People urged to check lottery tickets as winner scoops £12.8m jackpot

The winning numbers were 04, 18, 40, 41, 44, 46 and the bonus number was 54.

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A lottery player has scooped the £12.8m jackpot.

The winning numbers were 04, 18, 40, 41, 44, 46 and the bonus number was 54.

Players are being urged to check their tickets to see if they are the lucky ticket-holder who won the prize of £12,803,486.

Set of balls nine and draw machine Merlin were used in Wednesday night’s draw.

Two players matched five numbers plus the bonus ball to scoop £1,000,000 each while 56 ticket-holders matched five numbers to win £1,750.

A total of 4,341 ticket-holders matched four numbers to each win £140.

Saturday’s estimated jackpot is £3.8m.

No players matched all five numbers to win the Lotto HotPicks and no-one bagged the top prize in the Thunderball draw.

The winning Thunderball numbers were 17, 18, 24, 30, 33 and the Thunderball number was 03.

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