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The National Lottery is taking advantage of a loophole that allows children as young as 16 to gamble hundreds of pounds a week online. There are fears the loophole could lead to an epidemic of gambling among future generations, with the latest figures revealing that 16 and 17 year olds spent £47 million on National … Read more
An electrician who bought a Euromillions lottery ticket for the first time ever after ‘a voice in his head’ told him to has landed a staggering £1 million win. Simon Waddup, 31, from Coventry, had been shopping in his local Aldi supermarket when he ‘kept hearing a voice in his head’ telling him to enter the National … Read more
An electrician who bought a Euromillions lottery ticket for the first time ever after ‘a voice in his head’ told him to has landed a staggering £1 million win. Simon Waddup, 31, from Coventry, had been shopping in his local Aldi supermarket when he ‘kept hearing a voice in his head’ telling him to enter the National … Read more
British ticketholder scoops £15.2million EuroMillions jackpot – just days after another UK player won £16.5million A British lottery player last night scooped the £15.2 million Euromillions jackpot On Tuesday, another Briton won a half-share of that night’s £33 million jackpot Each of the players has 180 days from the date of the draw to collect … Read more
British ticketholder wins tonight’s EuroMillions jackpot – but must share the £33m prize with a player from France £33million jackpot to be split between a player in the UK and another in France Andy Carter at the National Lottery advised people to check their tickets online Tonight’s main EuroMillions numbers are 04, 09, 14, 21 … Read more
People living near parks starved of funding by cash-strapped councils should pay higher taxes to maintain their upkeep, a think-tank recommended today. The NHS should be given the power and funding to maintain and even create new parks ‘as a tool of healthcare’, the report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) also suggested. While more … Read more
National Lottery website and app are BACK online four hours before tonight’s £5m draw after power cut put them out of action all day The National Lottery website and app were down for nine hours on Tuesday Customers trying to access either were told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the … Read more
National Lottery website and app both crash after power failure ahead of £5m Lotto draw tonight Customers trying to access the website are told online services are ‘unavailable’ The power outage took place in the Watford area, an town northwest of London On Twitter, The National Lottery apologised for any inconvenience caused today By James Wood For … Read more
The National Lottery has announced a new £600 million fund to help projects hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Charities and other organisations including arts groups and sports clubs will be aided by the fund, which seeks to support some of the vulnerable people in the country. Other causes that will be boosted by the lottery … Read more
In a side-room at the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square hangs a small oval portrait of a moustachioed man in a gilt baroque frame. The picture is the last self-portrait attributed to the Flemish Old Master Sir Anthony van Dyck, a spectacular work deemed so important the gallery launched an urgent appeal in 2013 … Read more