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Euromillions winners at BT call centre: it’s Good to Talk in Liverpool

The revealed EuroMillions lottery winners of the £91 million rollover jackpot last Friday, must be ringing those BT phones off the hook!  Reports are saying that the two winners of £45.5 million each, were a syndicate in Liverpool of BT call centre staff, and a married couple in Newport, South Wales.

Apparently, about 25 per cent of winners opt for the publicity, with the rest staying anonymous.  But the group of workers in the syndicate who pick up around £5.5 million each, couldn't contain themselves.  An unnamed worker had told the Liverpool Echo that they'd heard the workers just went mad, screaming and shouting.  Err, I wonder why.  Shame, being a syndicate it's going to be difficult to keep that one quiet!  Check out the photo on The Times Online, "I'm minted" on a hand-written sign in the office window.  Classic.

But will this be encouraging more syndicates to start up?  The National Lottery have now launched the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle, which means that tickets for the standard draw are going up from £1.50 per line to £2.00 per line.  With this increase, they will guarantee a UK millionaire winner each Friday.

But if you do not have an online account with the National Lottery already, you can fund your account and get a £3 free token to play with this special eBay offer.   Terms and conditions apply and offer is valid until 30th March 2010.  What a great deal, especially if you won the jackpot! 

As for that married couple in Wales, they are the seventh lucky lottery jackpot winners from Newport, or "Golden Gwent".  Statistics might say, it's lucky to live in Newport. I'd say, no.  Just go there to buy a lottery ticket.