National Lottery operator Camelot said the prize will be paid out at a ticket validation appointment before the winner decides whether to go public. A UK ticket-holder won a £170 million jackpot in October.

National Lottery is giving ticket holders free entry to more than 500 UK venues, which have received funding, for its 25th birthday and to say thanks to players who contribute £40billion to good causes.

Neil Peet, 50, has been good friends with lottery winner Steve Thomson for years and was one of many at a boozy party he threw to celebrate at home in West Sussex.

One lucky individual has bagged themselves a life-changing sum of money in the EuroMillions draw tonight, just weeks after Steve and Lenka Thompson won a incredible £105 million.

NHS Digital data released today showed more than half (53 per cent) of adults spent money on betting in the last year in England. One in 10 men and one in 20 women admitted to drinking nearly every day.

Anwar Batson, 29, of Notting Hill, West London, used a hacking program called 'Sentry MBA' while carrying out the offences. He admitted four charges at Southwark Crown Court today.

Keith Butterley, 43, from Sheffield, threatened to jump from the building with the toddler, before making on a bike with the child balanced on the handle bars.

Despite winning the £1 million jackpot on Saturday, Didzis Pirags who works as a chef in Broughton, Preston, still worked all the way through Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

John and Allison McDonald, of Stockton on Tees, County Durham, matched all six numbers on a Lucky Dip ticket then found out three days later that their son Ewan, 15, was cancer free.

Anwar Batson has been jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to four offences under the Computer Misuse Act, at Southwark Crown Court today. He used 'Sentry MBA' programme.

Ron and Joan Brumhill from Waterlooville in Hampshire scooped the life-changing prize after matching five main numbers and the bonus ball in the Lotto draw on December 21 last year.

Rebecca McGoff, 37, from Manchester, told FEMAIL she came up with the concept for Buump Active after she felt lonely and isolated after both her pregnancies.

Sofina Sarwar, 34, of Leicester, denies knowing anything about the money Haroon Cassim, 36, took from Camelot and Yopa Property while he worked for both firms between 2010 and 2018.

Liz Nicholl is stepping down as the chief executive of UK Sport after 19 years at the agency... during which she helped Team GB go from 36th to second in the Olympic medals table

Father-of-two Mark Goodram, 36, from Bolton, claims to have bought the winning scratchcard from a Waitrose supermarket in Clapham, south London, in April last year.

The National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers on Tuesday were 05, 07, 08, 16 and 20 - while the Lucky Stars were 02 and 12. One player matched all five numbers and the two Lucky Stars.

A UK winner of a £57million EuroMillions jackpot is yet to claim the huge prize more than a week after winning - and may not know they are a multi-millionaire (pictured, The National Lottery sign).

The current funding cycle ends in March 2021, so no longer covers the Olympics as intended, and the budget is yet to be set for the four-year period to Paris 2024, which many fear is going to be slashed.

The National Lottery is set to join the fight against coronavirus by distributing up to £300million in funds to support the most vulnerable across the UK during the crisis.

Ryan Hoyle, a 38-year-old joiner from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has been revealed as the EuroMillions winner of £58million, seeing him rank ninth on the National Lottery millionaires' list.

Self-employed joiner Ryan Hoyle, 38, of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, whose mother works as a school cleaner and father works in a factory, won £58,366,487 in a EuroMillions jackpot.

The National Lottery has announced a slew of campaigns for organisations all over the UK hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with a £600 million fund set-up to help.

The National Lottery website and app are back up and running ahead of tonight's £5million draw after being down for nine hours today due to a power failure.

Anti-Trump protests including a 'baby Trump' balloon took place in Dublin today in the President's absence, while Mr Trump returned from France to Doonbeg.

Richard Millett, 50, launched libel action after Mr Corbyn made comments about him on television that he viewed as defamatory, MailOnline revealed last year.

Ancient DNA suggests the Philistines descended from migrants who crossed the Mediterranean and reached the shores of modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan more than 3,000 years ago.

Yahya Al-Saud (pictured), who is notorious for praising terrorism in Palestine, was greeted at Portcullis House by Labour frontbencher Fabian Hamilton.

AOC, who serves as US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, made the comments during an appearance on hip-hop program 'Ebro in the Morning'.

The controversial writer and broadcaster announced her decision to leave Australia for the UK during September 2017 after receiving an onslaught of criticism for a controversial post.

He is busy promoting his new television series This Time Next Year, taking part in dozens of radio, TV and newspaper interviews. 

David Clennon, 76, says he did not submit an audition tape for Netflix project Sycamore/Hit and Run, produced by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, because of his solidarity with people of Palestine.

Trump tweeted Friday about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'Like it or not, Tlaib and Omar are fast becoming the face of the Democrat Party. Cortez (AOC) is fuming, not happy about this!'

Dunkirk veteran Doug Jones has finally received his medals on his 100th birthday after refusing to collect them because he wanted to avoid 'glorifying' the conflict. He was evacuated on a ferry.

Incoming Harvard University freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, had his visa revoked hours after landing in the U.S. on Friday evening.

A 17-year-old Palestinian and Harvard freshman who was denied entry to the US last month has been allowed into the country to start classes at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Prof. Simon Schama has hit out after it was revealed Ash Sarkar will feature in the BBC documentary The Rise of The Nazis despite defending someone who graffited the Warsaw Ghetto.

Eight-year-old Zakura, a young Bedouin girl who wants to become a doctor, is facing a race against time to avoid being sold as a child bride for 50 sheep soon after she starts her periods.

Celebrating the art of embroidery, Mochi was established in 2013 by Ayah Tabari to support stitching communities across the world.

Daniel Lyons (pictured) from the Isle of Wight who was one of the last surviving Normandy landing veterans, passed away at the age of 94.

Jeopardy! is being slammed by critics after Friday's episode ruled that the birth place of Jesus Christ is in Israel not Palestine.

The long-running game show put the mistake down to 'human error in post-production' after the episode sparked backlash online, particularly from Palestinian advocacy organisations.

Barbara Greaves, from Ohio, reported her female Beagle, Trouble, missing from her East Palestine yard on January 3. Two days later, the dog's detached head was found on the owner's property.

Jnaid Salama, 30, also John D. Calvin, was arrested after his check for $10,995 surgery to change the shape and size of his nose was rejected. He gave it to a clinic in Seattle, Washington.

Lyn Boyd, who was elected to Durham County Council by 919 votes in 2017, was reported to the Labour Party on February 2 over a whole host of material allegedly shared on her Facebook timeline.

Brian Stanley William Fortune, 95, fought in Palestine in 1944-45 as a member of the Durham Light Infantry, but nothing else is known about his service.

While she is known for her down to earth personality, rumours have started to swirl that radio host Jackie 'O' Henderson can also be quite the diva. 

A new featurelength set to air on Good Friday, stars Game of Thrones' Essie Davis as Miss Phryne Fisher. The heroine swings between the Middle East and England, as she battles crime in the 1920s.

Ms Abdel-Magied left Australia in 2017 after being heavily criticised over an April 25 tweet where she used the phrase 'lest we forget' to make a political point.

KIIS FM staffers have revealed what it's like working for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson during an eye-opening segment on The Kyle & Jackie O Show. 

The frail former First Lady, 90, was being escorted to her seat in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California, by Senator Marco Rubio when she lost her balance.