THE NATIONAL Lottery results are in and it’s time to find out who has won a life-changing amount of money tonight (October 2, 2024).
Could tonight’s jackpot of £2million see you handing in your notice, jetting off to the Bahamas or driving a new Porsche off a garage forecourt?
You can find out by checking your ticket against tonight’s numbers below. Good luck!
Tonight’s National Lottery Lotto winning numbers are: 04, 05, 06, 20, 21, 59 and the Bonus Ball is 02.
Tonight’s National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 07, 15, 21, 26, 32 and the Thunderball is 05.
The first National Lottery draw was held on November 19 1994 when seven winners shared a jackpot of £5,874,778.
The largest amount ever to be won by a single ticket holder was £42million, won in 1996.
Gareth Bull, a 49-year-old builder, won £41million in November, 2020 and ended up knocking down his bungalow to make way for a luxury manor house with a pool.
Sue Davies, 64, bought a lottery ticket to celebrate ending five months of shielding during the pandemic — and won £500,000.
Sandra Devine, 36, accidentally won £300k – she intended to buy her usual £100 National Lottery Scratchcard, but came home with a much bigger prize.
The biggest jackpot ever to be up for grabs was £66million in January last year, which was won by two lucky ticket holders.
Another winner, Karl managed to bag £11million aged just 23 in 1996.
The odds of winning the lottery are estimated to be about one in 14million – BUT you’ve got to be in it to win it.
CHELSEA legend Eidur Gudjohnsen has a remarkable footballing legacy that extends far beyond his own playing career.
The former Iceland striker, 46, led the line for a host of Europe’s biggest clubs including PSV, Barcelona, Monaco and Tottenham.
But it was his time at Stamford Bridge that most English fans will remember him for.
He scored 78 goals in 263 games for Chelsea, winning two Premier League titles and a League Cup with the club.
Gudjohnsen, whose dad Arnor played for Boredaux and Iceland, went on to win the Champions League at Barcelona, eventually hanging up his boots in 2016 after a 22-year professional career.
Now all THREE of his sons are following in his footsteps as they make their own ways in the game – and SunSport has taken a look at each of them.
Forward Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen, 26, is the eldest of the three boys and started in Barcelona’s academy during his dad’s time at the club.
He then moved to Spanish side Gava, before he returned to Iceland in 2016 for stints with Valur and Breidablik.
He earned a transfer to Italian club Spezia two years later, before spells followed in Sweden and Germany.
Now he is playing for Sarpsborg in Norway, while he has also been capped 20 times by Iceland.
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He has 22 goals in 128 games for club and country.
Daniel Gudjohnsen, 18, is the youngest of the trio and is also a forward.
His youth career spanned Gava, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Malmo.
He made his first-team debut for Malmo last year and in October 2023 was named by The Guardian as one of the best players in the world born in 2006.
Daniel has been capped by Iceland’s age group sides, but has not yet received a senior call-up.
Andri Gudjohnsen, 22, is also a forward and is poised to come up against his dad’s old side Chelsea in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.
Like his two brothers, Andri’s youth career came in Spain for Barcelona, Gava, Espanyol and Real Madrid.
He played 21 games for Real’s B side and scored four goals, before he left the Spanish giants for Swedish side IFK Norrkoping in 2022.
He scored just once in 32 appearances for Norrkoping, before he joined Danish club Lyngby in August last year – where he bagged 13 goals in 28 games.
That spell earned him a transfer to Belgian top flight side Gent in the summer.
He has 26 caps for his country and has scored six goals.
ACTRESS Anna Maxwell Martin says she has a bizarre sandwich phobia and has to ask other actors to keep them off set.
The Line of Duty star says her fear may be linked to her hatred of mayonnaise, and she also cannot bear to be near an open fridge.
Anna, 47, said: “I think I’ve got phobic food issues.
“Not in the room, not in the house. If I’m on a set and sandwiches are brought on — it’s hard for me to even say that word — I’d have to say ‘get that out’.
“Sorry other actors, you’re not eating. Or if you want to eat, step outside. But not in here.”
Anna thinks her problems stem from her pregnancies with her two daughters.
She said: “I think there is a trauma. It’s not about sandwiches, but I was sick all through my pregnancies. Sick, sick, sick as a dog. So now I also have a problem with fridges as well.
“Oh my God, I can open a fridge and be like ‘not for me, not staying here, not eating here’.
“Someone was saying to me the other day that she doesn’t like the sound of chewing gum or the sound of things and she said maybe you have a similar thing about foods.
“I was on a train yesterday with sandwiches and it was a nightmare.”
“NICE colour, that!”
The “bursting green” hue of the Ford Kuga plug-in hybrid I’m driving has just been given what could be the greatest colour-based compliment yet.
Because the man who said it literally stares at cars for a living – he works for DFDS Ferry in Dover.
Good start to the test. And I agree.
So: Colour – gold star.
Of course, what colour your car is means bugger all when it comes to its performance and suitability for taking a family of four to France.
So is the rest of it any good?
The answer is a resounding yes. The first plus point is it’s a beautifully designed Tardis of a vehicle.
Outside it looks like the compact family SUV it is billed as – like the Nissan Qashqai or the Volkswagen Tiguan – but inside it is simply cavernous.
From a surprisingly high-up driving position you can motor along with 243hp under your right foot, accelerating from 0-62mph in 7.3 seconds.
The petrol/electric plug-in hybrid combo averaged 45mpg on test, not far off the official 52.3mpg which, as we know, is conducted in a lab.
You are supposed to get 42 miles of pure electric driving when the battery is fully charged.
The reality is around ten per cent less.
Another plus point is all the anti-crash kit.
This is one of the safest cars I have experienced – almost too cautious at times.
Indeed, if there is a downside to this car it is that you cannot drive it anywhere without getting short shrift from the safety warnings.
Take a rest, stay in your lane, hands on the wheel (Oi, PROPERLY!!) . . . the list of infractions is long and it can get a little much.
This is one of the safest cars I have experienced
I popped to the boulangerie one morning and was told to take a rest from driving – it was a five-minute journey.
Kuga has a blizzard of safety tech, including blind-spot indicators, steering assist, parking assist and the most aggressive lane assist in Christendom.
But I suppose it is churlish to complain about something that is trying to avoid you having an accident.
After all, no matter how gorgeous the £800 paint job, it alone won’t save your life.