EuroMillions Jackpot: Britain’s Biggest Ever Lottery Winner Comes Forward To Claim £184m Prize

By Amirah Kuale Last updated May 11, 2022

Britain’s biggest ever lottery winner has come forward to claim the £184million (about N94 billion) EuroMillions jackpot.

EuroMillions is a transnational lottery that requires seven correct numbers to win the jackpot. The first draw was held on 13 February 2004 in Paris. Initially, only the UK, France and Spain participated, with the Austrian, Belgian, Irish, Luxembourgish, Portuguese and Swiss lotteries joining for the 8 October 2004 draw.

One lucky player somewhere in the UK matched all seven EuroMillions numbers and became the country’s biggest ever National Lottery winner yesterday with a jackpot of £184,262,899.10.

And it was confirmed just after noon today that someone had come forward to claim the life-changing prize, DailyMail.com reports.

The person will now become one of the nation’s 1,000 richest people, worth more than stars like Robbie Williams, Sir Tom Jones and Ed Sheeran.

Once the ticket has been validated and paid, the ticket-holder will then decide whether or not to go public and share their news. Until then, it will not be confirmed where in the country the winning ticket was bought.

Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said;

This is absolutely incredible news! Last night saw history made with the biggest ever National Lottery prize won by a single UK ticket-holder, and we’re ecstatic that we’ve now received a claim. Our focus now is on supporting the ticket-holder through the process and helping them start to enjoy their truly life-changing and record-breaking win.

Meanwhile, only 14 lottery players have ever won a jackpot of more than £100 million, with the previous UK record-holder an anonymous winner of £170 million in October 2019.

Tuesday night’s win stopped the jackpot from rolling over to the EuroMillions limit of €230 million, which would have likely been offered on Friday.

Seven of the ten biggest UK winners have remained anonymous but some winners have invested in football clubs, bought sprawling estates and given millions to charity.

Colin and Chris Weir from Largs, North Ayrshire won £161.6million in July 2011, making them the biggest UK winners at the time.

Their jackpot is now the third biggest ever won in the UK. Mr Weir invested £2.5million in his beloved Partick Thistle football club – acquiring a 55 per cent shareholding.

The couple also set up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 and donated £1million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. They divorced in 2019.

Adrian and Gillian Bayford won £148.6million in August 2012 and bought a Grade II-listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with a cinema and billiards room. But it was sold in 2021 after the pair divorced.

Frances and Patrick Connolly (pictured in 2019) won nearly £115million on New Year’s Day.

And Frances and Patrick Connolly, who won nearly £115million on New Year’s Day 2019, set up charitable foundations with their jackpot money.

Andy Carter, from the National Lottery, said;

What an amazing night for one UK ticket holder who has scooped the incredible £184million EuroMillions jackpot. They have become the UK’s biggest ever National Lottery winner. Players are urged to check their tickets and give us a call if they think they are tonight’s lucky winner.