Single ticket holder bags Saturday's £4 million Lotto jackpot

A single ticket holder has bagged the £4 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto draw, with players across the country now being urged to check their tickets. The player matched all six numbers to pocket £4,033,571, while two other players £1,000,000 each by hitting five numbers plus the bonus ball.

Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said: “Wow, what incredible news, one lucky ticket-holder has won tonight’s £4 million Lotto jackpot.

“What a Lotto luck already this year, as that makes it two jackpot wins in a week after another lucky ticket-holder won the £7.5 million Lotto jackpot last Saturday (January 4).

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“Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call if they think they are tonight’s lucky winner.”

The National Lottery has announced an estimated £2 million pot for Wednesday's draw. The Lotto numbers drawn on Saturday which transformed fortunes were 02, 06, 10, 12, 28, 29 with the bonus number coming in at 57.

Set of balls one and draw machine Guinevere were used. In Lotto HotPicks, which uses the same numbers as Lotto draw, one ticket holder matched all five numbers to win £350,000. Another 27 players scooped £13,000 by matching four of the five numbers.

The winning Thunderball numbers were 01, 15, 20, 33, 39 and the Thunderball number was 05. No players bagged the £500,000 top prize but three players won £5,000 for matching five numbers.

Mr Carter added: “Each week, players help generate around £30 million for National Lottery-funded projects. With over 700,000 grants awarded to date, this funding touches every part of the UK.

“From supporting the arts and sports sectors to empowering local community groups and preserving iconic British landmarks, players’ participation makes a difference every single day.”