Lotto jackpot close to £4m

Tonight's Lotto jackpot will be close to £4 million, making it the second-biggest jackpot this year. Some 1

Tonight's Lotto jackpot will be close to £4 million, making it the second-biggest jackpot this year. Some 1.7 million people are expected to play, and the chances of a single winner are 5.2 million to one. The biggest jackpot this year, £6.2 million, was won in May by a £1 quickpick ticket bought in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

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