/Thunderball success on 28 June, 2008 has made one family in Wales £250,000 richer. Gareth Beynon, who is 43 years old, matched all five main numbers and the Thunderball itself to give himself and his family a massive financial boost.

A Weekly Grand scratchcard player has won the top prize of £1,000 a week for a whole year, which gives her an extra £52,000 to spend over the next twelve months.

One ticket holder in Spain bagged the entire EuroMillions lottery triple rollover jackpot of €58,278,337 (approximately £46,162,270) on the evening of Friday 27th June.  With Spain winning the final of Euro 2008 against Germany 1-0 and Rafael Nadal flying high at Wimbledon, it is obviously a good time to be Spanish.

What do these people have in common; Sebastian Coe, Steve Redgrave, Kelly Holmes, Jonathan Edwards, Duncan Goodhew, Sally Gunnell? Apart from being Olympic Gold medal winners, they are now gracing the fronts of six new National Lottery Olympic Champions Scratchcards as Britain’s top Olympians.