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Bumper year as lottery increases millionaires
More than 100 people joined the lottery millionaire rich list in 2009 – a year which saw Britain's biggest ever prizes handed out, say organisers.
A group of seven IT workers from Liverpool and a married couple from near Newport, South Wales, each scooped a 45.5m share of the Euromillions jackpot in November.
They were among 132 millionaires created in the past 12 months, taking the total to more than 2,350 since the game was launched in 1994.
Organiser Camelot said there were around four million winners a week across all of its National Lottery games.
And this year, for the first time, players can take part in a Christmas Day draw.
A spokesman said: "The unique Christmas Day draw adds even more excitement and guarantees a million-pound present will be delivered down someone's chimney."
Since it was launched in 1994, the National Lottery has created more than 2,300 millionaires.
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