€16m up for grabs as Lotto jackpot rolls over for 16th time

TONIGHT’S national lottery jackpot is heading for a recession-busting €16 million, making it the 16th draw in the row without a major winner since September 1.

Despite the popular myth that Lotto bosses arrange to have a particularly big jackpot to be won on bank holiday weekends, that is not the case, according to the National Lottery.

In fact, only once this year has the Lotto jackpot been won on a bank holiday weekend. There were no winners of either the Patrick’s Day jackpot or the jackpots on the easter, June or August bank holidays, but a jackpot of €4m was won on the Saturday of the May bank holiday, when €2m was added to the pot. This time round the National Lottery will not be adding to what is already set to be one of the biggest jackpots ever.