- Lucky ticket holder from Spain has won the record-breaking jackpot
- The prize had been accumulating after no player matched five numbers
- Four UK ticket holders matched five numbers and one Lucky Star
A lucky ticket holder who won last night’s record-breaking Euromillions jackpot worth £168 million claimed their prize on the holiday island of Gran Canaria.
The ticket was validated at El Mirador Shopping Centre in Las Palmas on the island popular with British tourists.
The prize had been accumulating after no player matched five numbers and two lucky stars in the twice-weekly draws since the start of September.
The jackpot had reached its maximum with organisers Camelot estimating that more than 26,000 tickets could have been sold in the run up to Friday night’s draw.
A lucky ticket holder from Spain has won the record-breaking Euromillions jackpot worth £168 million
The winning numbers of 01, 09, 15, 19 and 25 and Lucky Star numbers 01 and 07 were matched by a ticket sold in Spain, while four UK ticket holders matched five numbers and one Lucky Star to win £900,571 each.
Andy Carter, the National Lottery’s senior winners’ adviser, urged all UK players to check their tickets quickly to see if they are among the winners.
‘We have champagne on ice ready to celebrate,’ he said.
The record of the single biggest lottery win in the UK currently stands at £161million scooped by Scots Colin and Chris Weir in 2011.
This week’s winner will have more in the bank than Adele (£125million) and Rooney (£92million).