Tag: UK National Lottery

A teen dad, 19, scoops £10k-a-month for the next year on the National Lottery, UK. And, he did it sitting in the bath!

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) launched a public consultation Tuesday on potential changes to the minimum age requirement for playing National Lottery Games.

A lottery winner kept on claiming benefits after scooping a £300,000 jackpot. Lesley Thomas, 49, didn’t tell the authorities about her windfall and kept claiming housing benefit and employment and support allowance as before. The total overpayment was more than £17,988, Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Prosecutor Monique McKevitt said: ‘[Ms Thomas] received a […]

National Lottery urges people to check Euromillions tickets with 11 unclaimed millionaires. In Friday’s EuroMillions lottery draw, a total of 40 people won the life-changing six-figure sum.  However, so far only 29 of those lucky ticket-holders have comes forward.

Here are the largest lottery jackpots of 2018! Can you remember some of these big stories? Maybe this could be you next year…