Saturday’s (December 27) Lotto jackpot will be an estimated £3.8 million after no player scooped Wednesday’s top prize.
No ticket-holders matched all six main numbers for the must-be-won £15 million jackpot, but three players became Christmas Eve millionaires by matching five numbers and the Bonus Ball to win £1,063,399 each when the smaller prizes were boosted in the rolldown.
The winning Lotto numbers were 12, 15, 16, 35, 38, 48 and the bonus ball was 49.
The winning Thunderball numbers were 6, 10, 11, 29, 33 and the Thunderball was 9.
No player scooped the top prize of £500,000 by matching all five numbers plus the Thunderball, but two players matched five numbers to win £5,000 each.
Finally, over in the Lotto HotPicks – which uses the same numbers as the Lotto draw – no one matched all five numbers to scoop the £350,000, but six players matched four out of the five numbers to win £13,000.