Lottery: £172 million at stake in historic EuroMillions draw

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Gareth Milner

By Gareth Milner


Published: 08/10/2021

- 05:33

A sole jackpot win would eclipse the UK’s current record prize of £170,221,000, which was won by an anonymous player in a EuroMillions draw on October 8, 2019.

One lucky Briton could be on the verge of the biggest National Lottery win in history if they scoop Friday’s EuroMillions draw.

An estimated £172 million is up for grabs if the jackpot is scooped by a single ticket holder.


On Tuesday, the winning main EuroMillions numbers were 11, 13, 14, 36, 45 and the winning lucky star numbers were 07, 09.

No-one won the top prize.

Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at the National Lottery, said: “Friday’s exciting EuroMillions jackpot is an estimated £172 million.

“If one UK winner banks the entire sum, they would instantly become Britain’s biggest ever National Lottery winner.”

A sole jackpot win would eclipse the UK’s current record prize of £170,221,000, which was won by an anonymous player in a EuroMillions draw on October 8, 2019.

This year has already been a good one for mammoth lottery payouts, with two of the 10 biggest wins coming in 2021.

An anonymous ticket holder scooped £122,550,350 in a draw on April 2, while £111,540,000 was claimed in a SuperDraw just two months later.

To put the prize in perspective – a potential winner would immediately earn the average UK salary (£31,461) 5,467 times over, could afford to purchase more than 340 average properties in London, and would surpass Novak Djokovic’s career winnings (£110 million) with enough left over to buy a G6 private jet (£47,650,000).

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