Friday's combination 11, 19, 34, 43 and 45; lucky star numbers 5 and 9 proved to be a lucky one to 2 British tickets holders. The jackpot, that has rolled-over 5 times, stood at a massive £91m meaning each ticket has scooped an incredible £45.5m!
One of the tickets belongs to Les Scadding, 58, and his wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding, 38, from Caerleon, South Wales (pictured). It is now the largest-ever single lottery win in the UK history - the couple are picking up their £45,570,835.50 cheque for half the jackpot and could now be placed in the same league as Sir Cliff Richard, DJ Chris Evans, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and top model Kate Moss, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The second ticket is held by a lottery syndicate of Liverpool IT workers called the "Magnificent Seven", banking £6.5m each.
The three largest National Lottery prizes won in the UK so far are all from the Euromillions game. Until now, the biggest single win was by he former Royal Mail worker Angela Kelly, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire who won £35.5m in August 2007; followed by a no publicity winner who won £26.5m; and Brian Caswell, from Bolton who won £25m in June this year.
In May a ticket bought in Spain broke the European lottery's record by netting an incredible £110m jackpot.
Euromillions game is slightly changed as off this week. Tickets will now cost £2 each but every week one UK lottery player will win £1m via the Millionaire Raffle!
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