Wednesday lottery

jackatesme · 25th March 2016, 21:00

Can anyone explain this Match 5--4,082 winners £15 = £61,230
Match 4--7,879 winners £51 = £401,829.
How can they have a bigger prize fund for 4 than for 5.

btw i didn't have 1 number.

another_clean_sheet · 26th March 2016, 06:34

This is because their is a fixed percentage of the prize money goes to each number of winners. For 5 matches it is 2% of the prize fund and for 4 matches it is a lot higher percentage because more winners are expected.
Wed lottery numbers were 7 and multiples of it - 14, 21, 35 etc which is a very popular sequence which is why there were so many winners - I think they normally only expect less than 50 winners.

25th March 2016, 21:00	#1
jackatesme This is my second home rover 75 saloon.Renault Captur 1.5 diesel. Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: rhymney Posts: 3,661 Thanks: 2,269 Thanked 1,242 Times in 702 Posts	Wednesday lottery Can anyone explain this Match 5--4,082 winners £15 = £61,230 Match 4--7,879 winners £51 = £401,829. How can they have a bigger prize fund for 4 than for 5. btw i didn't have 1 number.

26th March 2016, 06:34	#2
another_clean_sheet Posted a thing or two Rover 75 CDTI Tourer Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Great Bardfield, nr Braintree Posts: 1,421 Thanks: 303 Thanked 436 Times in 317 Posts	This is because their is a fixed percentage of the prize money goes to each number of winners. For 5 matches it is 2% of the prize fund and for 4 matches it is a lot higher percentage because more winners are expected. Wed lottery numbers were 7 and multiples of it - 14, 21, 35 etc which is a very popular sequence which is why there were so many winners - I think they normally only expect less than 50 winners.