One lucky player has scooped the Euromillions jackpot of £157 million by correctly guessing the five winning numbers and the two lucky stars following Friday's draw (November 28). The player has been identified as someone living in France, who is now hundreds of millions of pounds richer.
Since the first draw in February 2004, hundreds of EuroMillions jackpot winners have been crowned across all nine participating countries. The largest prize for Euromillions this year, a staggering £218 million, has been won three times by players from France, Ireland and Austria, but the top prize has so far eluded the UK.
The biggest UK win occurred in 2022 when an anonymous player bagged a life-altering £195,707,000. The EuroMillions jackpot reached its limit of 230 million Euros ahead of the draw on Friday 8th July, where it remained until Tuesday 19th July when one lucky ticket sold in the UK claimed the entire prize.
The winner quickly collected their money, but chose to remain anonymous. Had the jackpot not been won in this draw, a Must Be Won draw would have taken place in the subsequent draw.
This victory comes just months after Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester won £184,262,899, catapulting their net worth to a level similar to that of pop sensation Harry Styles, according to the Express. This jackpot set a new record for the biggest-ever win in the UK at the time, after skyrocketing to €215 million (£184 million) in just seven and a half weeks in the spring of 2022.
A €130 million Superdraw had been planned for late April, but it was effectively delayed as the top prize already exceeded this amount. The jackpot would have reached its €230 million cap with one more rollover, but a UK ticket holder matched all the numbers on 10th May.
The jackpot was claimed by Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester. They revealed that they continued to work on the day they discovered their win, and chose to go public so as not to 'burden' others with keeping their secret.
The numbers drawn in the National Lottery EuroMillions on Friday were: 05, 29, 33, 39, 42. The lucky stars were: 03, 09.
The Millionaire Maker Selection number was also decided as XXGW96165. On top of this, Friday's National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers were: 06, 08, 11, 29, 32.
The Thunderball was 03. The next Euromillions draw will be held on Tuesday, December 2, with a reduced jackpot of £14.9 million.
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