Two National Lottery ticketholders scoop £6m each in Saturday draw

The British institution is at the centre of an ownership row  (PA)
The British institution is at the centre of an ownership row (PA)

Two lucky ticketholders have each won £6 million in Saturday’s National Lottery draw.

The winners bagged half of the £12 million Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ jackpot by matching all six main numbers.

It means Wednesday’s estimated jackpot is £2 million.

The winning Lotto numbers were: 05, 08, 20, 23, 30, 50 and the bonus number was 25.

Set of balls three and draw machine Lancelot were used.

One person won £1 million after matching five of six numbers and the bonus ball.

No-one bagged the £350,000 in the Lotto HotPicks draw, though one ticket-holder won £500,000 from the Thunderball.

Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, said: “What amazing news for two ticket-holders who are sharing tonight’s fantastic £12 million Lotto ‘Must Be Won’ jackpot – each of these lucky winners has scooped an amazing £6 million.

“Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call to claim these amazing prizes.”