- Tonight’s £168million jackpot is the largest ever on offer to players in Britain
- The lucky winner will automatically leapfrog pop superstar Adele in the rich list
- If no-one is lucky enough to scoops tonight’s jackpot it stays at £168million
By Keiran Southern For Mailonline
Published: 08:38 BST, 6 October 2017 | Updated: 12:32 BST, 6 October 2017
Tonight’s £168million lottery jackpot is the largest ever on offer to British punters and the lucky winner will be richer than pop superstar Adele and footballer Wayne Rooney.
The Euromillions has a massive pot because there has not been a winner since September 1 – meaning we have had nine rollovers.
Unfortunately, if no-one scoops tonight’s fortune the prize will stay at £168million, the maximum Euromillions jackpot allowed.
Tonight’s £168million lottery jackpot is the largest ever on offer to British punters and the lucky winner will be richer than pop superstar Adele
If we still do not have a winner there can only be four more draws. On the fifth, the winnings drop to the next winning tier, guaranteeing a payout.
If the money is not claimed tonight, while the total is capped, the extra cash will be made available to the next tier of winners, meaning a bigger prize pool for fewer numbers.
Whoever wins will smash the record of the single biggest lottery win in the UK, which currently stands at the £161million scooped by Scots Colin and Chris Weir in 2011.
If there is a lucky winner tonight, they will have more in the bank than Adele (£125million) and Rooney (£92million).
The National Lottery’s Andy Carter said: ‘Friday’s jackpot remains the biggest ever offered to UK players. A single UK winner would be the biggest this country, and Europe, has ever seen.’
The winner will also leapfrog former England captain Wayne Rooney in the rich list. Rooney has a reported £92million in the bank
The biggest win in the UK this year was £87 million, won by an anonymous ticket-holder.
In 2016, lottery operators Camelot hiked up the price of tickets from £2 to £2.50.
They also increased the amount of lucky stars in the draw, meaning the chance of winning the jackpot shot from one in 17million to one in 140million.
What you can buy with £168million
Five-bedroom flat at One Hyde Park – £55million
French footballer Kylian Mbappe – £166million
RAF Typhoon – £110million
484 Rolls Royce Phantoms – £347,256 each
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