National Lottery Results October 3, 2026: Check the Winning Numbers
National Lottery Results: October 3, 2026
The National Lottery results are out for Saturday, October 3, 2026, and one lucky ticket could be worth a life-changing £2 million.
Before you start dreaming about a tropical getaway, a luxury car or quitting your job, check your ticket against the winning numbers:
- Round 1: 15, 37, 39, 42, 46, 53 — Bonus Ball: 33
- Round 2: 05, 11, 12, 44, 52, 54 — Bonus Ball: 01
- Thunderball: 15, 19, 20, 30, 35 — Thunderball: 02
Some of the Lottery's Biggest Wins
The National Lottery has created plenty of huge winners over the years. Its first draw took place on November 19, 1994, when seven winners split a £5,874,778 jackpot.
One of the biggest single-ticket wins reached £42 million in 1996. Another memorable winner, builder Gareth Bull, won £41 million in November 2020 and later replaced his bungalow with a luxury manor featuring a swimming pool.
Other notable winners include:
- Sue Davies, 64: Won £500,000 after buying a ticket to celebrate the end of five months of pandemic shielding.
- Karl: Won an incredible £11 million at just 23 years old in 1996.
- The biggest National Lottery jackpot on offer was £66 million, won by two ticket holders in January of the previous year.
Biggest Lottery Wins Worldwide
Some international jackpots have reached staggering heights:
- £1.308 billion — Powerball, January 2016, split among three winning tickets.
- £1.267 billion — Mega Millions, claimed by a South Carolina winner in 2019.
- £633.76 million — Powerball jackpot won by a Wisconsin winner.
- £625.76 million — Powerball jackpot claimed by Mavis L. Wanczyk in Massachusetts in 2017.
- £575.53 million — Powerball jackpot split between winners in Iowa and New York in 2018.
The odds of hitting the lottery jackpot are estimated at around 1 in 14 million, but as lottery players like to say, you've got to be in it to win it.
Good luck—and don't forget to check your ticket!