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
Mike Morris (TV presenter) before switching to sports journalism in 1974 when he joined United Newspapers as a reporter and later, sports editor. Morris switched to broadcasting in 1979 when he became a sub-editor and reporter for regional news programme "Thames News" in London. Four years later, he was part of the launch team at TV-am, initially as a sports correspondent before becoming presenter of "Good Morning Britain"'s Saturday edition. He became a chief weekday anchor in 1987, presenting alongside Anne Diamond, Kathy Tayler, Maya Even and Lorraine Kelly among others. While at the station, he conducted the first live interview on British television