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Massive £188 million up for grabs on EuroMillions and Lotto as winner could be biggest ever
A MASSIVE £188 million in lottery jackpots is up for grabs this weekend, and one lucky EuroMillions customer could scoop it’s biggest ever prize.
The EuroMillions jackpot has risen to a staggering £176 million for tomorrow’s draw, and combined with other prizes nearly £200m could be won this weekend.
The EuroMillions jackpot this weekend means one winner could scoop it’s biggest ever prize[/caption]
If the same Brit entered both the Lotto and the Euromillions and won it would be the biggest jackpot for a single Brit ever.
Lotto-goers could take home a number of prizes including the £1 million bonus millionmaker prize, and the Lotto jackpot, which is boasting a prize of £11.4 million.
If the Euro jackpot is claimed then the winner would be richer than Harry Styles whose worth is estimated at around £74m, and Kanye West valued at £170m.
They would also overtake sports superstars Roger Federer, $106m, Cristiano Ronaldo $105m, and Lionel Messi, $104m, according to the Forbes rich list.
TOP 5 BIGGEST LOTTERY WINS ACROSS THE WORLD
- £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13, 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history’s biggest lottery prize.
- £1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline.
- £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin
- £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017.
- £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018.
The first EuroMillions draw took place on February 7, 2004, by three organisations: France’s Française des Jeux, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado in Spain and the Camelot in the UK.
One of the UK’s biggest prizes was up for grabs on December, 4, 2020 with a whopping £175million EuroMillions jackpot, which would make a winner richer than Adele.
Another previous UK winner whose whole life was altered with their jackpot, was a player who wanted to remain anonymous on October 8, 2019. They walked off with a cool £170,221,000.
Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Scotland, netted a huge £161,653,000 in the July 12, 2011.
Colin Weir and his wife Christine won a jackpot £161m in 2011.[/caption]
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill, Suffolk, picked up £148,656,000 after they played the draw on August, 10, 2012, while Jane Park became Britain’s youngest lottery winner when she scooped up £1 million in 2013.
Sue Davies, 64, bought a lottery ticket to celebrate ending five months of shielding during the pandemic — and won £500,000.
Sandra Devine, 36, accidentally won £300k – she intended to buy her usual £100 National Lottery Scratchcard, but came home with a much bigger prize.
The odds of winning the lottery are estimated to be about one in 14million – BUT you’ve got to be in it to win it.
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