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Ticket rush for triple rollover Numbers drawn in triple rollover
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Three million tickets are being sold every hour for the estimated £20m jackpot in a triple rollover Lotto draw, operator Camelot has said. The winning numbers in the triple rollover Lotto draw - with an estimated jackpot of £18.50m - were 8, 15, 24, 31, 37, 42 and the bonus number was 45.
The rate of sales is 50% higher than normal and there is a chance that the record single prize, of £20.1m, could be beaten. National Lottery organiser Camelot said three million tickets were being sold every hour for ahead of the draw.
Camelot added that it was only the second time in history that there had been a triple rollover. It was only the second triple rollover since the lottery began in 1994.
The last such rollover draw saw six ticket holders win £3.7m each.
The draw has to be won and if there is no jackpot winner, then the money will be distributed among the next category of winning ticket holders.The draw has to be won and if there is no jackpot winner, then the money will be distributed among the next category of winning ticket holders.
Meanwhile, next week's Euromillons draw has an estimated jackpot of £64 million. The Thunderball numbers were 1, 7, 15, 20, 25, and the Thunderball was 9.
The winning numbers in the Lotto Dream Number game were 9, 3, 4, 4, 4, 0, 9.
The rate of ticket sales for the Lotto draw was 50% higher than normal and there is a chance that the record single prize, of £20.1m, could be beaten.
The last such rollover draw saw six ticket holders win £3.7m each.