Britons share EuroMillions jackpot
Angela Kelly from Falkirk was the UK's previous biggest winner with £35.4m
Saturday, 07, Nov 2009 09:57
By inthenews.co.uk staff.
Two tickets, both from the UK, will share the largest ever lottery prize ever given out in this country after Friday night's 100m euro (£91.1m) EuroMillions jackpot draw.
Each ticket will scoop a little over £45.5m, lottery operator Camelot has confirmed, after matching the two Lucky Star numbers (five and nine) and the five main numbers 11, 19, 34, 43, and 45.
It is still to be confirmed whether the winning tickets are held by individuals rather than syndicates.
However, if either has been bought by a single person then it would break the current winnings record of £35.4m banked by Angela Kelly, from Airth Castle near Falkirk in Scotland, in the same lottery two years ago.
The biggest ever European win was recorded in May this year when a ticket bought in Spain netted 126m euro (£110m).