Lucky ticket holder comes forward to claim the £122m EuroMillions jackpot to become UK's fifth biggest lottery winner
- The player matched all five EuroMillions numbers as well as the two Lucky Stars
- Camelot said the claim will be validated and then paid out, subject to the checks
- Comes after another ticket-holder won £39m prize in draw on New Year's DayA lucky ticket holder has come forward to claim the £122m EuroMillions jackpot to become the UK's fifth biggest lottery winner.
The player matched all five EuroMillions numbers as well as the two Lucky Stars to win a massive £122,550,350.80.
Camelot said the claim will now go through the process of validation. Subject to those checks, the prize will then be paid out.
A lucky ticket holder has come forward to claim the £122m EuroMillions jackpot to become the UK's fifth biggest lottery winner
Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at the National Lottery, said: 'What an Easter weekend for one lucky player.
'They have become the fifth biggest winner in UK National Lottery history and have a fortune which can make their dreams come true.
'We will now look to support the ticket-holder through the process and help them to start to enjoy their life-changing win.'
The winning numbers are 04, 21, 34, 40, 47, and the Lucky Stars are 02 and 05.
It is the second UK EuroMillions jackpot winner this year, after another lucky ticket-holder won the £39 million prize in the draw on New Year's Day.
The lucky winner, whoever they are, may wish to celebrate with wine and flowers and could now afford a bottle of Krug Collection 1988 champagne, at £890 a bottle, and a Cullinan bouquet for an eye-watering £20,000.And while holiday bookings are still uncertain for Britons this summer, they could treat their partner to a private island, such as Cave Cay in the Bahamas - costing 60 million dollars (£43 million) - which they could afford to buy, twice.
The win will also put them into the top 1,000 on the Sunday Times Rich List 2020.
The highest ever UK winner claimed a jackpot of £170 million in October 2019, but chose to stay anonymous.
Colin Weir and wife Chris, from Largs in North Ayrshire, claimed the second highest prize - £161 million - in July 2011.
The couple set up the Weir Charitable Trust and made a donation to a community football club in Largs before Mr Weir's death in 2019 after a short illness.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, took home more than £148 million in August 2012 and the fourth highest UK winner - who took home £123 million - also remained anonymous.
The record for the highest amount ever won on EuroMillions was set in February this year when a Swiss player took home 210 million euro, the equivalent of almost £180 million.
Who is the biggest ever UK lottery winner? Two couples and a former car mechanic top list
Here are the ten previous UK winners of the EuroMillions draw so far
1. In July 2011, Colin and Chris Weir became Europe's biggest lottery winners when they scooped more than £161million.
The couple, who have been married for 30 years, said they were ‘not scared’ of the wealth because they were going to have ‘so much fun’ with the money.
The pair, a retired TV cameraman and a retired psychiatric nurse, from Largs, in Ayrshire, said their children Carly, a photography student, and Jamie, a call centre worker, would be bought their own homes and cars.
The family made a £1million donation to the SNP shortly after winning.
Colin and Chris Weir became Europe's biggest lottery winners when they scooped more than £161million in 2011
2. Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, took home more than £148 million in August 2012.
The marriage ended just 15 months into their new jackpot winning lives, citing the stress of the money as the reason they needed to split.
At the time, a spokesman for Mrs Bayford said: 'Gillian Bayford confirms that her marriage to Adrian has broken down irretrievably and they have separated.'
It came after Mrs Bayford was forced to deny she had an affair with the couple's gardener, Chris Tovey.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, took home more than £148 million in August 2012
3. An anonymous ticket-holder took home £123m in July
4. Patrick and Frances Connolly from County Armagh scooped the entire £115million EuroMillions jackpot on New Year's Day 2019
5. An unnamed ticket-holder claimed just over £113million in October 2010, and chose not go public.
6. Neil Trotter, from south London, won nearly £108million, going from former car mechanic to multimillionaire in March 2014.
Neighbours in Croydon described he and partner Nicky Ottaway moved out ‘almost overnight’ after they scooped the EuroMillions jackpot last March.
Mr Trotter admitted at the time that he was like his namesake, Del Boy Trotter from Only Fools And Horses.
Neil Trotter, with partner Nicky Ottaway, won nearly £108million, going from former car mechanic to multimillionaire in March 2014
7. Steve Thomson and his wife Lenka, from West Sussex, became the UK's biggest EuroMillions winners when they claimed a prize worth £105million in November 2019.
8. A couple from Cambridgeshire, Dave and Angela Dawes, won more than £101million on their third go on the EuroMillions draw in October 2011.
Mr Dawes said he 'didn't sleep a wink' the night of the win, as it was too late to call Camelot after the couple checked their numbers.
Last year, the couple were taken to court by his son, an Afghanistan veteran, Michael Dawes, 32, who said he was 'ungenerous in spirit'.
But a judge ruled the millionaire father does not need to keep bailing out his son, who burnt through £1.6million in two years, and came back for more, failing to heed his stepmother's advice to stop eating at the Ritz and go to McDonald's instead.
Dave and Angela Dawes won more than £101million on their third go on the EuroMillions draw in October 2011
9. A UK winner got a £93 million payout in June 2015, but decided to remain anonymous.
10. The Davies from Wales family won £61million on the EuroMillions in 2016
Stephanie Davies, 23 is said to have 'reluctantly' purchased the ticket at the time after her mother Sonia called her from Florida begging her to go out and buy one.
Keith Reynolds, Sonia Davies, Stephanie, Courtney Davies and Steve Powell all scooped money on the jackpot and said they were the 'luckiest people' on the planet to have won.
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