Prize surpasses previous UK record of £42m and with no ticket matching six numbers on Wednesday,it must be won outright or shared out at the next drawThe record-breaking £50m Lotto draw has gone unclaimed despite a surge in ticket sales on Wednesday night, meaning that the prize must be shared out at lower odds on Saturday’s draw whether it is not won outright.
Britain’s largest ever Lotto jackpot, or the result of 13 successive rollovers,generated a spike in interest in the competition that threatened to crash the National Lottery website as punters logged on to buy their tickets. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com