One lucky winner on the 17th of October

The Lotto draw on Saturday the 17th of October produced one lucky jackpot winner who won just over £4.5 million pounds. This is a fantastic cash amount considering the current recession and shows that the National Lottery Lotto games still attract loads of attention.

The National Lottery produce full statistics for each draw and always have a detailed prize breakdown. Twenty six lucky people managed to match five numbers and the bonus ball and won a fab £53,926 each and four hundred and eighty seven people won £1,799. The total prize fund stood at just over £14 million and over 31 million tickets were bought.

The winner of a 3.6 million lottery jackpot is still being sought after the ticket was bought for the midweek draw on the 23rd of September. The lucky winner purchased the ticket in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey region. The winning numbers were 23, 25, 28, 41, 46 and 47 and the winner has got until March the 22nd next year to claim their prize before the money is turned over to good causes.