The numbers are in for tonight's National Lottery jackpot of a whopping £9.1million - money that could change one lucky Brit's life forever.
However, no one's won the jackpot, which means it will be rolled over a fifth and final time for Saturday. After players failed to win last Saturday's £7.5million Lotto jackpot, it was rolled over to tonight, marking the fourth time it had been bumped forward. Each time a bit more money is added to the jackpot. But alongside the jackpot, matching five main numbers and the bonus ball will see you take home a cool £1million as well.
The draw will take place around 8pm and will also be followed by this week's final £500,000 Thunderball draw, which takes place a short while after at approximately 8.15pm. Millions play the lottery every week and have done so since it was introduced back in 1994.
If tonight's prize isn't won, it will roll over one more time, adding more to the prize, before it must be won next time around.
This comes after last night, one lucky player walked away with an eye-watering £75million EuroMillions win. They matched all the main numbers to win the top prize, taking home the life-changing money.
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No one has won tonight's jackpot, meaning the prize will roll over one final time.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said “As no ticket-holder won tonight’s jackpot, it promises to be an exciting Saturday night (20 January) for Lotto players, with an unbelievable £11.8M ‘Must Be Won’ Lotto jackpot up for grabs. Get your tickets early to be in with a chance of scooping this life-changing prize."
We're still waiting on confirmation as to whether there's been a winner tonight.
But if no one claims tonight's jackpot, it will rollover for the fifth and final time.
After this it becomes a must-be-won prize - so whatever happens next, someone will walk away with the life-changing money.
Stay tuned to see if someone wins tonight's jackpot (Getty Images)Many of us dream of winning the lottery - but history shows that it isn't always the golden ticket to happiness.
The money can help with a lot of life's problems without a doubt, but sometimes it can create new ones too.
For some winners who walked away millionaires after their ticket came up trumps, life really did improve - and they would never wish they could return to their old life. But for others, their huge fortunes ended up becoming a burden, leading to poverty, huge bust-ups and even death.
The tragedy follows a clear pattern - the joy of winning is replaced by despair, as they either blow through a fortune, or their personal lives become unbelievably stressful.
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Now both the National Lottery jackpot and Thunderball have been drawn, stay tuned to see if anyone's won either.
Last night, one lucky player pocketed a cool £75million EuroMillions win - so someone might follow in their footsteps.
Tonight's Thunderball is in - check below to see if you've won.
A ticket costing just £1 can win the main prize of £500,000.
Tonight's numbers are 7, 17, 21, 27, 36 and thunderball is 14.
If you didn't get lucky on tonight's draw, don't worry there are other chances this week.
First of all, tonight's Thunderball is due to be drawn in the next ten minutes or so. Then, tomorrow is the Set For Life draw - winners of that see a cool £10,000 deposited into their accounts every single month for 30 years.
Runners-up, who match the five main numbers, will meanwhile land themselves a very comfy £10,000 a month for a year.
Then, Friday sees the week's second EuroMillions draw, with a £14million jackpot up for grabs.
Tonight's lotto numbers are in, check below to see if you've gotten lucky.
Tonight's numbers are 10, 24, 28, 30, 44, 48 and the bonus ball is 35.
If you match all the main numbers you can win the quadruple rollover jackpot of £9.1million.
Tonight's jackpot is a cool £9.1million (PA)One national lottery winner scooped £2million but ended up sleeping on the floor of his own pub.
Mike Antonucci scooped the jackpot back in 1995, and thought he was set for life.
He quit his job as an antiques dealer and went on a spending spree that included luxury cars, yachts, a pub, massage parlour and more.
However, he ended up in court over a £400 row and sleeping on the floor of his own pub.
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Mike Antonucci National Lottery winner from Plymouth (Gomer Barry)One couple were left devastated after their numbers came up on a £182million EuroMillions jackpot - but they didn't win a penny.
Rachel Kennedy, 19, and Liam McCrohan, 21, were left “absolutely heartbroken” in March after claiming they'd missed out on a £182million EuroMillions jackpot.
The couple, from Hertfordshire, realised their usual numbers of 6, 12, 22, 29, 33, 6 and 11 had come up but there was one major catch - their ticket payment hadn't gone through as their account hadn't had the necessary £2.50.
They had played the same numbers for five weeks in a row, before all seven digits appeared in the draw.
Rachel explained how she had set up her account to automatically buy a EuroMillions ticket for each draw - but when payment for the winning ticket was attempted, the lottery account did not have enough funds. Meaning they didn't win.
Rachel Kennedy, 19, and Liam McCrohan, 21, from Hertfordshire were absolutely heartbroken when they realised their usual numbers had come up, but they had won nothing (rachelkennedyyx/Instagram)Click here to read more.
There's less than 30 minutes to go until tonight's first draw now.
Finish off the dishes, grab a cuppa and get ready for when the numbers drop later this evening.
It could be your night so make sure you have your ticket ready.
Get your tickets ready for tonight's draw (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Here's what to do if your luck is in and your numbers come up tonight.
It's quite simple, all you need to do is ring the number on the back of your ticket to make your claim.
That call will get through to a call centre where staff are dedicated to dealing with Lottery related matters. It's not just winners - the staff there also take calls from newsagents who want to order more scratch cards or whose Lottery ticket dispenser isn't working, that kind of thing.
So, it's a bit of a lottery for them too regarding who'll be on the other end of the line.
They'll work on validating your claim, and once it's all been okayed - you'll receive your winnings!
One study claims to have revealed where in the UK the most lottery-obsessed Brits live.
The results may surprise youa s well. BestNew BingoSites looked through some cursory Google search data to see which cities are most hopeful about winning the lottery.
The research looked at Google searches from each city, using a list of 114 popular search terms people tend to use when wanting to win the lottery.
Popular search terms ranging from "how to win the lottery" to "six lucky numbers to win the lottery" were used as part of the study - and Sunderland came out on top.
Waves at twilight as walkers brave the cold and waves at Sunderland recently, maybe they were thinking about the lottery! (Simon Woodley / SWNS)The lucky few who's tickets turn into the multi-million-pound jackpots will get their winnings transferred to them within 48 hours usually.
However, officials recommend that it doesn't go into a normal high street savings account.
Instead they will tell winners to open a private account. Most of the big banks have teams that only deal with the immensely wealthy, including lottery winners.
Knowledge of these customers are said to be shielded from ordinary staff.
Follow along to find out tonight's winning numbers (Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Tonight's quadruple rollover draw will take place at around 8pm.
It will be followed by the Thunderball draw which will take place at approximately 8.15 - the top prize here is a huge £500,000.
It costs £2 to enter tonight's draw! (Getty Images)Tonight's jackpot is an eye-watering £9.1million which could land in one lucky player's bank account.
The quadruple rollover jackpot has already gone without being won a number of times, but tonight could be someone's lucky game.
It costs £2 to play, and you can pocket the top prize if you match the six main numbers. But there's a tidy second place prize of £1million if you match five main numbers plus the bonus ball.
Tonight one Brit could win the £9.1million jackpot (Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
