Giant must be won Lotto jackpot shared by five lucky players
The stunning jackpot in the must be won Lotto draw was won by five lucky players on Wednesday 18th October. It’s time to check your tickets and emails to see if you are a winner.
The Lotto jackpot has to be won in the draw after the jackpot reaches £22Million. If no one matches all six main numbers then the prize rolls down to the next prize tier where there are winners. On Wednesday 18th October it was players matching just five main numbers and the bonus ball who shared £25Million.
So the numbers you are looking for to bank a share are 11, 12, 15, 22, 27, 44 and the bonus ball was 07. See the full results here. Each of the five ticket-holders has won a life changing £5,014,254. The draw also saw the game make another guaranteed UK £1Million winner in the Lotto Millionaire Raffle.
The man who leads the team that pay out all of The National Lottery’s big winners, Andy Carter, said, “Wow – this was an amazing draw with an amazing result. I look forward to paying our lucky winners and helping them settle into their new millionaire lifestyle. Of course we have plenty of champagne on ice ready to celebrate.
A 'Lotto' winners
Lotto players have had a stunning 2017 with a host of giant jackpot winners. In June a ticket-holder won £21Million, in March a player won £19.1Million and in September a ticket banked £16.9M.
Including the draw on 18th October a total of 23 players have banked a share of the Lotto jackpot this year. And with the Lotto Raffle guaranteeing to make at least one millionaire in every draw, a total of 103 £1Million plus prizes have been won on the game in 2017.
This Lotto roll series has raised more than £55Million for National Lottery Good Causes across the country. On average, across all National Lottery games, £30 million is raised every week for projects across the UK, both big and small, from supporting community projects to making Olympic and Paralympic champions.
19th October 2017
The National Lottery has been changing the lives of winners and supporting good causes across the UK since 1994. In that time, there have been more than 7,400 new millionaires created and by playing The National Lottery you raise over £4 million for Good Causes every dayΔ.
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