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National Lottery Confirms Lotto Results After Bonus Ball Fault Halts Live Draw

Allwyn reran the quadruple rollover using a different machine under independent adjudication.

Overview

  • The verified Lotto numbers were 4, 9, 28, 40, 42, 59 with bonus ball 55.
  • No ticket matched all six; one player won £1 million for five plus the bonus, and 82 won £1,750 for five numbers.
  • The Thunderball draw was delayed by around 15–20 minutes and produced 9, 11, 13, 28, 34 with Thunderball 13.
  • Allwyn apologised, completed the draw on an alternative machine under an independent adjudicator, and confirmed tickets remain valid with results independently verified.
  • Outage reports spiked on Downdetector as the livestream cut out, following a similar EuroMillions glitch on October 10 despite Allwyn’s reported £350m tech upgrades, and Wednesday’s jackpot is estimated at about £12.3m.