National Lottery Estimated Rollover Jackpot at £9.6 million

19/09/2011 15:15:03

National Lottery Results This past week has seen two rollovers in a row for the UK Lottery, taking its jackpot prize of £2.2 million to just over £9 million in the space of just seven days. With the National Lottery estimated jackpot set at £9.6 million this coming Wednesday, thousands across the country will be hoping to take a pop at the top prize tier for the chance to be the UK’s next multi-millionaire. Could it be you?

Latest UK National Lottery / Lotto Results for 19 May 2012

When the National Lottery held its first draw on Saturday 19 November 1994, no one could have anticipated the rising popularity (and jackpots) it would generate over a decade later. However, a potential weekend win was not enough for the avid UK Lottery players – so a midweek draw was introduced, making its debut appearance on Wednesday 5 February 1997.

The chance of two jackpot wins per week proved to be a massive hit with UK Lotto players, and has led to the National Lottery operator achieving incredible record ticket sales for the 2010/2011 financial year. In the year leading up to 31 March 2011, National Lottery sales were recorded at a staggering £5,822.4 million – a gigantic leap of £370.6 million from 2010!

With the National Lottery offering massive cash prizes to potential millionaires on a daily basis, it doesn’t just change the lives of lucky jackpot ticket holders – the National Lottery has also raised over £25 billion for the Good Causes initiative. Distributing over 350,000 grants to projects such as national schemes to community ventures, whether or not you play the UK Lottery – thanks to its charitable efforts, everyone is a National Lottery winner.