National Lottery players have been urged to check their tickets after one player scooped the £8.5 million Lotto jackpot. This marks the second major win on the game this month, after another winner banked £8.6m on May 11.
The winning numbers were 30 , 31 , 37 , 45 , 49 and 56 . Andy Carter, the senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, hailed the multimillion-pound jackpot as 'amazing news'.
He urged all players to check their tickets as soon as they can. READ MORE: National Lottery results draw LIVE: Winning Lotto numbers for Wednesday, May 25 "This is the second big win this month after one lucky ticket-holder banked the giant £8.6m Lotto jackpot on 11 May," he said. "Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call to claim this amazing prize." If claimed, the sum would be enough to buy an eight-bedroom flat in Belgravia, a couple of islands in the Bahamas, or a fleet of 23 Rolls-Royce Phantoms.
While substantial, the haul is still well below the £22.5m Lotto record set in 1995 by Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison, who ran a double-glazing business in Hastings.
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