UK National Lottery operator Camelot has said that Woolworths will no longer be able to sell Lotto tickets or scratchcards or process claims for prizes. This announcement comes on the back of the news that the famous Woolworths retail company established in 1909 has now gone into administration.

Many lottery players like to try and attract the attention of Lady Luck by incorporating a few lucky charms into their Lotto activities. Whilst such an approach holds absolutely no water from a scientific standpoint, using lottery lucky charms can be a fun way of developing a greater sense of optimism, so here are several ideas you can use to do the same...

A Suffolk Lotto syndicate that refers to itself as the Suffolk Lads and Lasses won a £2,630,225 jackpot on Saturday 15 November, 2008. The lottery syndicate has 23 members, all of whom work for a Haverhill housing project, so each one is now £114,357 richer for Christmas and beyond.

A UK Lotto prize won on Saturday 17 May, 2008, has gone unclaimed for more than 180 days, and has therefore expired as far as the rightful owner is concerned. The ticket, which was bought in Warrington, matched five main numbers and the bonus ball to win a prize of £397,462.

Lottery players all over the globe would like to know how to predict the future. Just imagine being able to watch the draw taking place and then saying ‘I told you so!’ Or being able to dream about a particular set of UK Lotto numbers coming up and then finding that they really did. If you want to know how these things are possible, read on...

A couple of Pennsylvania Powerball players matched all five main numbers and the red Powerball on Wednesday 29 October, 2008 to scoop a jackpot worth $58.6 million. Thomas Shearer and his wife Myrna have opted to take the prize as a cash lump sum, so they will take home $30.2 million ($22.65 million after taxes).

A new 'Think Lotto' National Lottery TV campaign costing £10 million has been launched, but the aim isn’t to promote a particular scratchcard or draw. Instead, the 60 second advertisement promotes ‘The Lotto Way of Thinking’ and at the same time celebrates the ‘anything is possible' attitude that many Lotto players tend to share.

A couple of horse racing enthusiasts from Tamworth in Staffordshire won more than £1 million by matching all six numbers in the Lotto draw on Saturday 18 October, 2008. Colin and Tina Halford were one of four jackpot winners, each of which scooped £1,134,695, but they didn’t find out about their win for another week.