Monday, 7 March 2011

£113m British lotto winner: One EuroMillions ticket scoops UK's biggest-ever jackpot

One astonishingly lucky British ticketholder will be waking up today to find themselves £113million richer.
A single ticket bought in the UK scooped the entire gigantic EuroMillions jackpot last night.
It is by far the biggest ever lottery win in this country.
Last night, operator Camelot was waiting for the mystery holder of the winning ticket to come forward and claim their unimaginable riches.
But it is not yet known if the winner is an individual or a syndicate - and whether they will want to reveal their identity or remain anonymous.


The previous record for Britain’s biggest single lottery win was £84.4million - instantly becoming the 789th richest person in the country.
The EuroMillions lottery winner never identified themselves publicly, after becoming an overnight multi-millionaire in May this year.
Prior to that, Nigel Page and Justine Laycock, from Barnsley, Gloucestershire, held the record, scooping £56million in February.
After winning half of the £113million EuroMillions jackpot, Mr Page, 43, and Miss Laycock, 41, moved in to a new eco-friendly £4million mansion - leaving their existing £400,000 home nearby to their cleaner.
Operators Camelot confirmed that last night’s win is the biggest lottery prize ever won by one ticket in the UK and said it was ‘looking forward to welcoming the lucky ticket-holder to the National Lottery millionaires’ club'.
The winner was the only one of tens of millions of players to tick all seven correct numbers - claiming the prize against odds of 76,275,360 to one.

The winning EuroMillions numbers were 9, 30, 35, 39, 46, with lucky stars 6 and 8.

The £113million windfall will let the winner live the life of a rock star.