Lucky Brit scoops huge £15,000,000 lottery jackpot – hours before Christmas
A National Lottery player has scooped a £15 million jackpot just in time for Christmas – but does not know it yet.
People are now being urged to check their tickets to see if they are in luck this festive season.
The winner matched the six main numbers in Saturday’s draw, but is yet to claim the huge prize.
The National Lottery announced the win on X with aflashing ‘Check your ticket’ message.
‘Santa Claus is coming to townnnn… with a big win ;) Someone has won tonight’s Lotto jackpot,’ the caption read.
Andy Carter, of the National Lottery, said: ‘Brilliant news, one lucky ticketholder has won tonight’s festive £15 million “Must Be Won” Lotto jackpot.
‘That’s certainly something to cheer about this Christmas. Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call to claim tonight’s exciting jackpot prize.’
The winning Lotto numbers were 17, 29, 31, 40, 47, 56 and the bonus number was 44.
Meanwhile, two people also picked up £1 million after matching five numbers plus the bonus ball.
Sadly, no players matched all five numbers to win the Lotto HotPicks, which uses the same numbers as the Lotto draw.
The winning Thunderball numbers were 05, 10, 15, 16, 35 and the Thunderball number was 03.
One person scooped the £500,000 top prize by matching all five and the Thunderball.
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