To celebrate this, an additional three 6 from 49 (no bonus ball) draws took place on Saturday 18th May 2002, albeit outrageously well after the already over-long 50-minute lottery TV show on BBC 1. Anyone buying a ticket for Saturday's main "Lotto" draw (and this includes subscribers, who finally get automatic entry into a main draw promotion - about time too !) had their 6 numbers also automatically entered into the three additional draws at no additional cost (so £1 bought an entry into each of the four draws).
The three additional draws only had one prize each: a £4m jackpot, which will be shared if more than one person wins the jackpot in a particular draw. The additional £12m required to fund this has surprisingly come from "Camelot's own operating expenses".
Sorted order: 15 26 29 40 44 48
Drawn order: 40 26 44 29 48 15
Machine: Guinevere, Ball set: 7
Number of jackpot winners: 1 (prize: £4m - has been claimed)
Sorted order: 04 05 33 37 42 46
Drawn order: 37 33 42 05 04 46
Machine: Merlin, Ball set: 12
Number of jackpot winners: 5 (prize: £800,000 each - all 5 have been claimed)
Sorted order: 06 16 22 25 29 48
Drawn order: 22 29 16 25 48 06
Machine: Guinevere, Ball set: 4
Number of jackpot winners: 5 (prize: £800,000 each - all 5 have been claimed)
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