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
Sally Taylor (TV presenter) Sally Taylor (TV presenter) Sally Taylor MBE (born 7 November 1957, Reading, Berkshire, England) is an English journalist and presenter, best known for presenting BBC "South Today". She attended The Abbey School, Reading, an independent school. Before beginning her career as a presenter and journalist, she was an English Teacher at Winstanley Community College, Leicester. She has presented "South Today", the flagship news programme of BBC South, since 1987. Taylor also writes a weekly column in the Southern Daily Echo. She had a Saturday morning show on Radio Solent for many years until February 2011. In 2003, Taylor successfully filled