National Lottery (United Kingdom) the games. The majority of National Lottery draws take place on live television. The first National Lottery show (entitled "The National Lottery Live: The First Draw") was at 7 pm on Saturday 19 November 1994. Presented by Noel Edmonds, this was an hour long special, in which 49 contestants competed to become the first person to start the draw, the winner being 18-year-old Deborah Walsh. The first number to be drawn was 30. For its first few years, the TV show took the title "The National Lottery Live", and was presented mainly by Anthea Turner or Bob Monkhouse. Other notable
Laura Greene (presenter) began her career in 1994 at Britain's ITV network. In 2002 she became the co-presenter of "National Geographic Today", a live one-hour daily news journal on the UK's National Geographic Channel. Greene has also worked for Carlton TV's "London Tonight" and Channel Five's "5 News" before becoming a reporter and presenter for Meridian Broadcasting's "Meridian Tonight". Greene is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Laura Greene (presenter) Laura Una Greene (born 16 February 1972) is a British former weather presenter and television presenter. Laura Greene was born at University College Hospital in Fitzrovia, London, the daughter of Welsh DIY