The town of Ilford on the outskirts of Greater London has been named the luckiest place in Britain for National Lottery jackpot winners.

There have been 22 winning tickets from the town - equivalent to one for every 9,429 eligible players.

Lottery operator Camelot said as a result 10 millionaires had been created in Ilford, which has 207,448 people old enough to play.

Lucky Britain

1. Ilford 2. Perth 3. Watford 4. Romford 5. Enfield 6. Northampton 7. Crewe 8. Tunbridge Wells 9. Darlington 10. Doncaster

At the other end of the lottery lucky list is Telford in Shropshire, where there have been just three jackpot tickets but none of the winners became millionaires.

The chances of hitting the jackpot there were one in 47,261.

Camelot analysed jackpot winners on the main Lottery draw since its launch in 1994, including Lotto Extra and Christmas Millionaire Maker.

Ilford's previous claims to fame include the fact that it is the birthplace of television presenters Noel Edmonds and Jenny Powell.

It is also the town where England football star turned commentator Trevor Brooking went to school.

Camelot said the total amount of prize money over �10,000 won by players in the town on the three games is more than �44m.

Second luckiest place in the list was Perth, Scotland, which has seen 11 jackpot winning tickets, creating seven millionaires.

With 116,146 eligible players it means they had a one in 10,559 success rate.

Poor sales

Watford in Hertfordshire is in third place with 14 jackpot winning tickets, seven millionaires, and one in every 12,444 hitting the jackpot.

Others in the top 10 of lucky places: Romford, Essex; Enfield, Greater London; Northampton; Crewe, Cheshire; Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Darlington, County Durham; and Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Ilford is the birthplace of Noel Edmonds

Jacquie Wilson, from Camelot, said: "The odds of winning the jackpot on Lotto are well known at 14 million to one. However, every week around three million ticket holders win prizes ranging from �1 to many millions from all the National Lottery games.

"We felt the nation would be keen to know how many jackpot winners there have really been in their local area."

She said around �42m was paid out in prize money every week.

The National Lottery had the worst six months of sales since its launch in 1994, Camelot reported this week.

Revenue from the various Lottery games slumped to almost �2.3bn in the period to 28 September, down 5.2% on the same time last year.

Camelot say that there has been at least one jackpot winner in all 115 postcode areas with an eligible population over 100,000.