The National Lottery Show Info Page
and Highest Jackpot Winners and Amounts

There has been quite a few National Lottery Show Presenters and Lottery Shows on BBC Television. Here are the complete list.

The Euro Millions draw is now shown on BBC1 at 11:35pm.
The Daily Play draw is shown on the BBC Lottery website each week night after 9:30pm.

As this keeps changing too much, the following paragraph may be incorrect.

The lottery presenters changes every few weeks so cannot keep this up to date! The Saturday show is called the The National Lottery 1 vs 100, hosted by Ben Shephard. The Wednesday Show, is called the Midweek Lottery Draws. Times vary each week. Wednesday draw is at around 22:35. Saturday programme is normally between 19:25-20:30.

The National Lottery Daily Play draw is shown on the BBC website each week night from Monday 9 October 2006. It was shown live on Challenge TV (Sky 121) at 21:00 or (Sky 122) at 22:00. First draw was broadcast on Monday 7 March 2005. Presented by James McCourt or Jayne Sharp or some other presenters! The last televised draw was on Friday 24 December 2005. Summary results now appear on the Saturday BBC lottery show.

For the Euro Millions draw is now shown on BBC1 every Friday at 11:35pm, after 4 years since the start. Began on 8 February 2008. Presenters are Tim Vincent and Sarah Cawood, who rotates every 2 weeks. The draw is recorded earlier in the evening.

Euro Millions draw was shown in the past on UK Gold, presented by James McCourt. Before then it was shown on Challenge TV, hosted mainly by James McCourt. It was also recorded earlier. Before then Liz Bonnin was the presenter, and shown (nearly) live every Friday at 10pm on Sky One until Friday 11 February 2005. Well it is recorded and broadcast at 10pm. Sarah Cawood presented the draw on Friday 11 June 2004, Friday 6 August 2004, Friday 24 December 2004 and 14 January 2005. Up until 15 October 2004, it was shown at 9pm. Friday 11 February 2005 was the last ever showing of the draw on Sky one and only summary results available via sky interactive and on the various lottery website.

The main presenters throughout the year are Dale Winton, Eamonn Holmes, Phillip Schofield, Ian Wright, Mark Durden-Smith, Dermot O'Leary and Ben Shephard

James McCourt appeared in The National Lottery Winning Lines from 11 September 2004 to 20 October 2004, also The National Lottery Wright Around the World from 23 October 2004 to 12 January 2005. Also on the 10th Anniversary show on Saturday 6 November 2004. National Lottery In It To In It, 9 July 2005 to 15 October 2005. Millionaire Manor from 3 December 2005 until 24 December 2005. Also presented Euro Millions on UK Gold and Challenge TV.

Sarah Cawood appeared in The National Lottery Jet Set from 15 January 2005 to 16 April 2005 and from 22 October 2005 to 26 November 2005. Also from 8 March 2006 to 7 June 2006

Jemma Forte appeared in The National Lottery Come and Have a Go, from 23 April 2005 to 6 July 2005

Sophia Raafat appeared in Millionaire Manor from 28 December 2005 to 4 March 2006. Also from 10 June 2006 until 20 September 2006.

As at 3 October 2007, 218 Rollovers, 20 Double Rollover, 2 Triple Rollovers, 66 Superdraws

Celebrities started the draws more than once. Not updated all the time. Last Updated 5 October 2007.

19 people has started both the Main lottery draw and the Thunderball draw, Gary Barlow, Boy George, Emma Bunton, Martine Mccutcheon, Dale Winton, Eamonn Holmes, Rachel Stevens (from S Club 7), Gabrielle, Michael Ball, Dane Bowers, Mya, David Seaman, Dina Carroll, Phillip Schofield, Brenda Emmanus, Gigi Morley, Jenni Falconer, John Barrowman, Kirsty Gallacher

Dale Winton is the only person to start all 4 types of lottery draws, Main Draw, Thunderball, Extra Draw and Big Draw 2000/2001/Xmas 2001/2002/2003

Here is a list of highest jackpot prize, highest single prize and highest jackpot winners for each draw over the years.

Highest Thunderball Winners

Highest Lotto Extra Prize and Winners (Draw ended 8 July 2006)

Highest Euro Millions Prize and Winners (UK Winners Only)
Highest Jackpot Winner ever in Europe on Friday 29 July 2005 won £79,881,799 or 115,436,126 euros in Ireland

The largest unclaimed prize to date is £9,476,995 drawn on 6 July 2005. Expired 2 January 2006.
Brought in the Doncaster area.

The National Lottery programme Landmark.

• The first Lottery draw took place on Saturday 18 November 1994. The jackpot was only £6.9 million. Presented by Noel Edmonds and held at BBC Television Centre in London.
• The draws 2 to 27 were taken on the road visiting the following places: Rhondda Heritage Museum, South Wales; Blackpool Tower; Ulster Folk Transport Museum; Sheffield; Birmingham Hippodrome; Edinburgh Castle; Portsmouth; Warwick Castle; Upton St Lennords, Gloucestershire; Luton Airport; Tintagel, Cornwall; Liverpool; Eastenders Film Set, Walford; Beamish, County Durham; Eurotunnel Terminal, Folkestone; Huddersfield University; King's Lynn; Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court; BBC Television Centre, London; Fakenham, Norfolk; Worthing; Naworth Castle, Carlisle; Omagh, Northern Ireland; Leeds; Glasgow; Scarborough.
• The Lottery draw has its new home at BBC Television Centre in London from 27 May 1995, draw 28. This is where Alan Dedicote started announcing the numbers.
• The first midweek Lottery draw took place on Wednesday 5 February 1997. The jackpot was a guarantee £10 million.
• As a mark of respect of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died on Sunday 31 August 1997, the Wednesday 3 September 1997 and Saturday 6 September 1997 was not televised, the only time that the show was cancelled. It also seems that when football is on a Wednesday, the summary lottery results are shown on screen.
• From draw 202, Saturday 29 November 1997, the show has been renamed from The National Lottery Live to The National Lottery Draw and a new set.
• The National Lottery Big Ticket started on 28 March 1998. Hosted by Anthea Turner and Patrick Patrick Kielty. A scratchcard based game show! It went on for 16 weeks on a Saturday, ended on 11 July 1998. The show lasts for 50 minutes.
• Wednesday 13 May 1998 was the shortest lottery programme ever, at 2½ minutes! Second Shortest was on Wednesday 8 July 1998 stands at 2 minutes and 50 seconds!
• The National Lottery on Tour started on Saturday 18 July 1998, starting in Glasgow, and then onto Skegness, Great Yarmouth, Bournemouth, Paighton, Cardiff and Blackpool. Hosted by Bradley Walsh.
• The National Lottery The Big Stars started on Saturday 5 September 1998, hosted by guest presenters. Ended on Saturday 10 October 1998.
• The National Lottery Dreamworld started on Wednesday 9 September 1998, presented by Ulrika Johnson. Ended on Wednesday 14 October 1998. The show that makes dreams come true, as well as the draw itself. This programme was the first lottery programme to broadcasted in Digital Widescreen (on Sky Digital - Satellite and On Digital (Now Freeview) - Terrestrial)
• The National Lottery Amazing Luck Stories started on Wednesday 21 October 1998, presented by Carole Smillie. Ended on Wednesday 24 February 1999. The show in which members of the public tell their amazing luck stories.
• The National Lottery We Got Your Number started on Saturday 27 February 1999, presented by Brian Conley. The show in which members of the public's fate is decided on the lottery draw. The bonus ball is used to decided if it goes one way or another by using odd or even numbers. It was on Saturday 27 February 1999 that we were told that there was a rollover, 4¼ minutes after the draw took place. They tried this one at Christmas but failed!
• The National Lottery Greatest Hits started on Wednesday 3 March 1999, presented by Holby City's Angela Giffin. The programme features stories who have a lottery grant and a 70s or 80s group singing their greatest hits. This programme was broadcast from BBC Manchester. Ended on Wednesday 5 May 1999.
• The National Lottery Local Hero started on Wednesday 12 May 1999, presented by Carole Smillie and Shauna Lowry. Ended on Wednesday 21 July 1999.
• The National Lottery Winning Lines started on Saturday 13 June 1999, presented by Simon Mayo. The show in which losing National Lottery Ticket Holders has another chance of winning a holiday, (well anyone can play!) To enter, the six numbers 2nd digits in the quiz must match the last 6 digits of your phone number. eg. To qualify for Saturday 13 June's Show, the numbers were 24 20 11 28 48 35. Therefore, if you had the 6 numbers, 4 0 1 8 8 5, in any order, then you could go onto the following lottery show to win a holiday. Holiday prize range from a trip to Spaghetti Junction (M6 Junction 6 for UK residents) to a round the world holiday. The more right, the better the prize. Lines closes are filled when the 49 available places are taken. It is similar to Talking Telephone Numbers on ITV. As well as this quiz, there will be the Lottery Draw and a brand new game, National Lottery Thunderball. You pick 5 from 34 main numbers and 1 from 14 thunderball numbers. Similar to the US Powerball game. Less numbers as the main draw and easier to win more prizes, but a lower jackpot. Lowest prize is £5, jackpot is £¼ Million. Prizes are fixed and everyone in the same winning category will win the same amount. Here are the Winning Wall Prizes in the Winning Line show (slight variation from show to show). 1: Spaghetti Junction, 2: London, 3: Scottish Castle, 4: Ireland, 5: Amsterdam, 6: Paris, 7: Monte Carlo, 8: Majorca, 9: Italy, 10: New York, 11: Hong Kong, 12: USA, 13: Mauritius, 14: Caribbean Cruise, 15: Zimbabwe, 16: Hawaii, 17: Texas, 18: Barbados, 19: Australia, 20: Round the World Trip. The contestants has 3 minutes to answer as many questions as they can. They can have two 15 second pit stop, meaning that the clock will be stopped so the contestant can think about the answer. The more correct answer, the better the prize. The show was 50 minutes long. Ended on Saturday 4 September 1999. There was another series in 2000.
• The National Lottery Love Songs started on Wednesday 28 July 1999, presented by Claudia Winkleman. Ended on Wednesday 29 September 1999.
• The National Lottery Stars Started on Saturday 11 September 1999, presented by Dale Winton. Ended on Saturday 6 November 1999.
• The National Lottery Third Degree Started on Wednesday 6 October 1999, presented by Eamonn Holmes. The show where 3 contestants from charities who receive lottery grant, compete in a quick general knowledge quiz. This programme was broadcast from BBC Manchester. On Wednesday 24 November 1999 saw a break in the Third Degree programme, with an outside broadcast at the Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London. Ended on Wednesday 19 January 2000.
• Red Alert with The National Lottery Started on Saturday 13 November 1999, presented by Lulu and Terry Alderton. Team members from 4 streets around the UK all play a variety of games. Some individual members of the audience will win prizes. The top prize is a holiday for everyone living in that street. Also a celebrity guest appears in the show. The show is 50 minutes long. Red Alert with the National Lottery is made by the same television company as Chris Evan's TFI Friday on Channel 4. The programme is so similar to Channel 4's 'Don't Forget Your Toothbrush' and 'Last Chance Lottery'. The final prize for everyone who lives in the street, could consist of 1 : a take away meal, 2 : Top 10 CD's, 3 : Electric Bicycles, 4 : A Hamper of some sort, and finally 5 : A holiday such as Euro Disney. Series Ended on Saturday 18 December 1999.
• The National Lottery Stars. (Series 2). Started on the Christmas Eve Show, Friday 24 December 1999, presented by Dale Winton. It is the first time in the history of the National Lottery, that a Lottery draw has been schedule on a Friday. Ended on Saturday 12 February 2000.
• The National Lottery Big Draw 2000. On Millennium Eve, Friday 31 December 1999, there was an one off draw called Big Draw 2000, in which tickets cost £5 each. In Game 1, you selected 6 years between 1900 to 1999 and if you matched just 2 numbers, you won £43. Matching 5 numbers wins the jackpot of approx £10million. Only 5 years plus a bonus year will be drawn. However, no one won the jackpot so the jackpot was shared with the 4 + Bonus winners, 2 winners, each won £2,563,220. Game 2, you were allocated a year between 1000 and 1999 and a year between 2000 and 2999. Two years will be drawn, 1 from the previous 1000 years and 1 from the next 1000 years. Match 2 numbers and you automatically win £1million. For every million tickets sold, there will be a guaranteed millionaire. 16 Millionaires was created on game 2. The Big Draw 2000 was broadcasted on BBC1 on Friday 31 December 1999 at 21:37 and Saturday 1 January 2000 at 00:47 on 2000 Today, as part of the BBC celebration of the millennium. There were problems with game 1 when the draw machine couldn't come out of the video wall doors! Game 2 saw the second part of the first year drawn out at the same time as the first part of the first year and no one noticed it came out for about 30 seconds!
• The National Lottery UK 2000. Started on Wednesday 26 January 2000, presented by Carole Smillie. The show which goes around the country, showing organisation receiving Lottery grants. This programme was broadcast from BBC Manchester. Ended on Wednesday 29 March 2000.
• Red Alert with The National Lottery. (Series 2). Started on Saturday 19 February 2000, presented by Lulu and Terry Alderton. It has returned with a new set and format. Only 2 streets are involved this time, compare to 4 streets in the last series. Also, the final game is based on five questions. Whoever knows the answers presses their button. The fastest one gets to answer. 3 correct and the whole street wins a holiday. If not, its a theme park day trip. Ended on Saturday 8 April 2000.
• Dales All Stars with the National Lottery started on Wednesday 5 April 2000. Presented by Dale Winton. This show will be longest lottery show ever, at 1 hour. Ended on Wednesday 10 May 2000.
• The National Lottery Winning Lines. (Series 2) Started on Saturday 15 April 2000, presented by Simon Mayo. There has been some rule change in the second series as anyone of the contestant can play, not just one. No show on Saturday 17 June and Saturday 24 June 2000 due to Euro 2000. Eamonn Holmes presented the draws from BBC Manchester on these dates. 17 June 2000 was the shortest and latest draw on a Saturday, at 10pm and 5 minutes 15 seconds. Ended on Saturday 22 July 2000. Series 3 will be shown next Summer 2001.
• The National Lottery UK 2000. (Series 2) Started on Wednesday 17 May 2000, and this show was only 3 minute long and the earliest lottery draw taken place on a Wednesday, at 8:33pm. This programme was broadcast from BBC Manchester. Presented by Carole Smillie. 15 July 2000 was presented by Eamonn Holmes.
• The National Lottery On The Spot. Started on Saturday 29 July 2000. Presented by Des O’Conner. The show in which the general public can win cash (£100) for answering a single question on the streets. Also a head to head competition to win a prize of the winners dream. The show is broadcast from around the UK, including Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, Southampton and Belfast. Ended on Saturday 2 September 2000.
• The National Lottery Amazing Luck Stories. (Series 2) Started on Wednesday 2 August 2000, presented by Shauna Lowry. Ended on Wednesday 11 October 2000.
• The National Lottery Stars. (Series 3). Started on Saturday 9 September 2000 and will end on Saturday 13 January 2001. Presented by Dale Winton.
• The National Lottery Midweek Draw. (great name for a show title!) Started on Wednesday 18 October 2000. Earliest time the draw ever took place on a Wednesday, at 8:27pm. This programme is broadcast from BBC Manchester. Presented by Brenda Emmanus. Ended on Wednesday 6 June 2001. Longest lottery show running in a row since the name change in 1998.
• The National Lottery Midweek Draw from Wednesday 15 November 2000 saw a new game, National Lottery Extra and new on screen graphics, the 3rd change since the lottery began in 1994.
• The National Lottery Buried Treasure was a one off programme on Wednesday 6 December 2000. It shown the brand new British Museum in London. Hosted by Craig Doyle.
• The National Lottery New Year Stars. On New Year Night, Monday 1 January 2001, saw the return of Big Draw 2001, in which tickets cost £5 each. In Game 1, you selected 6 years between 1901 to 2000 and if you matched just 2 numbers, you won £57. Matching 5 numbers wins the jackpot of approx £2million. Only 5 years plus a bonus year will be drawn. However, no one won the jackpot or match 4 + bonus so the jackpot was shared with the match 4 winners, 43 winners, each won £54,587. Game 2, you were allocated a year between 1000 and 1999 and a year between 2000 and 2999. Two years will be drawn, 1 from the previous 1000 years and 1 from the next 1000 years. Match 2 numbers and you automatically win £1million. For every million tickets sold, there will be a guaranteed millionaire. 5 Millionaires was created on game 2. The Big Draw 2001 was broadcasted on BBC1 on Monday 1 January 2001 at 00:12 and at 00:31. No problems with the draw compared with the Big Draw 2000 draw.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. Started on Saturday 13 January 2001 and ended on 21 April 2001. Presented by Eamonn Holmes. The show which is based on a quiz show. The winner of the studio competition plays against the previous weeks winner to compete for the next holiday. It could be possible to win 15 holidays in a row! The prizes were Sydney, Las Vegas, Caribbean Cruise, Aspen (Canada), Bermuda, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, New York, St Moritz (Switzerland), Cape Town, Dubai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Johannesburg and Los Angeles. The last destination may appear at the beginning of the next series. One couple won 4 holidays in a row.
• The National Lottery Stars. (Series 4) returned on 28 April 2001. Presented by Dale Winton. Ended on 2 June 2001
• The National Lottery Winning Lines. (Series 3) Started on Saturday 9 June 2001, presented by Phillip Schofield. The different about this series is that it will be shown on both Wednesdays and Saturdays show. A 45 minute Saturday show and a 10 minute Wednesday show. The winner from the Saturday show will go on and play on the Wednesday Show. The winner plays for a holiday, top prize is 3 weeks around the world trip for 2, on Saturday and on Wednesday, plays to win spending money. £200 per correct answer, maximum £5,000. Here are the Winning Wall Prizes in the Winning Line show for this series (slight variation from show to show). 1: Spaghetti Junction, 2: London, 3: Scottish Castle, 4: Ireland, 5: Amsterdam, 6: Paris, 7: Monte Carlo, 8: Majorca, 9: Italy, 10: Med Cruise, 11: Hong Kong, 12: African Beach, 13: Mauritius, 14: Caribbean Cruise, 15: African Safari, 16: St Lucia, 17: Hawaii, 18: Barbados, 19: Australia, 20: Round the World Trip. Ended on 24 November 2001.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. (Series 2) started on Saturday 1 December 2001 and ends on 11 May 2002. As always, will be hosted by Eamonn Holmes. The Wednesday Show is called Jet Set Departure Lounge. The prizes so far were Fiji, Sydney/Canberra, Singapore, Thailand, Val D'Isere, Rio de Janeiro, Barbados, Hawaii, Melbourne, Sweden, Costa Rica, New Orleans, Seychelles, Botswana, Whistler (Canada), Los Angeles, Tahiti, Mexico, Arizona, Toronto, Malaysia, Sydney and the Maldives.
• The National Lottery Christmas Cracker. On Christmas Eve Night, Monday 24 December 2001, saw the return of Big Draw game, in which tickets cost £5 each. In Game 1, you selected 6 years between 1902 to 2001 and if you matched just 2 numbers, you won £41. Matching 5 numbers wins the jackpot of approx £2million. Only 5 years plus a bonus year will be drawn. However, no one won the jackpot so the jackpot was shared with the match 4 + bonus winners, 3 winners, each won £1,150,915. Game 2, you were allocated a year between 1000 and 1999 and a year between 2000 and 2999. Two years will be drawn, 1 from the previous 1000 years and 1 from the next 1000 years. Match 2 numbers and you automatically win £1million. For every million tickets sold, there will be a guaranteed millionaire. 7 Millionaires was created on game 2. The Christmas Millionaire Draw was broadcasted on BBC1 on Monday 24 December 2001 at 19:48 and at 19:56. Presented by Dale Winton.
• As a mark of respect of The Queen Mother, who died on Saturday 30 March 2002, the draw was not televised, the second time in history that the show was cancelled. The BBC did do the show on Saturday at BBC Television Centre as mention on Wednesday's Lottery Show (3 April 2002) but it wasn't shown.
• Lotto is the new name for the main game, previously known as the National Lottery Draw. Lottery Extra is now called Lotto Extra. The new game was launched on 18 May 2002. The Thunderball draw will stay the same. Hotpicks started in July 2002. As a relaunch, every lottery ticket for Saturday 18 May 2002 has another 3 chances to win the jackpot of £4m each. 4 games for £1. It is the same rule as Lotto Extra. As it happens 1 ticket won extra draw 1, 5 tickets won extra draw 2 and 5 tickets won extra draw 3.
• The National Lottery In It To Win It starts on Saturday 18 May 2002. It was hosted by Dale Winton. The game show in which answering a correct answer adds £5,000 to the prize pot. Game starts with 5 players. Each player is allocated with a colour ball, Red, Yellow, White, Green and Pink. A draw machine randomly picks a colour and that player who has that colour will play and go to the Winners Zone. Answer an incorrect answer and the player goes into the red zone. Then another player will be picked via the draw machine after all the contestant in the Winners Zone has asked a question. This keeps going until the end of game sounds. At that point, whoever is in the Winners Zone at that time has a chance to share the prize fund. Anyone else who is not goes home with nothing. Then the final round. Each contestant gets to answer one more question. Get it wrong and they are out and win nothing. Get it correct and that player will win a share of the prize fund. It is possible that all 5 players will share the prize pot or even 1 player wins the whole prize pot. A player may answer all their questions correctly adding a huge amount of money into the prize pot and then gets the final question wrong will win nothing! There is a maximum prize pot of £100,000. The programme temporarily stopped on Saturday 13 July 2002 due to Sports Relief on BBC1. Ended on 20 July 2002.
• On Saturday 1st June 2002, there was another one off jackpot only draw, to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. What was odd that the Lotto Extra draw the summary was only shown and not the whole draw. It transpire that no more than 3 lottery draws can be shown in any one programme. The 3 draws was the Thunderball, Lotto and Golden Jubilee Lotto Draw.
• Lottery Hot Picks starts on the Wednesday 10 July 2002 draw. You just choose between Pick 2, Pick 3 or Pick 4 games. If you play Pick 2, you can pick only 2 numbers and if those 2 numbers appear in any of the 6 main lotto draw, you win £40. If you play pick 3, the prize will be £450 if you win. If you play pick 4, the prize will be £7,000 if you win. If you play pick 4 and only 2 or 3 numbers match, you win nothing!
• The National Lottery Winning Lines. (Series 4) Started on Saturday 3 August 2002, presented by Phillip Schofield. The winner plays for a holiday, top prize is 3 weeks around the world trip for 2, on Saturday (see above for rules). Here are the Winning Wall Prizes in the Winning Line show for this series (slight variation from show to show). 1: Spaghetti Junction, 2: London Theatre, 3: Scottish Castle, 4: Ireland, 5: Amsterdam, 6: Paris, 7: Monte Carlo, 8: Majorca, 9: Italian Lakes, 10: New York, 11: Hong Kong, 12: USA, 13: Mauritius, 14: Caribbean Cruise, 15: African Safari, 16: Florida, 17:Hawaii, 18:Barbados, 19:Australia, 20: Round the World Trip. Ended on 2 November 2002.
• As a mark of respect of the first anniversary of the September 11 tragic in the USA, the draw for 11 September 2002 was not televised, the third time in history that the show was cancelled.
• On Wednesday 18 September 2002, the draw was broadcast at 21:56, the latest I ever remember being schedule to broadcast (at the time)
• On Wednesday 16 October 2002, the draw was recorded and broadcasted on BBC1 2 hours later, the first lotto draw that this has happened.
• The Thunderball Draw came to Wednesday on 23 October 2002. Also the Lotto Extra draw was not shown and the lotto extra numbers are shown on screen. This includes all future Wednesday Draws.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. (Series 3) Started on Saturday 9 November 2002. As always, will be hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Here are the destinations for this series. It started at the Maldives then San Francisco, Peru, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Hayman Island (Australia), New York, Colorado, Sydney, Beijing, Banff (Canada), South Island (New Zealand), Los Angeles (Hollywood), Brazil, Monaco, South Africa, St Lucia, Venice and a Cruise Ship around Hawaii. Ended on Saturday 8 March 2003
• The National Lottery Millionaire Maker. (2002) On Christmas Eve Night, Tuesday 24 December 2002, saw the return of Big Draw game, in which tickets cost £5 each. In Game 1, you selected 6 years between 1903 to 2002 and if you matched just 2 numbers, you won £50. Matching 5 numbers wins the jackpot of approx £2million. Only 5 years plus a bonus year will be drawn. However, no one won the jackpot so the jackpot was shared with the match 4 + bonus winners, 3 winners, each won £542,988. Game 2, you were allocated a year between 1000 and 1999 and a year between 2000 and 2999. Two years will be drawn, 1 from the previous 1000 years and 1 from the next 1000 years. Match 2 numbers and you automatically win £1million. For every million tickets sold, there will be a guaranteed millionaire. 5 Millionaires was created on game 2. The Christmas Millionaire Draw was broadcasted on BBC1 on Tuesday 24 December 2002 at 22:03 and at 22:07. Whether these draw was shown live is another matter. I do know that the Lotto draw was recorded earlier in the evening and drawn for the first time on a Tuesday.. The Thunderball and Extra draws were not shown, but a summary results was shown. Presented by Dale Winton.
• The National Lottery Wright Ticket. Started on Saturday 15 March 2003. Presented by Ian Wright. An entertainment show featuring Popstars and Pop Groups, including Robbie Williams and S Club. Ended on Saturday 19 April 2003
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 2) Started on Saturday 26 April 2003. It is hosted by Dale Winton. See info above for program details. Ended on Saturday 12 July 2003.
• The National Lottery Winning Lines. (Series 5) Started on Saturday 19 July 2003, presented by Phillip Schofield. See info above for program details. Here are the Winning Wall Prizes in the Winning Line show for this series.1: Spaghetti Junction, 2: London Theatre, 3: Scottish Castle, 4: Ireland, 5: Amsterdam, 6: Paris, 7: Monte Carlo, 8: Majorca, 9: Italian Lakes, 10: New York, 11: Dubai, 12: USA, 13: Mauritius, 14: Caribbean Cruise, 15: South Africa, 16: Florida, 17:Hawaii, 18:Barbados, 19:Australia, 20: Round the World Trip. Hong Kong was replaced by Dubai due to the Sars virus. Ended on Saturday 18 October 2003.
• The National Lottery Wright Around the World. Started on Saturday 25 October 2003, presented by Ian Wright. The game show in which 6 contestant is picked randomly around the country, provided they answered a question to qualify. The 6 contestant then go into the studio and play 3 rounds. Round 1. 12 Balls are loaded into a machine, of which 4 are green and 8 are red. The contestant then answer a question on the buzzer and once the correct answer is given, then they choose one of the balls. If it is red, then the next question is asked. If it is green, then the contestant answers a bonus question. Get that right and they go through to round 2. Once all the green balls are picked, round 1 is over and 2 contestant drop out. Round 2. 12 Balls are loaded again into a machine, of which 4 are green and 8 are red. Same rules as round 1 but this time, they pick 2 balls. Both balls must be green before a bonus question can be given. Get that right and they go through to the final round. The first 2 to get a bonus question correct goes through to the final. The other 2 contestant drop out. Final round. 90 seconds on the clock. 2 Round the World logos each. Get a question correct and they can take a globe from the other person. Get a question wrong and they freeze out from the next question. The person with the most globe wins the Round the World trip which the contestant decides where to go. Also sees the launch of 2 new lottery draw machines, Amethyst and Opal. Ended on Saturday 13 December 2003.
• The National Lottery Millionaire Maker. (2003) Tickets cost £5 each. In Game 1, you selected 6 years between 1904 to 2003 and if you matched just 2 numbers, you won £30. Matching 5 numbers wins the jackpot of approx £2million. Only 5 years plus a bonus year will be drawn. However, no one won the jackpot so the jackpot was shared with the match 4 + bonus winners, 4winners, each won £286,252. Game 2, you were allocated a year between 1000 and 1999 and a year between 2000 and 2999. Two years will be drawn, 1 from the previous 1000 years and 1 from the next 1000 years. Match 2 numbers and you automatically win £1million. For every million tickets sold, there will be a guaranteed millionaire. 4 Millionaires was created on game 2. The Christmas Millionaire Draw was broadcasted on BBC1 on Wednesday 24 December 2003 at 21:44 and at 21:47. The Lotto draw was shown live. The Thunderball and Extra draws were not shown, but a summary results was shown. Presented by Dale Winton.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. (Series 4) Started on Saturday 20 December 2003. Hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Here are the destinations for this series. It started at Hawaii then Lapland, New York, Zambia, St Moritz, Melbourne/Uluru (Australia), Florida, Tokyo, Mauritius, Cape Town, Trinidad and Tobago, Los Angeles, Chile, Belize, Las Vegas, St Tropez (South of France), Dubai, Thailand, Memphis and Caribbean Cruise. Sarah Williams from Cardiff won 9 weeks of the jet set life of luxury after winning 9 weeks in a row, a record for the programme. She was defeated on Saturday 20 March 2004. Ended on Saturday 24 April 2004.
• The Euro Millions draw, started on Friday 13 February 2004. It is a draw in which you have to pick 5 numbers out of 50 and then 2 numbers out of 9. Games cost €2.00 but the UK price will vary. Current price is £1.50. The draw is shown live on Sky One at 9pm every Friday. The first time a non BBC lottery draw being televised. It is televised from the Sky television studios and the draw televised from Paris, France. 3 European countries are in the draw, UK, France and Spain. There is also a studio competition to win a holiday each week. Presented by Liz Bonnin.
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 3) Started on Saturday 1 May 2004. It is hosted by Dale Winton. See info above for program details. Great first programme. A winner won £75,000 and proposed to her boyfriend and he accepted. Ended on Saturday 4 September 2004. Gigi left as draw presenter at the end of this series.
• On Saturday 29 May 2004 saw the first triple rollover jackpot of £22.8m.
• The National Lottery Winning Lines. (Series 6) Started on Saturday 11 September 2004, presented by Phillip Schofield. See info above for programme details. Here are the Winning Wall Prizes in the Winning Line show for this series.1: Spaghetti Junction, 2: London Theatre, 3: Scottish Castle, 4: Ireland, 5: Amsterdam, 6: Paris, 7: Monte Carlo, 8: Majorca, 9: Italian Lakes, 10: New York, 11: Dubai, 12: USA, 13: Mauritius, 14: Caribbean Cruise, 15: South Africa, 16: Florida, 17:Hawaii, 18:Barbados, 19:Australia, 20: Round the World Trip. No change from the previous series. Ended on Saturday 16 October 2004. James McCourt is the new Lottery Draw Presenter
• The Euro Millions draw on Friday 8 October 2004 saw the total number of countries increased from 3 to 9. The full list are United Kingdom, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland.
• The Euro Millions draw from 22 October 2004 was shown at 10pm instead of 9pm. Even though it was recorded, Sky One presenter said it was drawn live.
• The National Lottery Wright Around the World. (Series 2). Started on Saturday 23 October 2004, presented by Ian Wright. Same rules as before. Not shown on Saturday 6 November 2004 due to the 10th Birthday Draw. Ended on Saturday 8 January 2005
• The National Lottery 10th Birthday Show was shown on Saturday 6 November 2004. Presented by Ian Wright, Dale Winton, Phillip Schofield and Eamonn Holmes. A special edition of the each of the lottery shows appeared in this Birthday show. Started with Wright around the World, then Jet Set, then In It To Win It and finally Winning Lines. 6 Celebrities compete with one another try to win money for charity. The 5 losing celebrities won £1,000 for the charity of their choice. The winning celebrity won in the end £24,000, £14,000 from In It To Win It and £10,000 for getting all 20 questions correct in Winning Lines. A special £10 million Birthday draw was held later in the evening, hosted by Ian Wright and Eamonn Holmes.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. (Series 5) started on Saturday 15 January 2005. Hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Here are the destinations for this series. It started at Barbados (from series 4 winner) to New York, Gstaad in Switzerland, Namibia, Morocco, Mumbai, India (Bollywood), Milan, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires in Argentina, Singapore, Sydney, Fiji, New Zealand, Borneo and Dubai. Sarah Cawood is the new Lottery Draw Presenter. Series ended on Saturday 16 April 2005.
• The Euro Millions draw on Sky One ended on Friday 11 February 2005 so the draw will no longer shown live in the UK.
• The National Lottery Daily Play draw is now showing live on Challenge TV (Sky 121) at 21:00 or (Sky 122) at 22:00. First draw was broadcast on Monday 7 March 2005 and broadcast daily (excluding Sundays). The 500th draw was shown on Thursday 28 April 2005.
• New to the lottery shows, The National Lottery Come and Have a Go started on Saturday 23 April 2005. Presented by Julian Clary. 10 teams battle out to win £50,000. The show was previously shown independent of the lottery draws. Jemma Forte is the new Lottery Draw Presenter. Jackpot was won 3 times during the series. Series ended on Saturday 26 June 2005. Also on Saturday 26 June 2005, the lottery draw was shown on BBC2 for the first in its history, due to the over running of the tennis match at Wimbledon on BBC1.
• No Draw on Saturday 2 July 2005 due to Live 8 concert.
• The 1000th Lottery draw was on 23 July 2005.
• Over on ITV1, there was a programme called The Big Call where viewers can win either £20,000 guarantee cash or 100,000 lottery tickets. This show went on for 6 weeks. On the last show on Saturday 30 July 2005, the 100,000 tickets won £172,000 as they had 1 match 5 + bonus.
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 4) Started on Saturday 9 July 2005. It is hosted by Dale Winton. See info above for program details. Highest this series was £95,000 on Saturday 30 July 2005. James Mccourt returns as the Lottery Draw Presenter. Ended on Saturday 15 October 2005.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. (Series 6) started on Saturday 22 October 2005. Hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Here are the destinations for this series. It started at Dubai and then Bangkok, Melbourne, Cape Town, Mauritius, Whistler (Canada). Ended on Saturday 26 November 2005, a very short series.
• The National Lottery Millionaire Manor. Started on Saturday 3 December 2005. Hosted by Mark Durden-Smith. Four families compete for a chance to stay in a luxury manor for at least a week. Round one is guessing who is richer. Round two is to guess the item round. Round three is where one teams get control of the key and try and answer 5 questions. If they get one wrong, it passes to the other player, until all 5 questions are given. If the fifth question given is wrong, another question is asked to the other family until a correct answer is given and they will declared the winner. Series ended on Saturday 4 March 2006.
• The National Lottery Jet Set. (Series 7). Started on Saturday 11 March 2006. Hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Continued from last series, started from Antigua then St. Maritz, Sydney, Queenstown (New Zeleand), Mexico, Zululand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Monaco, Turks & Caicos, Costa Rica, New York, Hawaii and Zanziban (Africa). Series ended on Saturday 17 June 2006.
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 5). Started on Saturday 24 June 2006. It is hosted by Dale Winton. Ended on Saturday 16 September 2006.
• Lotto Extra ended on Saturday 8 July 2006, after 590 draws. 17 Match 5 winners.
• Dream Number started on Saturday 15 July 2006. Matching 7 numbers in the same order to win. First number match is £2. First 2 is £10. First 3 is £100. First 4 is £500. First 5 is £5,000. First 6 is £50,000. All 7 numbers in the right order and it is £500,000.
• The National Lottery Everyone's a Winner was a one off show celebrating National Lottery day 2006. Hosted by Noel Edmonds. A celebration including a quiz where someone won £50,000. Also saw the introduction to a brand new lottery draw look from Lottery HQ.
• The National Lottery 1 vs 100. Started on 30 September 2006. Hosted by Dermot O'Leary. Where one contestant answer multiple choice questions against 100 other players. Players are knocked out until none is left and the chosen player wins the money + £50,000. 3 Dodges are available to avoid answering a question but the prize fund is half each time it is used. There is one double where the money won in a round is doubled. Each one of the 100 other players who gets it wrong will earn the single player £1,000. If the single player gets a wrong answer, they loses everything and leave with nothing. It is possible to win £150,000. Series Ended Saturday 18 November 2006.
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 6). Start on Saturday 25 November 2006. It is hosted by Dale Winton. Series Ended 6 January 2007.
• The National Lottery 1 vs 100 (Series 2). Started on 13 January 2007. Hosted by Dermot O'Leary. Series Ended on Saturday 17 February 2007. Not a long series.
• From Saturday 24 February 2007, the Saturday Draw has shrunk to 10 minutes, just showing the lottery draws. Saturdays draw feature live draws from Thunderball, Dream Number and Lotto, with Daily Play results. Wednesdays draw feature live draws from Dream Number and Lotto, with Thunderball results.
• The National Lottery The Peoples Quiz. Started on 24 March 2007. The game show which someone will win BBC's biggest cash prize of £200,700. Auditions were across the country. Contestant must get 10 questions right in a row to qualify for the next round, a weekend quiz session in London. The first part of the series is to find those contestant. Towards the end of the series, contestant complete in the studio. What makes this quiz special is that all questions and answers are published on the web before hand. The second part is a studio quiz. 4 rounds. 2 minutes a round. Get one question correct and you can nominate a player. Get a question wrong and you are out of that round. After each round, one final question is answered. Whoever gets that question right goes to the final on that week. This is repeated 4 rounds. The 4 players who got through have 2 minutes to answer as many question as they can in a chain, meaning correct answers in a row, saying save when they think they have enough. The one with the highest score plays the final round, do or die, where the winner gets to choose another any other player. Then it is up to 12 questions to find 3 Q's. There are 5 hidden. First one to find 3 wins the week. The loser gets knocked out of the quiz. The 6 weekly winners and 1 wildcard winner battle out to win £200,700. Quiz masters are William G Steward, Myleene Klass and Kate Garraway. Jamie Theakston is the presenter.
  There was also a wildcard show shown on BBC2 between 29 May and 21 June, in which contestants in that show, 1 will win a guarantee place in the final. Each day, 10 contestant battles each other to any questions between 2 contestant for 90 seconds. Answer a question correctly and they stay in control. A wrong answer gets the other player a chance to play. They can switch a question if the player does not know the answer, hoping the other player gets it wrong. The player in control after 90 seconds stays on and play the next contestant. The more games won will give the player a higher chance to go through to the final. In the final day, the last surviving player plays with the top 5 highest games won, one by one, until the final round where the winner gets to play in the final on BBC1.
  The final was on 23 June 2007. Won by Stephaine.
  Finally the National Lottery name was dropped by the quiz about the second week of the finals.
• The National Lottery Jet Set 2012. (Series 8). Started on Wednesday 20 June 2007. Hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Continued from last series, started from Sydney then Tokyo, Seoul, Athens, New York, Mexico, Los Angeles and Rome. This time it was on a Wednesday and the holiday destination are Olympic cities. Series Ended on Wednesday 8 August 2007.
• The National Lottery 1 vs 100 (Series 3). Started on Saturday 18 August 2007. Hosted by Dermot O'Leary. Series Ended on Saturday 25 February 2007. Not a long series, only 2 episodes!
• Short show on 1 September due to Eurovision Dance Contest.
• The National Lottery Big 7 was shown on 15 September 2007 to celebrate the National Lottery Awards and a celebrity game show. Hosted by Dale Winton
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 7). Started on Saturday 22 September 2007. Hosted by Dale Winton. Series Ended 10 November 2007.
• The National Lottery Who Dares Wins. Started on Saturday 17 November 2007. Hosted by Nick Knowles. The game show in which naming an item on a list could win the £50,000 jackpot. First round. 2 teams of 2 of which are strangers, compete with each other to see who can name the most items on the list correctly. List could be on any topics. One wrong guess and the point goes to the other team. Once a team won 2 games out of 3, they get to play the jackpot game. If they name the first 3 items on the list correctly, they win £5,000. The next 3 items will win £10,000. The next 3 items will win £15,000. The next 3 items will win £25,000. The final 3 items will win £50,000. Get 1 wrong and they lost the lot. They can stop at every 3 guess and take the money. After the jackpot game, the team plays again. If they keep on playing and win, they can keep on winning more money. Series Ended on 29 December 2007. No Show on Saturday 5 January 2008.
• The National Lottery In It To Win It (Series 8). Started on Saturday 12 January 2008. Hosted by Dale Winton. Series Ended 9 February 2008.
• There were a lot of Saturdays which had no show including Saturday 26 January 2008, Saturday 16 February 2008 to 12 April 2008.
• The National Lottery 1 vs 100 (Series 5). Started on Saturday 19 April 2008. Hosted by Ben Shephard. No Show on 24 and 31 May and 21 June. Series ended on Saturday 28 June 2008
• The National Lottery This Time Tomorrow. Started on Saturday Saturday 5 July 2008. Hosted by Tess Daly. The show which gives away 3 prizes, Bronze, Silver and Gold prizes. The Bronze prize is like a weekend away break in the UK. The Silver prize is like an European Holiday. The Gold prize is like a long distance Holiday like Australia. 10 Contestant starts and in the first round, 3 contestants are picked randomly by the luggage handler picking up a suitcase and displaying their picture. 3 are picked for the first round. The contestant buzz if they know the correct answer and moves forward towards the departure gate. Get 1 wrong and it is a step backwards. First 2 contestants getting 3 correct answers goes into a head to head to compete for the prize. The contestant who arrived first gets the tickets for the prize. He/she is given a question. If they know the question, they win the prize. If they don't, the other contestant wins the prize. The contestant has an opportunity to play or pass. If they pass and the other contestant gets the wrong answer, the first player wins the prize. The winner gets the opportunity to take the prize or gamble it for a guarantee place in the final round for a chance to win the Gold prize. If the contestant does not take the prize, the prize is given to a member of the audience in terms of a ticket number. If that audience member gets 1 question right, he/she will win that prize.
  The second round is the same as the first round. This time, in the head to head, there is 2 questions. Whoever is holding the tickets after the second question, that contestant wins that prize, unless they choose to gamble for a guarantee place in the final round. It is then cut to the Dream Number draw.
  The final round. Only 3 contestants can play the final round. Depending on how many contestants are already in the final round, the remaining contestants left on the side bench are chosen. It could be 1, 2 or 3. Same rules apply. In the head to head, there are 3 questions. Whoever is holding the tickets after the third question, he/she wins the prize. End of the show, it goes to Lottery Headquarters for the Thunderball and Lotto draws

Strange thing just happened. I was looking at the Official Lottery website on 16 May 2002 and discovered that some of the information on this page is on their page, some with no text change! A few programme info missed out. Thanks Guys. Glad to help out!

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