EuroMillions results LIVE: Winning lottery numbers revealed with £172m jackpot up for grabs

Your chances of unlikely events

Experts reveal chances of unlikely events – from death by shark to winning lottery.

Number - crunching experts at  have worked out the likelihood of some very unlikely events.

• 1000 – 1 = Seeing a shooting star.
• 37,500 in 1 = Being bitten by a snake.
• 3,700,000 in 1 = Being killed by a shark.
• 1,000,000,000,000 in 1 = Meeting your doppelganger.
• 45,000,000 in 1 = Winning the lottery.
• 500-1 = Being born with an extra toe.

Read the article in full here.

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.

National Lottery weekly timetable

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

There is a draw six nights a week.

It should be noted that there are no draws on Sundays.

Biggest lotto winners in history

1. £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize
2. £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
3. £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
4. £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017
5. £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018

‘I sill shop in Primark despite winning £1.8m’

A NATIONAL Lottery winning dinner lady still lives in her council house, shops in Primark and drives a Kia despite bagging £1.8million.

Trish Emson, 51, explained money or her millionaire status did not change her or her partner Graham Norton, also 51, who still works as a decorator.

The down-to-earth pair have even managed to keep their teenage son Benjamin, 17, in check – and don’t even give him pocket money.

The modest mum, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, said: “Being rich doesn’t make you posh or a better person.

“I don’t like showing off and bragging about money and I can’t be posh anyway.

“To look at me you wouldn’t think I was a millionaire, but if I have to dress up I feel fake, I prefer my jeans,” she told .

Read the article in full here.

Tuesday’s jackpot could make one lucky Brit

If someone scoops Tuesday’s jackpot, it would make them the largest lottery winner after beating the current record win of £170million.

That was won by a player who wanted to remain anonymous on October 8, 2019. They walked off with a cool £170,221,000.

The biggest jackpot win so far this year in the UK was in April when nine rollovers took the jackpot from its starting value of £14m to over £122m before it was won by one anonymous ticket holder

In June, £111,540,000 was won when the jackpot was bumped up for this Superdraw.

Camelot says

No one won the mega-bucks EuroMillions jackpot on Friday night (8 September) – meaning the cash prize has now rolled over to a whopping £184 MILLION.

The huge £184 million scoop will now roll over to Tuesday’s draw, meaning a new record of £184 million could be collected by a single UK ticketholder.

Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, said: “Tuesday’s massive EuroMillions jackpot is an estimated £184 million.

“If one UK winner banks the lot, they would instantly become the UK’s biggest ever National Lottery winner. Players are urged to get their tickets early to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize.

“National Lottery players make a huge difference to National Lottery Good Causes across the country generating more than £30 million every week.

“Thanks to National Lottery players, over £1.2 billion has been distributed to date across the UK to help tackle the impact of .”

Best numbers to pick for EuroMillions

For the Euromillions, the most popular number is 50, followed by 44, 19, 4 and 30.

The most common extra numbers have been 8 and 3. 

Many players therefore use these same numbers, despite no set of number being mathematically more (or indeed less) likely than any other combination to come out of the machine.

What if...

Euromillions winner Adrian Bayford is “consumed with guilt” as his son fights for life after a horror quad bike smash, friends say.

The lad, 13, was hit by a car driven by his sister, 15, in the sprawling grounds of their Cambridgeshire mansion.

The Sun exclusively revealed details of the horror smash as the boy is fighting for his life in intensive care with his family at his bedside.

His sister raised the alarm after her brother was flung from his machine and through a fence.

It is understood the car and quad bike were gifts bought for the kids by former postie Adrian, 49.

How did John Roberts lose his money?

John Roberts, from Edinburgh, won a massive £3.1million back in 1998.

But just three years later the security guard was penniless after blowing his money on cars, houses and luxury holidays.

One of his first big buys was a massive Tudor mansion in Blackpool, which he moved his wife, Linda, and five children into.

The five-bedroom detached home was worth around £160,000 when he bought it – and was a far cry from their council flat in Pilton, Edinburgh.

The seaside house was called Balmoral, after the couple’s favourite Scottish beauty spot.

In 2001, John moved out of the home and moved in with his cousin. At that time, it was worth £250,000

John is now rumoured to be living on handouts from friends and family after his marriage fell apart, and was said to be living in a caravan at one time.

Some star signs are luckier than others

Well, according to the stars some signs are luckier than others, so read on and see if you should pop out and buy that winning lotto ticket. It could be you!

Leo – Oh, Leo we knew you’d be one of the lucky ones. You always look good, have a string of admirers and just tend to always be prowling on the bright side of the street.

Virgo – It’s no coincidence that planner extraordinaire is one of the luckiest signs of the zodiac. Virgos only become successful because they put in the hours and werk, girl.

Scorpio – Magnanimous Scorpio has definitely got it going on when it comes to luck. They’ll often find themselves in the right place at the right time as if by magic, much to the annoyance of some less fortunate souls

Callie Rogers campaigns

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.”

Explained: How long do winners have to claim their money?

Winners from different countries have different deadlines to claim their prize.

In Austria, winners have a whole three years to claim the prize before it is returned to the lottery and used to fund boosted prizes.

Belgian winners, on the other hand, only have around 140 days before the money is returned to the Belgian National Lottery.

The least amount of time to snap up the jackpot goes to France and Luxembourg.

Winners from Ireland, Portugal and Spain all have around 90 days to tell the world they’ve won.

Some signs are luckier than others

According to the stars some signs are luckier than others, so read on and see if you should pop out and buy that winning lotto ticket. It could be you!

Leo – Oh, Leo we knew you’d be one of the lucky ones. You always look good, have a string of admirers and just tend to always be prowling on the bright side of the street.

Virgo – It’s no coincidence that planner extraordinaire is one of the luckiest signs of the zodiac. Virgos only become successful because they put in the hours and werk, girl.

Scorpio – Magnanimous Scorpio has definitely got it going on when it comes to luck. They’ll often find themselves in the right place at the right time as if by magic, much to the annoyance of some less fortunate souls.

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

From mansion to homeless

Ex-jailbird Lee Ryan scooped the £6.5million jackpot just 17 weeks after the lottery was launched on November 14 1994. He made headlines when it emerged he was accused of handling stolen cars and was imprisoned for 18 months after his huge payout.

Lee then spent a decade living the high life and splashed his car on luxury cars, a helicopter and a £2million mansion.

But Lee ended up penniless, spent two years living on the street and shacked up in a tiny flat in London he shared with homeless pals.

“The money was cursed because I took the p**s out of God when I asked him to make me a multimillionaire. My cellmate warned me to be careful what I wished for,” he said.

Lee ended up splitting with Karen Taylor, his girlfriend of eight years, and moved to London where he met a 25-year-old from Kyrgyzstan.

They took an ill-fated trip to the Central Asian country where Lee attempted to invest the last of his winnings in property.

But he returned empty-handed, claiming to have been stitched up by investors following the Kyrgyzstan revolution in 2010.

First home

Jane Park was Britain’s youngest EuroMillions winner when she scooped her £1million jackpot in 2013.

The Edinburgh socialite moved out of the council house she shared with her mum after buying a three-bed home.

Jane took pride in transforming it with dazzling décor, including flowers in many rooms, mirrored furniture, and coloured with cool greys and monochrome tones.

With a fabulous, open plan kitchen complete with a lavish marble island, the cooking area lead to patio doors which opened into the garden.

However she sold the house in 2016 to move back in with her mum after admitting she was lonely.

‘I sill shop in Primark despite winning £1.8m’

A NATIONAL Lottery winning dinner lady still lives in her council house, shops in Primark and drives a Kia despite bagging £1.8million.

Trish Emson, 51, explained money or her millionaire status did not change her or her partner Graham Norton, also 51, who still works as a decorator.

The down-to-earth pair have even managed to keep their teenage son Benjamin, 17, in check – and don’t even give him pocket money.

The modest mum, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, said: “Being rich doesn’t make you posh or a better person.

“I don’t like showing off and bragging about money and I can’t be posh anyway.

“To look at me you wouldn’t think I was a millionaire, but if I have to dress up I feel fake, I prefer my jeans,” she told .

Read the article in full here.

Biggest lotto winners in history

1. £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize
2. £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
3. £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
4. £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017
5. £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018

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.

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.

What if…

Euromillions winner Adrian Bayford is “consumed with guilt” as his son fights for life after a horror quad bike smash, friends say.

The lad, 13, was hit by a car driven by his sister, 15, in the sprawling grounds of their Cambridgeshire mansion.

The Sun exclusively revealed details of the horror smash as the boy is fighting for his life in intensive care with his family at his bedside.

His sister raised the alarm after her brother was flung from his machine and through a fence.

It is understood the car and quad bike were gifts bought for the kids by former postie Adrian, 49.

Best numbers to pick for EuroMillions

For the Euromillions, the most popular number is 50, followed by 44, 19, 4 and 30.

The most common extra numbers have been 8 and 3. 

Many players therefore use these same numbers, despite no set of number being mathematically more (or indeed less) likely than any other combination to come out of the machine.

Big winner

The biggest EuroMillions jackpot win so far this year in the UK was in April when nine rollovers took the jackpot from its starting value of £14m to over £122m before it was won by one anonymous ticket holder

In June, £111,540,000 was won when the jackpot was bumped up for this Superdraw.

Lottery draw history and prize breakdown

EuroMillions was launched on February 7, 2004, by lotteries in France, Spain and the UK – with the first draw being held in Paris six days later.

In October of that year, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland joined.

Draws are held every Tuesday and Friday evening, with them all taking place in Paris at 8.45pm local time – 7.45pm in the UK.

You will choose five main numbers and then two lucky stars (numbers), with prizes ranging from around £2.50 up to the jackpot.

The prize values vary depending on ticket sales and the number of winners in each prize tier.