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The National Lottery jackpot of £5.3million has been won by a single lucky Lotto ticket holder.
The lucky punter matched all 6 main numbers to bag exactly £5,315,349.
And another ticker holder has won £1million tonight, by matching five out of six numbers, plus the bonus ball.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said, “What fantastic news, one lucky ticket-holder has won tonight’s whopping £5.3M Lotto jackpot.
"Luck is clearly in the air for Lotto players this February, as tonight’s winner joins another Lotto jackpot winner who scooped an incredible £7.6M on 11 February. Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call to claim this fantastic jackpot prize.
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“Thanks to National Lottery players, £30M is generated every week for Good Causes across the country. This money supports projects across the nation, with a total of more than 670,000 grants – to projects both big and small – having been made across the UK to date.”
The winning Lotto numbers are: 11, 13, 15, 23, 34, 39 and the bonus number is 09.
(PA)54 ticket holders took home £1,750 each for matching five out of six numbers.
One ticket won the Lotto HotPicks, taking home £350,000.
No-one won the Thunderball, but three tickets did won £5,000 in that game.
A grandad-of-eight scooped £500,000 on the lottery after swapping to an early shift so he could attend a hospital appointment.
Jeff Etherington, who works as a machine setter for the automotive industry, said he “can’t help thinking it’s fate.
The 65-year-old, from Harlow in Essex, bought his winning Thunderball lucky dip ticket at Sainsbury’s in Harlow on January 11, after attending a meeting about his knee replacement.
He plans to continue working and will tie the knot with his fiancee Kim Read, 60.
Jeff, and his fiancée Kim (60), who have five children and eight grandchildren between them (Camelot)“I’ve always believed that one day I would win big,” said Mr Etherington.
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“It’s taken 28 years but here we are, I’m heading into retirement with £500,000 extra to my name.
“I can’t help thinking it’s fate, had I not swapped shifts for that hospital appointment, I wouldn’t have been buying my lucky dip ticket at that exact moment and some other lucky person might now be celebrating instead.”
He and Ms Read have five children and eight grandchildren between them.