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
The Lottery (play) Lottery" mocks the excitement of the lottery and those who sell, rent, or purchase tickets. It was highly successful and set the tone for Fielding's later ballad operas. The play was altered on 1 February 1732 and this revised edition was seen as a great improvement. After Fielding returned to work for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, he wrote "The Lottery". It was a companion piece, in the form of ballad opera, that first ran on 1 January 1732 alongside of Addison's "Cato". The piece contained 19 songs and was a collaboration with "Mr Seedo", a musician. It is uncertain