Five-number Lotto winners bag just £15 from draw
Lotto ticketholders with five numbers in Wednesday's draw won less money than those who matched only three, earning them just £15.
Camelot said more than 4,000 players matched five of the six balls compared to the 7,879 ticketholders with four numbers who won £51.
Camelot said it was an "extremely rare" situation but "it is a lottery at the end of the day".
Meanwhile, 114,232 people matched just three balls and won £25.
No one scooped Wednesday's Lotto jackpot, sending Saturday's prize to an estimated £28.2 million.
Lotto players tweeted their frustration.
One twitter user joked about what five-number ticket holders could buy with their winnings.
The winning Lotto numbers were 14, 21, 42, 35, 07, 41 and the bonus number was 43.
Six ticketholders matched five of six balls and the bonus ball to scoop £10,016, while 4,082 players matched five of the six balls to win £15 each.
There were no jackpot winners in the Thunderball. The numbers were 33, 26, 27, 38, 23 and the Thunderball number was 13.
There were two jackpot winners in the Lotto HotPicks draw, each scooping £350,000.