The claim will go through a series of checks before the lucky winner, who has yet to be announced, will receive their prize money. Information about whether the claimant is an individual ticket holder or part of a syndicate or where the ticket was purchased will not be released unless the ticket holder chooses to be released. Andy Carter, Camelot’s senior national lottery winning adviser, said: “This is absolutely incredible news.” The winning EuroMillions numbers from Tuesday’s draw were 6, 23, 27, 40, 41, as well as Lucky Star numbers 2 and 12. One ticket matched all seven numbers to win £195,707,000 – making them the biggest jackpot winner of all time. He added: “Last night history was made with the biggest ever National Lottery prize won by a UK player and we are ecstatic to have received a claim. “Our focus now is to support the ticket holder through the process and help them begin to enjoy their truly life-changing and record-breaking win.” Once confirmed, the windfall means the winner will be richer than pop moguls Adele, who is worth £150m, and Tom Jones, who is worth £180m, according to this year’s Sunday Times Rich List. Only 15 UK players have won jackpots of more than £100m, including previous record holders Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, who won £184m in May. “I looked at the amount and put the phone down,” Joe told a press conference near Cheltenham after their win. “And I picked up the phone again and looked at the amount again. Subscribe to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am. BST “At first I thought it was in the thousands,” he said, but then he “started counting the numbers,” adding: “Amazing, but also surreal.” His wife, Jess, added: “We just want to create that lifestyle for our kids. We’re just at rock bottom because we’ve pushed everything to get this house and have our ponies at home and that’s been our dream.” The couple also commented on the growing cost of living crisis, with 9% inflation pushing prices to unmanageable levels, saying they too were feeling the pressure. Before that, the previous record was held by an anonymous ticket holder who raised £170 million in October 2019.
