National Lottery - anyone ever won anything?

[Legend83]

Bizarre beginnings, but the missus and I were at our marriage preparation session (to get married in a church) on Sunday and one of the questions was "what would you do if you won £100k"?

Talk of TVRs, holidays etc got me a bit excited so I slapped a few quid on the next few weeks Lotto draws. Now, I know the chances of winning anything are next to nout, but you have to be 'in it to win it', as Dale Winton would say.

So, anyone been lucky enough to win a tenner? Over how long a period of playing?

[tricky69]

didn't we do this thread recently ?

think someone got a few thousand but nothing major

[Overhaulin]

2 x4 ball wins £ 98 and £92 I think.
Last year 5 ball win £540
Several tenner wins

Since I have played periodically since the start, I doubt if I have even come close to breaking even.

[MacGee]

won it several times....up to about £40.00 now...

[tmk2]

Do it occasionally won about £40 but Probably spent £40 :P

[Legend83]

tricky69 said:

didn't we do this thread recently ?

think someone got a few thousand but nothing major

Apologies if the case, my search function is hanging this morning.

Edited by Legend83 on Tuesday 16th June 10:06

[Corpulent Tosser]

Several tenners and one win just under 100, crap really.

[Dracoro]

Played it for years. Only ever once did I win the jackpot, pah all a big con if you ask me.

A fair few £10 wins, 4 numbers once (acutally 4+bonus but that doesn't count for anything more than 4).

Mum won £2300 once for 5 numbers.

[Silver940]

Went on a blind date once with a girl that a few years later won the jackpot. close as I'll ever get I suspect!

[tricky69]

Silver940 said:

Went on a blind date once with a girl that a few years later won the jackpot. close as I'll ever get I suspect!

NO WAY... was she fit ?

[AndrewW-G]

Based on the figures from 14th may to 14th June, our office/workshop syndicate played 3 lines twice a week, so £27 per month(+/-) and won a grand total of £20 and that seems to have been a far better month than average. Guess we've got to pay for the stageringly badly planned and managed London olympics some how

[Silver940]

tricky69 said:

Silver940 said:

Went on a blind date once with a girl that a few years later won the jackpot. close as I'll ever get I suspect!

NO WAY... was she fit ?

At the time yes, long time ago though

[Legend83]

Silver940 said:

Went on a blind date once with a girl that a few years later won the jackpot. close as I'll ever get I suspect!

Doh!

dracoro said:

Mum won £2300 on 5 numbers

So close but yet so far. Anyone I have ever heard of getting 5 numbers seems to get a pretty measily sum - surely 5 numbers is deserving of more!

[paulmurr]

Bloke sitting next to me won £87k, 5 numbers & bonus ball.

[Melman Giraffe]

I won it once!!

[WorAl]

a friend of mine's mother got 5 numbers (few hundred quid, cant remember exact amount) and was one number away from the 6th.....or so she told me.....found out later that the one number away from the 6th was number 38, she had number 4.....a bewildered me thought, so you had 5 then and no where near the 6th number you dosey cow.

[furtive]

Chap my folks play golf with won £2.5m

[Melman Giraffe]

paulmurr said:

Bloke sitting next to me won £87k, 5 numbers & bonus ball.

Lucky Lucky Bd

[grumbledoak]

Four numbers once, worth about £45 that week. I haven't bothered since, though I guess I have roughly broken even, which is far better than average.

I think one of the bookies runs a similar ball game which pays much more for small wins, £512 for four IIRC, though a smaller 'big win'. But, given that your odds of winning big are around those of being hit by a returning Elvis' flying saucer I'd be more tempted to try that.

[bazking69]

4 numbers once and a few 3 number £10'ers.