If you're dreaming of good fortune in lottery draw, forget about four leaf clovers - and look at your name.

如果買(mǎi)彩票想中大獎(jiǎng)，別指望四葉草能給你帶來(lái)好運(yùn)，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(jù)中獎(jiǎng)紀(jì)錄，名叫John和Margaret的人中獎(jiǎng)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?yàn)檫@些名字的運(yùn)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(wàn)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(jiǎng)?wù)叩拿质荕argaret, 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(fā)言人說(shuō)：“如果你的名字不是John或者M(jìn)argaret，你最好是和叫這些名字的朋友合買(mǎi)彩票，順便也邀請(qǐng)一下David和Susan吧?！?/div>