By David Young-
Tonight’s National lottery winning numbers are 18, 36, 17, 39 and 31. The bonus ball is 11.
The winning numbers were 11, 17, 28, 32 and 35. The lucky stars were 05 and 06.
The National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are; 25, 16, 36, 26, 38. The Thunderball is 11.
Tonight’s lotto jackpot was £3.8m after no players won the midweek ‘must be won prize’.
Someone’s week ahead will begin on a high if they find out they are this weekend’s lottery winner.
Every week, lots of players in the uk are at least winning one prize or the other, even if it’s not the big jackpot. The smaller prizes on the national lottery, or the Thunderball are still big amounts, enough to transform the worst of moods into a great one.
Since the national lottery was inaugurated in November 1994, the allure of winning big comes twice a week, with both the national lottery and the euro millions offering a hope of a lifetime to ordinary players hoping to scoop big. And whilst the chances of scooping a big prize remains at 1 in 14 million, hen the unthinkable occurs, it is a mind blowing experience for the winner since everything changes in an instant the moment they are aware they have won the lottery.
The high interest rate on the winnings alone can sustain the winner’s joy and pockets for a very long time. Research suggests that most winners struggle to sleep on nights they discover they have won the lottery. Winners interviewed have described the experience as a surreal one because of the suddenness and unpredictability of it. An estimated 85% of winners in the uk have throughout the history of the lottery opted to go anonymous. The largest anonymously claimed prize in the UK is £171m.
The biggest jackpot to be publicly claimed is £141m by Colin and Christian Weir.



