Anthea Turner Lottery draw on BBC One on 19 November 1994 with Noel Edmonds and Gordon Kennedy. She remained as sole host of the National Lottery Live until 20 April 1996, when she defected to ITV and the travel show "Wish You Were Here...?", becoming the second highest paid female television presenter in the UK, after Cilla Black. The relationship between Turner and her "GMTV" co-presenter Eamonn Holmes was frosty, with Holmes issuing an ultimatum to the "GMTV" management that he would leave if they did not sack his colleague; as a result of this Turner lost her job. After Bovey left
National Lottery (United Kingdom) draw was set at £1 per board from its introduction, and increased to £2 in October 2013. The draw is conducted twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, except that a draw on Christmas Day is moved to Christmas Eve. Saturday draws started on 19 November 1994, under the name 'National Lottery'; the first Wednesday draw was on 5 February 1997. All of the draws are shown live on the official website at 20:30. Lotto was originally called "The National Lottery", but was renamed "Lotto" in an update in 2002 after ticket sales decreased. Lotto is by far the most