Britain’s newest millionaire has stepped forward to claim the entire £5,200,000 Lotto jackpot from Wednesday night.
The single ticket holder won the £5,208,504 prize from this week’s Lotto draw.
The lucky winner matched all six of the main numbers – 27, 36, 39, 48, 57 and 59, to become the 12th Lotto millionaire this year.
A £15 million jackpot is now up for grabs tomorrow for anyone wanting a bit of extra cash to spend on Easter eggs this weekend.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said, ‘Huge congratulations to this latest lucky Lotto winner who can now celebrate being a multi-millionaire!
‘Imagine seeing all six of your Lotto numbers come in and then it hitting you that life will never be the same again – this is what every lottery player dreams of.
‘Wednesday’s ticket-holder is no doubt jumping for joy and our priority now is to support them to start enjoying their win as soon as possible.
‘We are also anticipating another winning weekend for Lotto players with a £15M Must Be Won jackpot up for grabs. Get your tickets early to be in with a chance of winning big this Easter.’
The 12 lucky Lotto jackpot wins of 2025 so far
- James Clarkson scooped £7.5 million win in the draw on 4 January. He jetted straight off to Cape Verde, and now plans to pay off his parents’ mortgage
- One lucky ticket holder bagged the largest Lotto jackpot this year, winning £11.7 million from the draw on 22 March
- January saw another two £4M jackpots won by single ticket-holders. One was from the draw on 11 January and the other in the draw on 18 January.
- A £7.4 million jackpot won by a single ticket-holder in the draw on 15 February. Three new millionaires split a large jackpot to take home £1.7M each in the draw 26 February
- A Lotto winner won a staggering £7.3M Lotto jackpot in the draw on Saturday 5 April. April then saw another huge £5.2M win from the draw on 16 April
- Two more ticket-holders who shared the £3.8 million jackpot on 1 March to take home £1.9M each.
As dreamy as winning the lottery sounds, it also has the potential to ruin your life.
Sudden, huge amounts of money have thrown many people into chaos after they were not able to handle the change.
Unlucky winners have lost it all – and some have become targets of criminals and even kidnapping due to their newfound fortune.
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