Winning EuroMillions numbers for £44m National Lottery draw revealed - live

Tuesday's Euromillions jackpot revealed

Because there were no winners tonight, Tuesday's jackpot is an estimated £53 million.

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No Euromillions jackpot winners

There were no jackpot winners in any participating nations for tonight's Euromillions draw, the National Lottery has confirmed.

Lotto winner took home £2million but still ended up sleeping on pub floor

One national lottery winner scooped £2million but ended up sleeping on the floor of his own pub.

Mike Antonucci scooped the jackpot back in 1995, and thought he was set for life.

He quit his job as an antiques dealer and went on a spending spree that included luxury cars, yachts, a pub, massage parlour and more.

However, he ended up in court over a £400 row and sleeping on the floor of his own pub.

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Lotto curse - Brits whose lives were destroyed when they became millionaires

Many of us dream of winning the lottery - but history shows that it isn't always the golden ticket to happiness.

The money can help with a lot of life's problems without a doubt, but sometimes it can create new ones too.

For some winners who walked away millionaires after their ticket came up trumps, life really did improve - and they would never wish they could return to their old life. But for others, their huge fortunes ended up becoming a burden, leading to poverty, huge bust-ups and even death.

The tragedy follows a clear pattern - the joy of winning is replaced by despair, as they either blow through a fortune, or their personal lives become unbelievably stressful.

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Lotto curse - Brits whose lives were destroyed when they became millionaires

Millionaire Maker announced

One UK millionaire has been created tonight.

The winning Millionairer Maker Selection code is VFTF81881.

Millionaire Maker draw yet to be announced

Stay with us for the results of the Euromillions Millionaire Maker raffle, which guarantees one UK millionaire every week.

Tonight's EuroMillions numbers

Tonight's winning numbers are: 16, 17, 35, 36 and 49.

The Lucky Stars are 1 and 10.

Thunderball winning numbers

03, 04, 18, 26, 35, and the Thunderball is 02.

15 minutes until Thunderball

Not long to go now until the Thunderball draw, where a guaranteed top prize of £500,000 is up for grabs.

How fast do National Lottery winners get their money?

National Lottery winnings are usually transferred electronically within 48 hours - but officials recommend it doesn't go into a normal high street savings account.

Instead they suggest winners open a private account, which is shielded from the knowledge of ordinary branch staff.

EuroMillions winner's neighbours 'had no idea' he'd scooped £45m jackpot at the age of 22

The new neighbours of a EuroMillions jackpot winner "had no idea" he scooped £45million aged just 22.

Matt Topham bagged the lottery win with then-girlfriend Cassey Carrington in 2012, and the childhood sweethearts got hitched the same year.

Matt went on to have three kids with Cassey, but the couple recently confirmed their split. Matt, who is a former decorator, has since moved on with girlfriend Amy Cox, and the pair have shown loved-up displays on ski trips and luxurious London date nights.

The dad of three has also been spotted chauffeuring around Ms Cox in his Maserati. Ms Cox, who is thought to have three children of her own, is understood to live in a house near Lincoln, where neighbours said they "had no idea" of Matt's huge win.

"We had no idea he was a lottery winner. He comes around in his Maserati so he must still have a bob or two," said one neighbour. Another added: "I don’t think she has ever worked because she is busy looking after her children, who are all pre-schoolers."

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Man who won £4.5million on Lottery gives up burger van to travel the world - on a bike

A £4.5m National Lottery winner is now King of the Road after buying his 'dream' bike.

Gary Henry and his former wife, Ann, used to run a burger van before their September 2008 jackpot. Since then, he has travelled the world, spent £550,000 on a luxury propertyand given £23,000 for a football pitch dedicated to his late mum, Gladys, in his childhood home of South Church, Co Durham.

Gary, 62, celebrated the anniversary of his win with the ‘Rolls Royce of bicycles’ – a £8,500 electric S-Works SL Creo. He said: “The last 15 years have absolutely flown by. I can still remember the phone call to The National Lottery and it all felt like a dream.

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National Lottery winner scooped £2m – but still ended up sleeping on lilo on pub floor

A National Lottery splurged his £2million win and ended up in court in a row over £400, sleeping on the floor of his own pub.

When Mike Antonucci scooped the jackpot in 1995, he believed he was set for life and quit his job as an antiques dealer. He went on an international spending spree during which he purchased luxury cars and yachts, and splashed out on a pub, nightclub and massage parlour.

Mike also bought a £200,000 speedboat and £250,000 apartment, and tied the knot with Kelly Arkins, a glamour model, in a lavish £10,000 ceremony in the Bahamas. The lottery winner also splurged £4,500 on Kelly's breast implants.

But the marriage lasted just three months and Mike's various business ventures, including his own pop band, proved unsuccessful. The former antiques dealer, now 74, ended up sleeping on a lilo in one of the pubs he ran in Plymouth, Devon. Since then he has remained under the radar – he was last reported to be working as a furniture exporter and living "day to day".

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National Lottery operator donated £20,000 to Tories after winning licence battle

A Czech billionaire’s gambling firm donated £20,000 to the Tories just a year after winning a controversial battle to run the UK’s National Lottery.

The Gambling Commission, a government body, handed the licence to run the Lottery to Allwyn, Europe’s biggest lottery operator, in March 2022. The bitter competition had been plagued by months of legal wrangling - but Allwyn will finally take over the licence from next month.

The firm, previously known as Sazka before rebranding during the bidding process, pledged to double charitable donations to £38billion over the next decade and to slash ticket prices to £1. And in November last year, they made a donation worth £20,000 to the 1922 Committee, the Conservative Party’s parliamentary association.

Allwyn is owned by 53-year-old oil tycoon Karel Komarek, who has previously faced questions over his links with Russian-state energy giant Gazprom.

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How is the prize decided?

The jackpot begins at €17 million, which is different in Sterling depending on the exchange rate on draw day, and can increase up to a maximum value of €240 million.

Countries involved in EuroMillions

EuroMillions is a lottery played across nine European countries - the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland. The game launched on 7th February, 2004, and has now had over 1,000 draws.

EuroMillions: How to play

The draw takes place every Tuesday and Friday evening at 8pm. Players have to choose five main numbers from 1 to 50, along with two Lucky Stars between 1 and 12.

You can either pick the numbers yourself, purchase a Lucky Dip or use a random number generator to create an entry.

You can enter up to seven lines on a single play slip at a UK retailer.

Purchase your entries before the cutoff time for that draw.

EuroMillions restricitions

Entrants to the transnational lottery must be at least 18 years old and buy their tickets in one of the nine European countries.

Though entrants must be in one of the countries, there is no restriction on the buyer's nationality. Non-residents are welcome to play as long as they meet the age requirement

What's the UK Millionaire Maker?

Since November 2009, at least one UK player has won a guaranteed £1,000,000 every week as part of the UK Millionaire Maker game.

What time are tonight's draws?

Tonight's Thunderball will be getting underway at 8pm, while the £44million Euromillions draw is to take place shortly after at 8.45pm.