Live Lotto results for Wednesday, September 17: National Lottery winning numbers from tonight’s draw
Get the winning numbers from Wednesday’s Lotto draw and Thunderball
A big win could mean it’s time to crack open the bubbly (Image: Ady Kerry/Camelot/PA Wire)
You’ll find the winning numbers from tonight’s £5.2m double rollover Lotto draw below. The jackpot for tonight’s Thunderball draw was £500,000. The winning National Lottery Lotto numbers are drawn at 8pm while the National Lottery Thunderball numbers are drawn shortly after. We’ll have those results live below.
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 £26.4m 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% which has operated the lottery throughout its history.
### The results:
#### Thunderball draw completed
The winning numbers were: 16, 18, 27, 29, and 37
The bonus ball was: 5
#### Lotto results are in
The winning numbers were: 7, 20, 33, 50, 51, and 57
The bonus ball was: 44
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