One lucky Brit took home £10.7 million in tonight’s National Lottery Lotto draw after matching all six numbers. The winning numbers were 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 33, with the bonus ball 35.
The jackpot win was the biggest prize on a night when several other players also left with life-changing sums. Two people won £1 million each after matching five of the six main numbers and the bonus ball, while one player won the top Thunderball prize of £500,000 after matching all five numbers and the Thunderball.
Another four people picked up £5,000 each for matching the five main numbers. The £350,000 Lotto Hot Picks prize also went to a player who matched five of five numbers, using the same winning Lotto numbers from the main draw. Forty more players won £13,000 each after matching four of four numbers.
The Thunderball draw produced its own set of numbers, with 14, 16, 23, 26 and 35 as the main line-up and 1 as the Thunderball. The top Thunderball prize goes to players who match all five numbers plus the Thunderball, while the top Must Be Won Lotto prize requires matching all six numbers between 1 and 59.
That is what makes the May 23 draw so striking: it delivered a £10.7 million Lotto winner, multiple million-pound runners-up and a string of smaller prizes from a single night’s play. For anyone watching lotto uk results, it was one of those draws that spread the money widely but still left one ticket far ahead of the rest.
The numbers now matter because the draw has already settled the headline prizes, and the rules behind them are straightforward. Match all six Lotto numbers and you win the top prize; match all five Thunderball numbers plus the Thunderball itself and you take the £500,000 top Thunderball prize. On May 23, both games produced winners at the sharp end of their prize tables, and the £10.7 million jackpot sat at the centre of it all.
