UK ticket holder stakes claim for £58.3m EuroMillions jackpot after striking lucky in Friday’s draw
- The winner has scooped £58,366,487.50 after matching all five main numbers
- Winning numbers in Friday’s draw were 16, 28, 32, 37 and 45 and 01 and 11
- It is the second EuroMillions jackpot winner in the UK this year after one in March
- Last year, there were a grand total of seven UK EuroMillions jackpot winners
A claim has been staked for the £58.3 million EuroMillions jackpot won on Friday by a single UK ticket-holder.
The winner has scooped £58,366,487.50 after matching all five main numbers and the lucky stars.
Camelot said the claim will now go through the process of validation. Subject to those checks, the prize will then be paid out.
The winner will then decide whether to go public and share their news.
No information will be given on whether it is an individual or syndicate winner, or where the ticket was purchased, unless the ticket-holder decides to go public.
The winner has scooped £58,366,487.50 after matching all five main numbers and the lucky stars
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, said: ‘It is wonderful news that a lucky ticket-holder has claimed this incredible prize.
‘We will now focus on supporting the ticket-holder through the validation and help them start to enjoy their win.’
It is the second EuroMillions jackpot winner in the UK this year, and they will occupy 20th place on the National Lottery’s rich list of the biggest winners.
On Friday, another UK ticket-holder staked a claim for a £57.8 million prize won last month.
Last year, there were seven UK EuroMillions jackpot winners including the UK’s biggest ever winner.
Among them was Steve Thomson, 42, and his wife Lenka, 41, who became the ninth-biggest winners in history with their gigantic prize last year.
Steve Thomson, 42, and his wife Lenka, 41, became the ninth-biggest winners in history with their gigantic prize last year
Last month it was reported that despite getting the huge cash-windfall the couple, who have two sons and a daughter, are still living in the same £120,000 terraced home in the village of Selsey in West Sussex.
Mr Thomson’s wife Lenka met her husband while working at a campsite 17 years ago, tying the knot four years later.
He previously promised to help the local community with the winnings.
Self-employed builder Mr Thomson is understood to have quit working after honouring all the customers that had booked with him prior to his win.