A lottery ticket purchased in the UK won the grand prize of £184 million ($226,926,025) From EuroMillions, to become Biggest winner of the British National Lottery.
Lottery operator Camelot confirmed the win, with Andy Carter, the British National Lottery adviser to the winners, saying:What an incredible night for a UK ticket holder to hit the staggering £184 million jackpot. He has become the UK’s biggest National Lottery winner.”
“Players are encouraged to check their tickets and contact us if they think they are the winners tonight.”he added.
The winning numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29 as well as Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9.
discount daily MailAnd The victory makes the winning ticket holder “equal to more than footballers Harry Kane (£33m) and Paul Pogba (£64m) together”, As well as ‘Winner Now You could buy four Caribbean islands, with a few million to spare, or the equivalent of 11 luxury six-bedroom properties in affluent London’s Hyde Park.”
Only 14 players have won jackpots over £100m, and the previous record holder was an anonymous winner. £170 million as of October 2019.
The winner now has 180 days to claim their reward. Once your winning ticket is validated, the money will be credited to you. They can decide for themselves whether they want to advertise to the public or remain anonymous.
However, that victory prevented the jackpot from reaching the €230 million EuroMillions cap, which was likely to be presented on Friday. In October 2021 the winner was a young woman living in Tahiti, In the Pacific Islands – EuroMillions tickets are sold there because it is part of French Polynesia – and won a record prize of 220 million euros, the highest prize ever in this lottery.
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