Tuesday’s drawwould’ve been the biggest ever UK EuroMillions win
A ticketholder has won the record-breaking £210million EuroMillions jackpot.
The lucky winner was a player in France who scooped the gigantic pot with the numbers 24,31,34,41,and 43,while the lucky stars were 06 and 08.
One Brit came desperately close to claiming the record prize but missed just one lucky star and won comparatively paltry £182,967.60.
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Recent winners include dearest friends Carly Wiggett and Becky Witt,who used a horoscope to win £168,000 each.
A family from Cork,Ireland,who won £216,000,revealed they plan to stay in their home city,with no ‘outrageous plans to spend the cash yet – except maybe a Rolex’.
The jackpot reached its cap of 250 million Euros – an estimated £210 million – for this latest draw.
But not all big winners have had a fairytale ending,with some falling victim to assassination,abduction,substance abuse,and,somewhat ironically,financial trouble.
The number of millionaire winners whose lives have taken a turn for the worse has led some to dub it a curse.
To win the next week’s unprecedented estimated jackpot,entrants must have five winning numbers,as well as two EuroMillions Lucky Star numbers.
For the Thunderball,players need to match all five main numbers plus the Thunderball.
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