Overview
- Allwyn, in announcements Wednesday, set June 7 for ticket sales and June 10 for the first draw of a revamped Lotto that will run two rounds in every game.
- Players will still pay £2 per line, and Allwyn says the new format lifts the chance of winning any prize to about 1 in 4.9 from 1 in 9.3, with projected Lotto millionaires rising from about 140 to roughly 345 a year.
- Allwyn says it has an agreement to offer the US Powerball in the UK pending final regulatory sign‑off, linking UK players to the shared multi‑state jackpot with UK jackpots paid as a 30‑year annuity and an extra £8 prize for matching two main numbers.
- Wednesday’s UK Lotto numbers were 22, 45, 49, 53, 54, 56 with Bonus Ball 25, and no ticket won the £5.1 million jackpot, while one player matched five plus the bonus to claim £1 million; Thunderball drew 1, 5, 17, 34, 35 and Thunderball 8.
- The US Powerball drawing Wednesday produced 13, 21, 27, 43, 45 and Powerball 26 with a Power Play of 5 for an estimated $58 million jackpot, and South Africa’s jackpots rose toward the weekend with PowerBall at R104 million on Friday and Lotto totaling R115 million on Saturday.