P554 CEEFAX 2 554 Fri 17 Jan 21:11/47 1/3 PUBLIC SPENDS £10bn ON NATIONAL LOTTERY Sales of National Lottery and Instants tickets reached £10bn after Saturday night's draw. National Lottery on-line sales have now exceeded £7.7bn while Instants have sold more than £2.2bn. Funds for good causes now exceed £2.9bn To date, 13,382 awards have been made to the 11 distributing bodies. CHECK YOUR PREVIOUS NUMBERS on 556 Biz 557 Competition 559 Vibe 561 Lottery Switch On Big Screen Main MenuP554 CEEFAX 2 554 Fri 17 Jan 21:14/17 2/3 0 PUNTERS WARNED OVER LOTTERY FRAUDSTERS Lottery players are being warned to be on their guard after fraudsters netted thousands of pounds in a scam. The performance involves a woman entering a busy shop to noisily reveal she has won £250,000 on the Lottery. Then she dramatically reveals she is unable to claim the prize, being an illegal immigrant — sparking a bidding war for the ticket among customers. CHECK YOUR PREVIOUS NUMBERS on 556 Biz 557 Competition 559 Vibe 561 Lottery Switch On Big Screen Main MenuP554 CEEFAX 2 554 Fri 17 Jan 21:11/21 3/3 Main distributors of Lottery Funds National Lottery Charities Board 0171-747-5300 Millennium Commission 0171-340-2001 The Sports Council 0345-649-649 National Heritage Memorial Fund 0171-930-0963 The Arts Council 0171-312-0123 NATIONAL LOTTERY LIVE, Sat, BBC1 Showbiz 557 Front Page 100 News 101 Lottery Switch On Big Screen Main Menu