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Lottie Gibbons

National Lottery results - Winning numbers for Wednesday May 22

Will your life change forever when the National Lottery Lotto draw for Wednesday May 22 is revealed?

If you have taken part, you could have scooped the Lotto jackpot, which stands at £2million.

Whether you're thinking of going on that once-in-a-lifetime holiday , or buying that Parisian palace, you can now discover if you have won tonight's prize.

The winning numbers for the Lotto are 7, 27, 31, 36, 37 and 50.

The bonus number is 18.

(Daily Record)

The biggest ever Lotto winner was created in April 2016, when an anonymous player banked £35m.

In January 2016, two ticket-holders walked away with £33m each.

Before that, a main Lotto game jackpot of £42,008,610, was drawn in January 1996 and split between three anonymous winners, with each being awarded £14,002,870.

A single ticket also won £26.4 million on the New Year's Eve Lotto back in 2016.

The UK National Lottery was first drawn on November 19, 1994.

Half of all money spent by players goes to the prize fund, with 28 per cent to good causes, 12 per cent to the Government as duty and five per cent to retailers.

The final five per cent has operated the lottery throughout its history.

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