The National Lottery Draws since been dropped from BBC iPlayer as of 8 April 2017, and since 1 April 2016, draws are now broadcast exclusively on their official channel on YouTube. On 12 April 2018, it was announced that the televised Saturday night draw would be aired on ITV with Stephen Mulhern as the new host, being renamed to "The National Lottery Results". The first show was presented by Noel Edmonds. After the first show, it was either co-presented by Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy, or Bob Monkhouse, all of them assisted by the psychic Mystic Meg. Carol Vorderman had a segment during the
National Lottery (Ireland) changed Lotto to a 6/39 game later in 1992, raising the jackpot odds to 1 in 3,262,623. The first Lotto 6/39 drawing was held on 22 August 1992. To compensate for the longer jackpot odds, the National Lottery doubled the starting jackpot to and added a "bonus number" to the drawings. Whereas players previously needed either a match-6, match-5, or match-4 to win, prizes were now also awarded for match-5+bonus, match-4+bonus, and match-3+bonus. Lotto became a 6/42 game on 24 September 1994, which made the jackpot odds 1 in 5,245,786. The National Lottery made this change to generate bigger rollover