A Record Breaking Year For The National Lottery

Figures released last month by Camelot show that 2011 was a record breaking year for those of us who play the lottery.

Lottery Review 2011:

• In July, the biggest ever UK lottery jackpot prize of over £161m was won by Colin and Chris Weir, a couple from Ayrshire
• Over Christmas the Millionaire Raffle created 50 millionaires (of which 9 are yet to be claimed)
• A total of 229 millionaires were created in total in 2011
• The total prize money won by those lucky 229 players was £720 million, an average of over £3m each.
• The total of 229 millionaires in 12 months is 71 higher than 2010
• 60% of winners were male.
• More jackpots were won by players born under the star sign Taurus than any other
• Over one third of winners claimed to have either dreamt or had a psychic prediction that they would come into some money.
• Construction workers figured highest in the professions of big winners followed by administrators and transport workers
•  The total number of millionaires created over the 17 years that the lottery has been going is now more than 2,750

A spokesperson for the National Lottery said: “This has been an extraordinary year for our players with so many new millionaires and multi-millionaires created. There have been some huge prizes paid out during the last 12 months — and we’ve also been told that many of our big winners have created additional millionaires themselves as a result of their win, which is fantastic news!”

What this shows is that the National Lottery in the UK is more popular than ever with more money going to deserving causes.

Give yourself extra chances of becoming one of the lottery millionaire statistics for 2012 by joining Free National Lottery Tickets and picking up free Lotto and EuroMillions tickets for the next draw.

You never know, we could be writing about you next year!