A GUARANTEED National Lottery jackpot prize of #10 million is to be
offered on an ''occasional'' basis, organisers Camelot announced
yesterday.
The first #10 million National Lottery Super Draw will be made next
Saturday and will be broadcast live from Portsmouth.
The Super Draw announcement comes after Camelot revealed that one
person had won #6.5 million in the last jackpot prize of 1994.
The winning numbers in the New Year's Eve draw were 17, 44, 36, 32, 9
and 42, with the bonus ball of 16. The jackpot was #6,554,085.
There were also six match five plus bonus winners who each pick up
#336,106. In total, more than 1.2 million punters were in the money
after the draw.
Camelot is committed each year to paying a certain percentage of sales
in prizes.
A reserve is kept for special additional prizes, and currently this
accounts for about 1% of sales to date -- around #3 million after the
first six weeks of draws.
Exactly how and when the money is used is for Camelot to decide, but a
spokesman said it would be ''an occasional one-off''.
Camelot said the #10 million was derived from the jackpot prize
determined by ticket sales, plus a top-up from the reserve.
If the #10 million is not won, only the jackpot from ticket sales will
be rolled over.
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