Two National Lottery ticketholders scoop £6m each in Saturday draw
Winners bagged half of the £12 million Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ jackpot
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Your support makes all the difference.Two lucky ticketholders have each won £6 million in Saturday’s National Lottery draw.
The winners bagged half of the £12 million Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ jackpot by matching all six main numbers.
It means Wednesday’s estimated jackpot is £2 million.
The winning Lotto numbers were: 05, 08, 20, 23, 30, 50 and the bonus number was 25.
Set of balls three and draw machine Lancelot were used.
One person won £1 million after matching five of six numbers and the bonus ball.
No-one bagged the £350,000 in the Lotto HotPicks draw, though one ticket-holder won £500,000 from the Thunderball.
Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, said: “What amazing news for two ticket-holders who are sharing tonight’s fantastic £12 million Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ jackpot – each of these lucky winners has scooped an amazing £6 million.
“Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call to claim these amazing prizes.”
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