The chance of winning a life-changing bumper lottery jackpot is the optimistic expectation for cash-strapped families across Britain as sales of National Lottery tickets hit record highs, and follows Camelot’s strategy for responsible growth by encouraging many people to play but to actually spend relatively small amounts.

UK National Lottery operator Camelot revealed yesterday that lottery ticket sales were up a fifth to £3.2 billion (US$5 billion) in the six months to 24 September, marking the group’s best ever interim period and ranking Camelot as the seventh largest lottery in the world in terms of sales

The lottery has created 2,700 millionaires and multi-millionaires to date, including Colin and Chris Weir from Largs in Scotland who won a mind-blowing £161 million (US$254 million) in the EuroMillions lottery in August and promptly entered the record books by becoming Scotland’s biggest ever lottery winners.

Camelot also revealed that the rise in sales had led to increased returns of £918.3 million (US$1.4 billion) to good causes, up from £784.8 million (US$1.2 billion) last year. Since launching the UK National Lottery in 1994 Camelot has paid out £27 billion (US$42.6 billion) for good causes and £40 billion (US$63 billion) in prize money.

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There’s on old joke about a guy who sticks his head into the barber’s shop and asks “How long before I can get a haircut?” The barber looks around the shop and says, “About 2 hours.” The guy leaves. A few days later, the same guy sticks his head in the door and asks, “How long before I get a haircut?” The barber looks around the shop full of customers and says, “About 2 hours.” The guy leaves.  A week later, the same guy sticks his head in the shop and asks, “How long before I can get a haircut?” The barber looks around the shop and says, “About an hour and half.” The guy leaves.  The barber looks over at a friend in the shop, and says, “Hey Bill, follow that guy and see where he goes.” In a little while, Bill comes back into the shop laughing hysterically. The barber asks, “Bill where did he go when he left here?” Bill looked up and said, “To your house.”

Yesterday a guy from Greer, Columbia, South Carolina, stuck his head into his local barber’s shop and asked “How long before I can get a haircut?” The barber looks around the shop and says, “About 2 hours.” The guy left – not to visit the barber’s house but to do some shopping at the Vitri Get N Go Food Mart – bought a Blue Sapphire Bucks scratch-card ticket and promptly won $200,000.

The $200,000 winner said he knew his wife wouldn’t be happy that he bought a lottery ticket, but decided she would probably forgive him; he drove straight home to break the news without even getting that haircut.

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Life will never be the same for an Ecuadorian factory worker after he scooped $250,000 on the USA Mega Millions lottery draw with a ticket bought through WinTrillions.

Enrique Gonzalez, a 42-year-old from the province of Guayas, secured the life-changing lottery win after playing the game for just six months. He had been praying for a win to take his wife on vacation and help improve his finances, so the $250,000 windfall is beyond his wildest dreams.

“Just two weeks ago, I was out for lunch and my wife said to me how much $10,000 would change our lives for the better,” said Enrique. “I kept checking my Mega Millions numbers, which I have been buying every week since last December on WinTrillions.com, and I kept praying that her dream would come true.

“When the WinTrillions team called, they asked if I had checked my email, but I had not. They told me I was a big winner, so I checked my inbox and there it was. I called my wife and at first she didn’t believe me, but I kept insisting and then we both cried with joy.”

WinTrillions.com arranged for Enrique and his wife to travel to the USA,  arranging visas and tickets for the couple, who were still stunned by their good fortune. There, they were met by both our US local branch operator and a senior representative from our European headquarters. Enrique received the ticket and was then presented with a cheque for a whopping $250,000 by the state lottery commission. Then it was off to dinner, where the dancing, drinking and celebrating really began!

“It’s really wonderful that one of our South American customers has won big on the USA’s national lottery,” said Lucy Gold, spokesperson for WinTrillions.com. “When I met Enrique and his wife I was almost brought to tears by how grateful they are for their win. It was a huge pleasure to bring them to the USA so that they could claim their lottery win.”

“The cost of living in Ecuador is much cheaper than in Europe and the USA, so when we’ve looked into it, $250,000 will actually be worth more than a million to Enrique and his family. This means that the win is genuinely life-changing for them.”

With a record jackpot of $390 million set back in 2007, MegaMillions vies with US Powerball and EuroMillions for the title of the world’s richest weekly lottery. With 35 US states participating in the twice-weekly draws, the jackpot prize on MegaMillions is never less than $12 million. Ticket sales average around $17 million for each draw, although this can increase to almost $150 million when there is a massive rollover jackpot.

The lucky lottery winners are now back in Ecuador with their winnings. Enrique and his wife are planning to pay off their debts and go on the trip that they could only dream of just a few weeks ago. He said: “I thank God and I thank WinTrillions for our good fortune. I did not win for six months and then this happened. You can never tell.”

The next Mega Millions draw is later today so there’s not much time left to buy your ticket – there’s £22 million reasons why. Why not check Wintrillions out at Facebook or follow us on Twitter just click the links and it’s job done!

Today’s three big-buck draws are now in the final straight and heading full charge for the winning line, what’s more there’s hardly anything between them. Up front on the prize money leader-board is Italy’s SuperEnalotto worth $29.7 million, chased by the USA’s Megamillions Lotto carrying $22 million and the EuroMillions Lotto running a tight third with $20 million.

If you think that these are tasty amounts, then you’re right, but even these pale a little when you look at what’s on offer for tomorrow – America’s Powerball lottery all by itself, is worth an eye-catching $86 million!

One essential thing unites every single lottery winner in the world – a ticket to get into the game! The simple fact is, if you’re not in the game, you can’t win the game! Getting in couldn’t be easier and the only thing you need to get picky about are your numbers, so why not pick and click your way to millionaire’s row right here at WinTrillions, where you can play all of these lotteries, as well as many other lotteries from all around the world. Job done!