Midlands city crowned 'luckiest'

Birmingham has been named as the luckiest place to live in the UK because of the high numbers of lottery winners.

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The lottery luck of the Midlands

An 80 year-old father and his 60 year-old daughter from Tipton's lottery win is the latest in what has been a lucky year for the Midlands.

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Midlands lottery winners show off their £3.9m cheque

Father and daughter, Thomas Foden, 80, and Irene Harper, 60, with their cheque Credit: ITV Central

Father and daughter Thomas Foden, who's 80, and Irene Harper, aged 60, appearing with their cheque from Camelot this morning.

The pair from Tipton in the Black Country scooped a share of Saturday night's quadruple rollover.

Latest Midlands lottery winners named

A father and daughter from the West Midlands have won just under £4 million in the National Lottery.

Thomas Foden aged 80 and 60 year old daughter Irene Harper won £3,909,990 taking a share of Saturday night's draw.

The lucky pair are speaking to the media this morning about their win.

More details to follow.

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Hunt for Hodge Hill millionaire, full report

by Rajiv Popat

A EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle prize for the draw that took place on the night of the Olympic opening ceremony has yet to claimed, sparking a hunt for the winner.

The draw took place on Friday 27th July and guaranteed to make 100 UK millionaires in one night, however one ticket holder from Hodge Hill, Birmingham is yet to come forward, today a campaign to find the winning ticket was launched.

Hunt for owner of unclaimed £1 million lottery ticket in Hodge Hill

An unknowing millionaire is being hunted Credit: ITV Central

A EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle prize for the draw that took place on the night of the Olympic opening ceremony has yet to claimed.

The draw took place on Friday 27th July and guaranteed to make 100 UK millionaires in one night, however one ticket holder from Hodge Hill, Birmingham is yet to come forward.

In an attempt to prompt as many people as possible to check their lottery tickets The National Lottery are touring the Hodge Hill area today in an ad-van.

The lottery winner has until the 23rd January 2013 to claim their prize, after which time if left unclaimed the prize money will go to charity.

Appeals for people to check their lottery tickets before it is too late are underway. Credit: ITV Central

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