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
Who Dares Wins (UK game show) Who Dares Wins (UK game show) Who Dares Wins is a BBC game show broadcast on BBC One which began on 17 November 2007. The programme is hosted by Nick Knowles. It was a BBC National Lottery game show until 21 January 2017. Two teams of strangers are paired up. Both teams sit in soundproof pods. When the pods are blue they can hear what is happening. When the pod is red they cannot hear what is happening. The list subject is read out and then the host turns one pod red. The other team then make a bid on