National Lottery Lotto and Thunderball results for Wednesday, November 11, Digi Mart USA News (United Kingdom): Tomorrow morning, someone could wake up a millionaire, as a life-changing £5.1m is up for grabs in this evening’s Lotto draw. The jackpot for tonight’s Thunderball draw stands at £500,000.
The winning National Lottery Lotto numbers were drawn at 8pm, while the National Lottery Thunderball numbers were drawn shortly after at 8.15pm.
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 jackpot of £42,008,610 was drawn in January 1996 and split between three anonymous winners, with each awarded £14,002,870.
Earlier this year, a married couple from South Wales won £1m on the National Lottery’s Lotto after playing the same numbers for decades. The couple, who are both in their 60s, matched the winning numbers in the draw on Saturday, August 1.
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% going to good causes, 12% to the Government as duty, 5% to retailers, and 5% to the operator that has run the lottery throughout its history.
