如果買彩票想中大獎，別指望四葉草能給你帶來好運，還是看看你自己的名字吧。

According to National Lottery records, you’re most likely to strike it lucky if you’re called John or Margaret.

根據中獎紀錄，名叫John和Margaret的人中獎幾率最高。

But don’t despair if you’re named David, Susan, Peter or Patricia - because you’re in with a good chance too.

如果你的名字是David，Susan，Peter或者Patricia，也不要喪氣，因為這些名字的運氣也好得很。

Among those who have scooped ￡50,000 or more, the most popular men’s names are John, David, Michael, Peter, Robert, James, Paul, William and Stephen.

那些贏得五萬英鎊以上的男人，名字都是John, David, Michael, Peter, Robert, James, Paul, William 和 Stephen。

And the luckiest women are named Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Mary, Christine, Elizabeth, Jean, Janet, Linda and Karen.

女性中獎者的名字是Margaret, Susan, Patricia, Mary, Christine, Elizabeth, Jean, Janet, Linda 和 Karen。

A National Lottery spokesman said: "If you aren’t lucky enough to be called John or Margaret, perhaps this is the time to form a syndicate with your fortunately-named friends, and why not invite David and Susan too?"

一位官方發言人說： “如果你的名字不是John或者Margaret，你最好是和叫這些名字的朋友合買彩票，順便也邀請一下David和Susan吧。”