29/02/2012 The National Lottery: Wednesday Night Draws

Good evening. It's Wednesday 29th February, and here for your mid-

week lottery draws is Myleene Klass. Thank you, Alan. Tonight is a very

special night, not only is it a leap year, but we've got a very

special guest. Record-breaking Paralympics sensation Danny Crates

will be here shortly and, of course, we'll bring you a live lotto

rollover draw with a huge life changing jackpot. But first, let's

start the night with an old Release those midweek balls, please,

Julie. Excalibur were chosen today. On Saturday, over 232,000 lucky

tickets won a prize. Well done if one if you were one of them. Healy

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Are you in line for a big win? The London 2012 Paralympics are now

just six months away, and by playing National Lottery games,

you've helped contribute to the building of what's set to be the

most exciting games ever! Someone who knows all about the thrill of

the Paralympics is Danny Crates. Thanks for joining us, Danny. You

lost your right arm in an accident in 1994. How did you get into

running after that? To the it was never about running, my true love

was rugby and then I started playing again, but eventually got

coach back into athletics and in 1998 I became a lottery-funded

athletes and enjoyed 12 years of international athletics thanks to

the support I was able to get. said you retired, but you just

haven't stopped. I am always busy. Vice -- I had a speaking career and

in terms of professional sport, I needed something to do, so why road

from John O'Groats to Land's End. I'm always looking for something.

Most people who retire don't do that. He s, but I get itchy feet.

You will also run in the Olympics in another way. I am finally going

to make it to London 2012 at the Olympic Park run and I will run

Randall the iconic venues and finish across the line in the

stadium, which will be awesome. I have crossed the finish line before

any of my other main runners. though, still really competitive. I

want names. And why you tipping for glory? We have some of the older

athletes who have been there, like Shelly Woods, the established

athletes and Daniel Greaves, but we also have a young team who have

been nurtured through and they have been prepared, like Paul Blake. The

team has prepared them for this massive show case that will be

London 2012 and they are ready. It will be one of the best games for

the team and one of the best parallel give the Games ever.

also have your biography coming out, so good luck with that. Don't go

anywhere because I need you to press some buttons. And you guys,

grab those tickets and start Right, it's a rollover, that much

we Know. But Alan, please enlighten us. How big is it?! Well, Myleene.

Tonight's jackpot is estimated at �6.5 million! Fantastic! Let's make

this leap year one to remember! Release those big money balls. We

are using Lance a lot and set of balls No. 3. So we know that no-one

won the jackpot on Saturday, but that didn't mean there weren't big

winners. There were nine lucky ticket holders that matched all 5

main numbers plus the bonus to take home over �136,000 each. One of

those very lucky winners was Mrs A from Dorset. Huge congratulations

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all of you! Are we ready? OK, take That's just about all from us

tonight. Thanks again for joining us, Danny. If like me, you're a fan