EuroMillions record £208 million jackpot won by single ticket holder

17 June 2025, 21:52 | Updated: 18 June 2025, 10:13

A lucky ticket holder has won a huge £208 million jackpot, the largest EuroMillions prize ever.

The jackpot, worth an estimated £208 million, is the largest prize ever awarded in the UK, National Lottery operator Allwyn said.

The EuroMillions winning numbers were: 13, 22, 23, 44, 49.

The lucky stars were: 03 and 05.

The total prize money was capped after rolling over several times, and was left unclaimed after Friday's draw.

The life-changing ticket was purchased in the Republic of Ireland, though the winner has not yet come forward. Under Irish National Lottery rules, jackpot winners can choose to remain anonymous.

Last night's draw was the fifth rollover since the jackpot hit its maximum limit, triggering a 'must-be-won' event.

If no player had matched all seven numbers last night, the full prize would have rolled down to the next winning tier.

An anonymous UK ticket holder won £195million on July 19 2022. Two months earlier, Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, won £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for the draw on May 10 2022.

The UK's third biggest win came after an anonymous ticket-holder won £177million in the draw on November 26 last year.

Irish National Lottery chief executive Cian Murphy asked people to carefully check their EuroMillions tickets.

"We are absolutely thrilled to see this incredible and record win for an Irish EuroMillions player," he said.

"We are advising our players to check their tickets and, if they are the winner, sign the back of the ticket, keep it safe, and contact National Lottery HQ and we will guide you through the claims process."

He said they would reveal the location of the winning ticket as soon as possible.

"The details surrounding the winning ticket will be revealed over the coming days," he said.

"With such a big win we have procedures to follow, but we will reveal the winning location as soon as we can.

"While this is a massive win, it can come as a shock to a winner and we advise them to stay calm, get independent legal and financial advice and contact us as soon as they can."

In Tuesday’s draw one UK player also became a millionaire after matching five main numbers and one Lucky Star, winning £4.53 million.

The biggest lottery winners

1. Anonymous, £195,707,000

A UK ticket-holder scooped a EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million on July 19 2022.

2. Joe and Jess Thwaite, £184,262,899.10

Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, scooped a then record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for the draw on May 10 2022.

At the time, Joe was a communications sales engineer, and Jess ran a hairdressing salon with her sister.

3. Anonymous, £177,033,699.20

A UK ticket-holder became the third biggest National Lottery winner of all time after receiving a £177 million jackpot.

The single-ticket holder, who chose to remain anonymous, came forward to claim the EuroMillions jackpot after the draw on November 26 2024.

The winner became immediately wealthier than popstar Dua Lipa, who is worth an estimated £104 million, and Michael Buble, worth around £63 million.

4. Anonymous, £171,815,297.80

A UK ticket-holder scooped £171,815,297.80 in the September 23 2022 draw – at the time the country’s third biggest National Lottery win.

5. Anonymous, £170,221,000

The fifth biggest winner of the National Lottery to date scooped £170 million in 2019 after matching all the numbers in a Must Be Won draw on October 8.

6. Colin and Chris Weir, £161,653,000

Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, North Ayrshire, bagged their historic winnings on July 12 2011, making them the biggest UK winners at the time.

Colin used £2.5 million of his fortune to invest in his beloved Partick Thistle Football Club, which led to one of the stands at the stadium being named after him.

He later acquired a 55% shareholding in the club, which was to be passed into the hands of the local community upon his death. He died in December 2019, aged 71.

The couple also set up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 and donated £1 million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. They divorced in the same year of Colin’s death.

7. Adrian and Gillian Bayford, £148,656,000

Adrian and Gillian won 190 million euros in a EuroMillions draw on August 10, 2012, which came to just over £148 million.

The couple bought a Grade II-listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with cinema and billiards room, but it was sold in 2021, some years after the pair divorced.

8. Anonymous, £123,458,008

The seventh biggest National Lottery winner won a Superdraw rollover jackpot on June 11 2019, and decided not to go public with their success.

9. Anonymous, £122,550,350

After nine rollovers, one lucky anonymous ticket-holder bagged more than £122 million in April 2021.

10. Anonymous, £121,328,187

Another of the UK’s top 10 lottery winners found their fortune through a Superdraw jackpot rollover, this time in April 2018.