Live Lotto and Thunderball results for Wednesday, October 8

It's Wednesday, which means it time for this week's Lotto and Thunderball draws. Join us as the winning National Lottery numbrs are drawn at 8pm for Lotto, then Thunderball results at 8.15pm.

Tonight's Lotto jackpot stands at £2m, while the top prize on Thunderball - which is not shared - is £500k.

he biggest ever Lotto winner was created in April 2016 when an anonymous player banked £35m. In January 2016 two ticket-holders walked away with £33m each.

Before that a main Lotto game jackpot of £42,008,610, was drawn in January 1996 and split between three anonymous winners with each being awarded £14,002,870. A single ticket won £26.4m on the New Year's Eve lotto in 2016.

Half of all money spent by players goes to the prize fund with 28% to good causes, 12% to the Government as duty, 5% to retailers, and 5% which has operated the lottery throughout its history.

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