National Lottery (United Kingdom) National Lottery is franchised to a private operator; the Camelot Group was awarded the franchise on 25 May 1994. The first draw took place on 19 November 1994 with a television programme presented by Noel Edmonds. The first numbers drawn were 30, 3, 5, 44, 14 and 22, the bonus was 10, and seven jackpot winners shared a prize of £5,874,778. Tickets became available on the Isle of Man on 2 December 1999 at the request of Tynwald. A second lottery draw, Thunderball, was introduced by Camelot on 12 June 1999. The National Lottery undertook a major rebranding programme in
John Mundy (presenter) running a parallel career as a highly successful voice-over artist. In 1995, Mundy took a career break and went to live in the USA. For the next five years he was involved in property development which included owning and operating two hotels in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2000, he returned to live in Britain and resumed his work as a voice-over artist. Recent work includes UK National TV advertising campaigns for 'DiSaronno' and 'Illy Coffee' plus narration of documentaries for CNN and National Geographic Channel. John Mundy (presenter) John Mundy (born in Manchester, Lancashire) is a British broadcaster and voice-over