A UK ticket holder has won Europe’s biggest every lottery jackpot, winning an estimated £161 million on Tuesdays EuroMillions draw. The yet unidentified ticker holder if it is a single person and not a syndicate will become the 430th richest person in the UK.
The winning numbers for the draw were 17, 19, 38, 42, 45 and the bonus balls were 9 and 10; the odds of winning the jackpot have been estimated at 116 million to 1.
A spokesperson for Camelot said, “This is amazing news – we are absolutely delighted that a UK ticket holder has scooped the entire €185 million jackpot, which at the current exchange rate is a massive £161 million.” Adding that; “We’ve got the champagne on ice and look forward to welcoming the ticket-holder into the National Lottery millionaires’ club.”
The mega £161 million prize will earn over £9,000 per day in interest, around 3.4 million a year. Camelot also said that the series of rollovers generated about £100 million of extra funds for its charitable causes.