The National Lottery’s EuroMillions draw on Tuesday offered a £100 million jackpot, while the Thunderball numbers for the same night were 4, 17, 24, 27 and 37.
That is why ticket holders were checking the draw as soon as it was announced. EuroMillions is played every Tuesday and Friday, and a ticket costs £2.50 on draw days up until 7.30pm, while Thunderball runs on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. For anyone hoping to land the main prize, the winning line in EuroMillions is all five main numbers plus the two Lucky Stars.
EuroMillions entries also carry a Millionaire Maker code, and every player is put into that separate draw, where one entrant will win £1 million. Thunderball has its own top prize of £500,000, which gives the Tuesday night draw a second layer of interest even before the main EuroMillions result is known.
The gap for readers on Tuesday night was the full EuroMillions result itself. The main numbers and Lucky Stars were to be released later, along with the Millionaire Maker code, which meant the headline prize was fixed but the outcome for players was still incomplete.
For those who had a ticket, the night ended with one clear set of Thunderball numbers and one very large EuroMillions jackpot hanging over the rest of the results. The next check was the main draw, because that is the part that decides whether Tuesday’s £100 million prize changes hands.
