08/03/2014 The National Lottery Live

Hello everyone and welcome to the National Lottery Live. It's very

exciting to be back here at Lottery HQ and I am most definitely in the

mood to help make some winners tonight!

Glad to hear it Kate. Welcome back! Thanks Alan. OK, we're a matter of

seconds away from your first chance to win a fortune this weekend.

We kick off tonight's proceedings with the Thunderball draw, which has

a top prize of half a million pounds. That's followed closely by

tonight's big Lotto draw, with a jackpot of an estimated ?4.4

million! Also, a little later in the show, we'll be turning our

attentions to cooler climates, where a number of National Lottery-funded

members of GB's Paralympic squad are competing for glory over in Sochi.

But first it's time for one final call for nominations ahead of this

year's National Lottery Awards. Did you know that you help to raise a

staggering ?33 million every single week for National Lottery projects?

The money you raise makes an enormous difference to people,

places and communities all over the UK. So if you know of a project that

has benefited from National Lottery funding, why not nominate them for

an award? There are seven different categories and the winners will

feature as part of a star-studded ceremony later this year here on BBC

One. Hosting the event will be John Barrowman, and here he is now with

details of how you can nominate. Hi everybody I'm John barrowman and I'm

very excited to be hosting this year's National Lottery awards. You

still have some time to nominate your favourite National Lottery

funded project, but there is not much time, so get moving. In order

to do that, you have to nominate before March 12th at midnight. Hey,

and I will see you on the night. Thank you John and good luck to all

who are entering. Okay, time now for tonight's Thunderball draw.

Right, here we go then. Good evening drawmaster Matt. Are we all set? Hi

Kate. We most certainly are! Excellent. Half a million pounds

could soon be yours, folks. Matt, please start up the first machine.

Our drawmaster tonight is Matt Chamberlain and the draws are being

overseen by an independent adjudicator. Excalibur five and set

of balls number seven were chosen today. There have been over 462,000

winning tickets on Thunderball this past week. Congratulations if yours

was one of them! Thanks very much Alan. Okay, let's get proceedings

underway. Good luck everyone! Start up that second machine if you

would please, Matt. That's the five main balls but we still need the

all-important Thunderball. Every ticket is still in play, even if

you've yet to match with any numbers. You can still win a prize

by matching with just the Thunderball alone. Best of luck.

Thanks Alan. Tonight's big Lotto draw is coming right up, but before

that, with the 2014 Paralympics under way over in Sochi, there's

time to say a huge good luck to your National Lottery-funded members of

Paralympics GB's squad. Kelly Gallagher and her guide, Charlotte

Evans, were in action earlier this morning in the women's downhill

skiing, alongside a triumphant Jade Etherington and guide Caroline

Powell, who won silver! Congratulations, an amazing

achievement! They'll be competing in more events over the course of the

week. Meanwhile, for those of you who were gripped by the curling a

couple of weeks back when Team GB picked up a silver and a bronze,

look out for the wheelchair curling squad. No doubt we'll have more

nailbiting moments ahead. We're all rooting for you guys. The best of

luck to you and the rest of the team.

OK, Sochi's athletes may be warming up to take the stage, but now the

spotlight is on you at home. So who's ready to win big? Everyone

take a deep breath, because here comes tonight's Lotto draw.

Release those weekend balls. Tonight's Lotto rollover jackpot is

worth an estimated ?4.4 million. We are using Lancelot and with it

set of balls number five. In the last week there have been over

570,000 winning tickets on Lotto. This includes four lucky ticket

holders who shared last Saturday's rollover jackpot and a further two

on Wednesday who also matched with all six numbers. Congratulations and

well done! Thanks Alan. It could be your turn

tonight. Tickets at the ready. It's time to make millionaires! And she

means it. Thanks Alan. Remember, every line of

Lotto gives entry to the Lotto Raffle Draw and tonight, as it's a

rollover, there are 100 prizes of ?20,000 up for grabs. -- 50 prizes.

To find out if you're a winner, full results will be available later via

the red button or by visiting bbc.co.uk/lottery and following the

links. Early indications show that the region with the most raffle

winners tonight is Scotland. The results of this week's draws are

available on BBC One on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 10.35pm,

straight after the 10 o'clock News. And you can also watch this week's

Lotto, Thunderball and EuroMillions by visiting the website.

I'm back with you next Saturday night together with the last in the

present series of Who Dares Wins, but for now, have a fantastic week.

Goodnight!