Winning Weekend for Worldwide Lotto Players
Last Updated: Monday 2nd February 2015, 09:13
The last weekend in August was a successful one for lottery players around the world as national lotteries from Australia to the UK saw multiple jackpot winners. So, whether you live in Melbourne or Manchester, fetch your lottery tickets so you can check your numbers now!
There were three lucky ticket holders to scoop the jackpot on the UK Lotto on Saturday night by successfully matching all six numbers. The total jackpot came out at £3,416,238 so each winner netted a smidge over £1 million each. Those winning numbers were 4, 14, 15, 17, 21 and 31, with a Bonus Ball of 48 and a full results breakdown can be found on the UK Lotto Results page.
Two winning tickets shared the Euromillions jackpot which was drawn on Friday night. The jackpot, which was a rollover, was worth a total of €25 / £21 million and the two winning tickets were purchased in France and Portugal. As well as the jackpot winners, a further 2.5 million players won a prize by matching from two numbers, so if you have not yet checked your numbers visit the Euromillions Results page to do so now.
If this wasn’t enough, six Australian players will be celebrating this week too as they shared the Match Six prize on the Australian Saturday Lotto. The total prise fund equated to AUD$4,292,830 so each winner will scoop almost three quarters of a million Australian Dollars. The results for this draw plus the Oz Lotto, Monday Lotto and Powerball can be found on the Australia Lottery Results page.
So, whichever lottery you played this weekend, check your ticket today as you never know – you could be starting September as a brand new millionaire!
