. UK National Lottery – odds 1:9.3
6. Spanish Lotto – odds 1:10
7. Austria Lotto – odds 1:12
8. Irish Lotto – odds 1:13
9. Mega Millions Lottery – odds 1:24
10. Powerball Lotto – odds 1:24.87

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.”