Summary
A technical problem paused the National Lottery's Saturday Lotto draw. The draw will restart with a different machine and results will be published later. Allwyn, the new operator, took over running the lottery in 2024.
Key Facts
- The National Lottery's Lotto draw stopped due to a "technical fault."
- The problem happened when the bonus ball did not drop in the draw machine.
- The draw will resume with a different machine under the supervision of an independent observer.
- Allwyn, the new operator, will post the results after the draw is completed.
- Allwyn took over the lottery in 2024 after 30 years of Camelot running it.
- Allwyn Entertainment is internationally owned by Czech businessman Karel Komarek.
- The stream of the draw was unavailable on the National Lottery's YouTube channel during the incident.
