Life changing
Lottery funding gives our 1,300 elite athletes access to the best coaching, facilities and support staff in the world.
To show their appreciation, some of our best athletes including Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis–Hill and Max Whitlock have prepared some of their finest festive cracker jokes.
Be warned: some of them are really bad.
Top image: (from left) Adam Gemili, sprinter, Sally Brown, sprinter, and Chris Mears, diver
The National Lottery has been changing the lives of winners and supporting good causes across the UK since 1994. In that time, there have been more than 7,400 new millionaires created and by playing The National Lottery you raise over £4 million for Good Causes every dayΔ.
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