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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Each of the seven categories were announced during a televised ceremony from London on bonfire night hosted by classical musician and TV / radio presenter Myleene Klass. Eight hundred Lottery-funded projects entered this year’s awards when they were launched in January; these were whittled down to a short-list of 10 projects per category by an independent panel of judges, with the final winners chosen by public vote.

The Winners!

The Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds – Best Arts Project.

Duchenne, an on-line literacy programme for boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – Best Education Project.

The Green Valley Centre in Bryncynon, Wales – Best Environmental Project.

Sense Scotland, a charity which supports people who are deaf and blind – Best Health Project.

We Were Brothers, a play about Irish soldiers in the First World War – Best Heritage Project.

The Bluebird Care Hampshire Disability Cricket Programme – Best Sports Project.

Hands That Talk, a Derry charity which provides sign language courses and training for deaf people – Best Voluntary Project.

Each category winner received £2,000 to boost their funds and help ensure their continued success. Since the UK National Lottery began in 1994, over 370,000 grants have been awarded and £26 billion has been given out to the arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment – approximately 28% of total National Lottery revenue is goes to the “Good Causes” every year.

Replicate this right around the world and it’s easy to see why millions and millions of lives are being improved every day by lottery good causes. However, by far the biggest slice of the pie, the lions share, the deepest cut, is simply reserved for you – by way of prize money, often life-changing prize money, simply up for the taking every time you buy a lottery ticket. You can play the UK National Lotto, as well as lotteries from around the world right here at WinTrillions.

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X Factor supremo Simon Cowell has jumped five places to rank him 6th in the top ten on the Sunday Times Rich List of Britain’s music millionaires. Cowell’s fortune has risen an estimated £35million in a just year to £200million – but admits that he still plays the National Lottery but ticks the no publicity box so that no one would know should he win.

Cowell remains one spot behind Simon Fuller, who is at number five with an estimated £375million in the bank.

The music millionaires top 50 is headed by Clive Calder with a £1.3billion fortune made from the sale of Zomba Records in 2002; he tops the list after Warner Music Group chairman Edgar Bronfman, who was number one last year, moved to the U.S. and is therefore ineligible for inclusion.

Victoria and David Beckham are up two places to 12th with a fortune of £165million.

The Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins tops the young music millionaires list of those aged 30 and under with her £13million fortune, up £2million from last year; equal second place with £12million apiece goes to singers Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis and Katie Melua. Top new entry was singer Adele at joint ninth with £6million.

Of course – there’s a space on the “Rich List” for you, all you need to do is match the numbers in tonight’s lottery fest and your place is guaranteed. There’s shed-loads of cash up for the asking, with your name written all over the winners box – Powerball $245million; Florida Lotto $23million; Indiana Hoosier Lotto $19million; California Super Lotto $16million; Italy’s Super Enalotto $39mllion.

You can buy tickets for all of these lotteries, as well as play many more lotteries from all around the world right here at WinTrillions, but time’s rapidly running out on tonight’s jackpots – so grab your entry tickets right now and be ready to eat at the top table.

Camelot, operators of the UK Lottery have just placed a job advert in Newport, South Wales. The job comes loaded with a one-off salary worth £612,749 ($980.000). The only problem is it’s only open to just one person in the whole world – so unless you’re the holder of UK lottery ticket with the numbers 2, 4, 7, 27, 43, 44 valid for the UK National Lottery Draw which took place on Wednesday 10th August 2011, then you’re excluded!

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According to Camelot, “the successful candidate must be committed to enjoying the life-changing win and will be responsible for rapidly acquiring a good working knowledge of the finer things in life … No prior experience is required.”

Camelot decided to advertise for their winner after the main prize was never claimed and time is rapidly running out – the final deadline is 5:30pm on Monday 6th February 2010, after then the unclaimed cash goes into the lottery “Good Causes” fund. The biggest unclaimed UK lottery prize was a staggering £9.4 million ($15 million) which was on a ticket sold near Doncaster in South Yorkshire in 2005. UK Lottery players have 180 days to stake their claim.

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