Winning Lotto numbers for tonight's £12.8m jackpot plus Thunderball latest

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It's Wednesday, which can only mean one thing - another chance to win big on the National Lottery's big Lotto draw.

Tonight there's an eye-watering £12.8m up for grabs, and it must be won. It's a seriously lifechanging amount, and should your lucky numbers come up you could retire instantly, and start making all of your dreams come true.

You only need two matching numbers to win one of the prizes offered, while five numbers will win you nearly £2,000. There is also £500,000 to win in the Thunderball draw, which will be announced tonight.

There are multiple chances to win the Lotto as draws take place every Saturday and Wednesday. To play the game, you choose six numbers from one to 59 or choose a lucky dip. It costs £2 per ticket.

Check your numbers in our live blog below:

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The winning Thunderball numbers for Wednesday night

After a long delay caused by a machine malfunction, the full Thunderball results have finally been unveiled.

Tonight’s winning numbers are: 25, 26, 35, 37, 38 and the Thunderball is 03.

Thunderball draw to resume 'shortly' after machine malfunctions

The final Thunderball for tonight's will be drawn "shortly" following the earlier malfunction in one of the machines, a spokesperson for Camelot has told the Mirror.

While the machine drawing the main numbers worked correctly, the second Thunderball machine did not draw a ball - and they confirmed that a new Thunderball machine will be used to draw this ball.

A Camelot spokesperson said: “The first five main Thunderball numbers were drawn successfully in tonight’s draw. However, when we switched over to the Thunderball machine to draw the Thunderball itself, the machine malfunctioned and no ball was drawn.

"We’ve therefore taken that machine out of rotation while we look into what went wrong with it, and are bringing in an alternative Thunderball machine to draw the final number and successfully complete the draw.

"As always, this entire process is being carried out in the presence of an independent adjudicator.”

Draw taken off-air as machine appears not to display ball

While we're still awaiting confirmation from Camelot as to what happened during tonight's Thunderball draw, it appeared from the live stream that the very final ball - the 'Thunderball' - did not display at the top of the machine as expected.

The draw was taken off-air shortly afterwards.

Winning Lotto numbers for tonight's £12.8m jackpot plus Thunderball latestThe Thunderball did not appear during tonight's draw

Message shown to viewers after Thunderball interrupted by 'technical fault'

The Thunderball draw was interrupted this evening by a 'technical fault' after one of the balls appeared not to be delivered properly, with viewers of the live stream advised to check back later for results.

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Winning Lotto numbers for tonight's £12.8m jackpot plus Thunderball latest

Thunderball draw hit by technical fault

The live stream of the Thunderball draw has been halted due to a technical fault.

All the main numbers had been drawn on Wednesday night's draw shortly after 8.15pm - but a delay followed when they attempted to draw the Thunderball, before the live stream was abruptly taken off-air.

An on-screen message explained that the stream could not be shown due to a "technical fault".

Tonight's winning Lotto numbers

The winning Lotto numbers are: 10, 28, 31, 34, 43, 48 and the Bonus Ball is 57.

Get ready

The £12.8m Lotto draw is about to begin!

Under 10 minutes until Lotto draw

Just under 10 minutes are left until tonight's Lotto draw at 8pm, when a £12.8 million jackpot must be won.

You have to match the six main numbers to scoop the big prize, while anyone matching five numbers and the bonus ball will take home £1,000,000.

National Lottery responds after teen loses out on £182m prize over missing £2.50 payment

The National Lottery has responded after a teenage student lost out on a £182m jackpot because of a failed payment.

Rachel Kennedy, who was studying business at Brighton University at the time, matched all seven EuroMillions numbers back in February 2021. Unfortunately for her and boyfriend Liam McCrohan, the payment hadn't been made for the ticket, because she didn't have enough cash in her bank account to pay the £2.50 charge.

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What time are tonight's draws?

The big £12.8m Lotto draw is expected at 8pm tonight - so make sure you've got your tickets ready.

The Thunderball draw, which is held for times a week, is scheduled at 8:15pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

National Lottery results, National Lottery

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