Christmas Lottery jackpot on track to be biggest ever

Thursday 15 October 2015

The lottery first prize looks set to smash last year’s record with the lucky winner likely to be taking home more than £1 million again this Christmas.

Ticket sales are higher than this time last year with the first prize already reaching £400,000 and with nine weeks still to go until the big draw on 17 December the jackpot is on track to beat last year’s top prize of £1,220,600.

Each ticket gives you two chances of winning a prize in the main draw and you can also win up to £5,000 with the scratch card.

The second-draw prize is £100,000, the third-draw prize is £25,000 and there are ten prizes of £1000.

Lottery ticket sales throughout last year helped raise thousands for local charities.