That's your lotto
Hope your numbers are up. If not, you can look forward to next week, when the special guest on the telly will be vocalist and yer grandma's fave Ronan Keating. It'll be his sixth national lottery appearance but his first on a Saturday (joke).
We'll update later with details of any winners. But you probably know what you need to know already. Better luck next time, eh.
Thunderball draw!
Here we go then ... Excalibur II is shaking the balls, and here are the numbers:
30, 1, 38, 31, 32 .. and the thunderball itself: 6
Revival night
In another TV-eats-itself moment, actor Eric Richard - famously and brilliantly Bob Cryer from The Bill - has been on tonight's Casualty. Not sure in what capacity (the sound's off), but he isn't looking well.
Not long to go now, Lotto fans.
Down to business
You are the lone winning ticket holder for tonight's £20.9m jackpot.
What you could win tonight
Tonight's rollover Lotto jackpot stands at a chunky £20.9 million thanks to there having been no winner on Wednesday. With that sort of cash you could fund a revival of Stars In Their Eyes in what would be another hammer blow to BBC One's Saturday schedule (when there's no Strictly or Doctor Who).
Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be ME!
BBC One viewers - as if The Voice UK and Casualty weren't enough for them - are in for a treat when the draw is made at 10 o'clock tonight: not only is Gaby Roslin hosting, but "actor Matthew Kelly is the special guest pushing the Lotto button".
They do mean THAT Matthew Kelly, right? It's like all your Saturday night TV dreams, and your Christmases and birthdays, have come at once.
You've blown it / You're in with a chance
That's it. Half-past seven has been and gone, and yet again you've failed to buy a damn ticket. How can you seriously expect to win the lottery if you continually fail to enter? You know: "in it to win it" and all that.
Then again, your other half/neighbour/old school pal on Facebook has got a ticket. In which case, stand by to stake your claim on their winnings. But you'd better have some sweet, sweet talk
Hurry up!
Londis is still open, there's a queue, but it's only a couple of people. Leg it down there and shout the words "LUCKY DIP". Then hand over your two quid and whatever you have spare for the alcohol to soothe the inevitable crushing disappointment that you have not won tonight's £20.9m jackpot.
Instead, it's these two London office workers, who have clubbed together on tickets for years, but out of nowhere have suddenly landed the big one. They can't believe their luck!!!
Tickets at the ready
The balls have been selected, the giant tombola is whirling, and Noel Edmonds and Anthea Turner are gargling backstage here at BBC Television centre in Shepherd's Bush!
No, hang on, that was 1994. But none the less, the National Lottery draw is about to take place. Stand by for news!
What time is Saturday's lotto draw and how can I watch it?
Saturday's draw show, broadcast on BBC One, is when the Lotto and Thunderball numbers are drawn.
The show is broadcast from 7.30pm every Saturday.
You can watch the National Lottery live on BBC iPlayer or here on YouTube. You can also watch it on catch-up. There will also be a results update on BBC One at 10:35pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday nights.
What's the jackpot prize for Saturday's Lotto draw?
This week's top prize is £20.9m after Wednesday's draw produced no jackpot winner. It's another rollover!
There is also one guaranteed raffle millionaire and 20 raffle winners of £20,000.
How can I play the Lottery?
Buy a lotto ticket online from the official website - or download the app for Apple or Android.
Select your six numbers from 1-59, or play by Lucky Dip
Every time you play you will automatically be given a randomly-generated Millionaire Raffle entry. The raffle will take place on the day of the lotto draw you have entered.
Raffle entries start with a four letter colour which is followed by eight numbers. 21 raffle tickets are selected with one main prize of £1m and 20 £20,000 prizes.
Lotto can be played online everyday from 8am to 11pm. On the day of the lotto draw, ticket sales close at 7.30pm.
Players must be 16 or over and physically located in the UK or Isle of Man.
The winning numbers in the Wednesday night Lotto draw were...
The Thunderball winning numbers were...
The top prize was £500,000
The Millionaire Raffle result was...
RUBY 58148509
What were last Tuesday's (Jan 26th) Euromillions numbers?
...and Saturday's (Jan 23rd) winning Lotto numbers?
How many times can there be a UK lottery rollover?
David and Carol Martin a husband and wife from Hawick in the Scottish Borders, celebrate at the Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club in Edinburgh after winning half of the historic £66 million Lotto jackpot
David and Carol Martin, from Hawick in the Scottish Borders, celebrate after winning half of the historic £66 million Lotto jackpot Photo: PA
Camelot rules introduced in October say: “The Lotto jackpot can rollover over until it reaches or exceeds £50million.
“If it isn’t won when it reaches or exceeds this amount, the entire jackpot will roll to the next Lotto draw and must be won in that draw.”
The most frequent Lotto numbers
What are the odds of winning the lottery?
Since Camelot introduced 10 additional lottery balls have lengthened the odds of winning the draw from 1 in 14 million to 1 in 45 million.
Lotto prizes
The National Lottery has so far given away over £55billion in prizes and created more than 4,000 millionaires or multi-millionaires since its launch in 1994.
An estimated £34 million is raised every week for life-changing projects.
What do lottery winners do with their new-found wealth?
Colin and Chris Weir: 'It is time for all sides to stop the smears and personal attacks'
Colin and Chris Weir Photo: ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA
The record jackpot won on January 9 was £66million, it has been shared between two ticket holders (only one has successfully claimed the prize so far).
David and Carol Martin from Hawick in the Scottish Borders rushed out to spend £5 on six champagne glasses after scooping £33 million in Saturday’s record rollover.
The largest prize ever won on a single Lotto line was £22.5million banked by work colleagues Mark Gardiner and Paul Maddison from Hastings in 1995.
The biggest ever individual Lotto winner is Iris Jeffrey from Belfast who won £20.1m in 2004.
Colin and Chris Weir from Largs, North Ayrshire, who banked £161million in a Euromillions jackpot in 2011, are the biggest British winners ever.
Quotes from previous Lotto winners
Luckiest Lotto names
If your name is John or Margaret you may have reason to feel slightly luckier than usual.
More lotto millionaires have been created with those names than any other. Similarly, most winners have tended to work in construction, administration or management.
Taxi drivers, lorry-drivers shop assistants and chefs, also tend to do well, though it is most likely because they play more than the less fortunate bankers, politicians and estate agents.
Luckiest Lotto places
10. Romford
9. Sunderland
8. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
7. Liverpool
6. Enfield
5. Warrington
4. Bromley
3. Wolverhampton
2. Dartford
1. Dundee do you do first?
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