:00:13. > :00:18.It's Wednesday 27th June and here for your viewing pleasure and to
:00:18. > :00:20.help make some midweek winners, it's Scott Mills. Hello and welcome.
:00:20. > :00:24.Coming up tonight we've got the Thunderball and Lotto draws. But
:00:24. > :00:27.before we embark on your quest for midweek glory it's that time of
:00:27. > :00:37.year when we ask you to show your appreciation for some of the unsung
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:00:48. > :00:51.heroes in the UK by voting in this year's National Lottery Awards.
:00:51. > :00:53.Lottery players raise over �30 million each week for good causes
:00:53. > :00:57.and the Awards celebrate the positive impact those projects make.
:00:57. > :01:01.Each year we ask you to vote for your favourite and the winners are
:01:01. > :01:11.announced in a special BBC One show. To give you an idea of what it's
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:01:12. > :01:22.like here's a look at last year's. It is the wanted.
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:01:34. > :01:38.Massive thanks to everybody who voted for us.
:01:38. > :01:41.And it's time to get picking your favourite project to go through to
:01:41. > :01:43.the final of this year's awards. There are ten projects in seven
:01:43. > :01:45.categories to choose from. Each category reflects the areas of
:01:45. > :01:51.National Lottery funding - the arts, sport, health, heritage,
:01:51. > :01:53.environment, education and voluntary. And those winners are
:01:53. > :01:57.going to be announced later in the year.
:01:57. > :01:59.For more information and to cast your vote, head to BBC Online and
:01:59. > :02:03.follow the links. You have until midnight on Sunday 22nd July.
:02:03. > :02:13.Right, back to tonight and your chance to win $500,000. Here comes
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:02:21. > :02:27.Thunderball. Julie, get those machines started. Excalibur and
:02:27. > :02:29.sets of balls one which shows an earlier today. Independent
:02:30. > :02:32.adjudicator is Sian Fleet-Milne and Draw Master is Julie Morrissey. On
:02:32. > :02:35.Saturday, over 272,000 tickets won a prize with two tickets matching
:02:35. > :02:45.all the numbers drawn to win Thunderball's top prize of �500,000
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:03:09. > :03:18.We need a couple more from our first machine. Which is it going to
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:03:24. > :03:32.Remember there's a prize for matching the Thunderball all on its
:03:32. > :03:37.own. So everything still to play for. Good luck.
:03:37. > :03:47.This number could make a huge difference to what you win.
:03:47. > :03:50.
:03:50. > :03:54.Here are the numbers, this time in In a few moments, tonight's big
:03:54. > :03:57.Lotto draw but first what would you say to the fact that there is a
:03:57. > :04:07.Lotto ticket out there right now that I know for a fact is worth
:04:07. > :04:10.over �4.3 million? That is big money! The Lucky ticket was for the
:04:10. > :04:20.draw on Saturday, 2nd June and was bought in County Down. Here's Alan
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:04:23. > :04:25.now with a reminder of what those Sound familiar? Well then dig out
:04:25. > :04:29.those numbers and have a check because someone's won �4.3 million
:04:29. > :04:33.and it could well be you. OK we're ready to try and create more
:04:33. > :04:36.winners so get those numbers where you can see them for Lotto. OK,
:04:36. > :04:46.Alan, what's in the pot tonight? Tonight's estimated jackpot stands
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:04:47. > :04:49.at �2.2 million. OK, take it away. Release those big money balls. On
:04:49. > :04:53.Saturday, two lucky ticket holders hit the jackpot and won �2.1
:04:53. > :05:03.million a piece. Huge congratulations to them and the
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:05:03. > :05:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:05:57. > :06:07.other 505,000 weekend winners. Millionaire's row tonight in
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:06:10. > :06:12.That's all from us tonight. Matt Johnson's set to get you all
:06:12. > :06:15.excited on Friday night with another huge EuroMillions jackpot
:06:15. > :06:18.at 11.20pm. It's Jenni Falconer on Saturday for the weekend draws with