These are the winning numbers for tonight’s Lotto draw.
The jackpot for Saturday, August 21 is an incredible £4.1m.
Tonight’s winning National Lottery Lotto numbers are drawn at 7.45pm.
The National Lottery Thunderball numbers worth up to £500,000 are drawn shortly afterwards.
Tonight’s National Lottery Lotto draw has taken place.
The winning numbers are: 17, 18, 27, 28, 35, 57
The bonus ball is: 51
Tonight’s National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 17, 34, 37, 38, 39.
The thunderball is: 13
The biggest ever Lotto winner was created in April 2016 when an anonymous player banked £35m. In January 2016 two ticket-holders walked away with £33m each.
Before that, a main Lotto game jackpot of £42,008,610, was drawn in January 1996 and split between three anonymous winners, with each being awarded £14,002,870. A single ticket won £26.4 million on the New Year’s Eve lotto in 2016.
The UK National Lottery was first drawn on November 19, 1994. Half of all money spent by players goes to the prize fund, with 28% to good causes, 12% to the Government as duty, 5% to retailers and 5% to lottery operator.
