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
Marc Edwards (TV presenter) Marc Edwards (TV presenter) Marc Edwards (born 11 November 1980) is a Welsh-Chinese Television Presenter, formerly on China Central Television (中国中央电视台), France 24, London Live and Eurosport, and now on BBC News and BBC World News. He currently presents Sport Today. He was the male stadium announcer in French and English for the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony and London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony. Edwards was born in Paris to a Welsh father and a Malaysian Chinese mother, and is fluent in French, Mandarin and English. He lived the first seven years of his life in Paris. Edwards