Winning Lotto numbers REVEALED with HUGE £3.6m Set For Life jackpot up for grabs
The Set For Life draw took place at 8pm sharp and the winning numbers are: 14 18, 28, 29 and 38. The Life Ball is 07. Wednesday's Lotto jackpot is an estimated £5.4m after no-one scooped the top prize on Saturday.
Andy will pay you a home visit. He will triple check all your paperwork and verify you are the person who bought the winning ticket. Andy will send the money to whichever bank account you choose. Two weeks later Andy sets up some meetings with legal and financial advisers to help you through. Winners are also provided with a life coach to support them with the big decisions. The deadline to claim the prize is different for different countries. In Austria, winners have a whole three years to collect the winnings. Belgian winners only have 140 days to take the cash. The least amount of time to snap up the jackpot goes to France and Luxembourg.
The Set For Life game has a top prize of £3.6m up for grabs. The Thunderball game offers better odds of winning the top prizes. Lucky numbers are to avoid repeats and mix things up. The odds are: Lotto jackpot: 1 in 45,057,474, EuroMillions jackpots: 1. in 139,838,160, Set for Life top Prize: £15,339,390, Thunder Ball: -1 in 8,060,598.
After 180 days, unclaimed lottery prizes are given to the National Lottery’s Good Causes Fund. Leo, Virgo, Scorpio and Jamie Heavens are lucky stars. Jamie won £1m on the lottery at 22 and still shops at Asda and Primark. Martyn and Kay Tott were denied the £3m they won in 2001. They couldn't find the ticket. They were left devastated. The money went to help fund sport programmes or local community buildings. It was a blessing in disguise. For them, it was torture. Their lives changed. they lost sight of who they were.
Tonight's Set For Life draw is expected to take place at 8pm. You need to pick five numbers from 1 to 47 and one Life Ball from one to 10. The best scratchcard to buy is £500 Loaded with odds of just 1 in 3.15. Full of £5s is second with the same odds and a top prize of $500. Cashword Multiplier is third with a prize value of £50. National Lottery has a weekly timetable. Lotto, EuroMillions and Set for Life are weekly draws.
This is what happens when you win the lottery. Andy Carter explains the details of the process. He explains how the money is received and how long it takes to claim the prize. The National Lottery believes it is important to support winners with their mental health. Winners from different countries have different deadlines to collect their prize and when it's returned to the Lotteries. The least amount of time to grab the jackpot goes to France and Luxembourg. Winning tickets from Ireland, Portugal and Spain have 90 days to tell the world they've won. Belgian winners have 140 days before the cash is returned.
Number 27 is most likely to help a punter scoop a jackpot. The next luckiest number is number 20, followed by number 23 and then number 54. Rule shake-up means you have to be 18 to buy National Lottery tickets and scratch cards. Online sales of lottery tickets are already banned. The new rules come into effect from today. GamCare is available 24/7. They help people who are worried about gambling. For confidential support call 0808 8020 133 or visit the Gamcare website.