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UK Lotto Rebounds to £2 Million as Powerball Tops $500 Million

Organisers are urging ticket-holders to verify numbers after the weekend draws delivered significant prize claims, fuelled funding for community projects

Overview

  • A single ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday’s UK Lotto to claim the £7.3 million jackpot, ending a triple rollover and resetting the next prize to £2 million for Aug. 13
  • No one won Saturday’s $482 million Powerball jackpot, rolling the prize to about $501 million for Monday’s drawing
  • Secondary prizes included 39 UK players winning £1,750 each and a Texas player’s $100,000 Powerball prize, with more than 840,000 US tickets securing awards between $4 and $100,000
  • Players are reminded to check their tickets after the high-value draws ahead of the upcoming UK and US lotteries
  • Proceeds from UK ticket sales generate roughly £30 million weekly for Good Causes, contributing over £50 billion to arts, sports and local community projects since 1994