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Ketsuda Phoutinane

National Lottery winning numbers on Wednesday May 18 with £5m rollover jackpot

The winning numbers are here for the Wednesday night Lotto and Thunderball draws.

A nice £5million jackpot is up for grabs alongside a tidy half million pound prize for the Thunderball.

The National Lottery prize is a rollover, which means no players claimed the prize after the draw on Saturday.

Last week one lucky ticket holder scooped the entire £184million EuroMillions jackpot for themselves.

It means someone in the UK has a new fortune that trumps the wealth of Adele and Marcus Rashford combined.

The massive prize broke the record for the UK's biggest ever winner, blasting past the time an anonymous player won an astounding £170million in October 2019.

Read on to see if you're the next winner.

Winning numbers for the Lotto and Thunderball

The National Lottery jackpot is £5million tonight (PA)

The National Lottery winning numbers are 18, 20, 38, 40, 42, 51 and the bonus ball is 45 .

As for the Thunderball, the winning numbers are 3, 8, 22, 23, 36 and the Thunderball is 2 .

You may still be eligible for a prize if you matched some Lotto numbers:

  • Two main numbers = free lucky dip
  • Three main numbers = £30
  • Four main numbers = £140
  • Five main numbers = £1,750
  • Five main numbers plus the bonus ball - £1m
  • Six main numbers = jackpot

Tickets for the Lotto and other National Lottery games are available from 8am to 11pm year round online or from most newsagents and supermarkets.

But on draw days, the £2 tickets can only be bought up until 7:30pm.

Lotto draws take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8pm or 7.45pm, respectively.

The Thunderball is worth £500,000 and draws are held every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Since April 2021, players have to be 18 and over to play. The former age limit was 16.

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