National Lottery Lotto and Thunderball results for Saturday, August 22

It’s that time of the week again and tomorrow morning, someone could be waking up as a millionaire. We will be bringing you the winning numbers from tonight’s £2m Lotto draw as well as the results of the Thunderball draw, which stands at a massive £500,000.

The winning National Lottery Lotto numbers are to be drawn at 8pm while the National Lottery Thunderball numbers are announced shortly after. Those results can be found below.

It is important to remember that there are now two rounds to the Lotto draw. Each line of numbers you play will be entered into one draw and played over two rounds, meaning you will now have two chances to win. This gives you roughly a one in 4.9 chance of winning a prize in every draw.

The biggest ever Lotto winner was created in April 2016 when an anonymous player banked £35m. In January 2016 two ticketholders walked away with £33m each. For money-saving tips, sign up to our Money newsletter here

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 won £26.4m on the New Year’s Eve lotto 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% to good causes, 12% to the UK Government as duty, 5% to retailers, and 5% to the operator.