{"id":469379,"date":"2026-03-11T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469379\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:43:08","slug":"single-uk-ticket-holder-wins-181m-jackpot-in-euromillions-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469379\/","title":{"rendered":"Single UK ticket-holder wins \u00a3181m jackpot in EuroMillions draw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A single UK ticket holder has secured a staggering \u00a3181m EuroMillions <\/a>jackpot<\/a>, marking one of the largest lottery wins in British history<\/a>. <\/p>\n

This \u201clife-changing\u201d sum, precisely \u00a3181,073,415.70, makes it the third-biggest National Lottery prize<\/a> ever claimed in the UK, according to operator Allwyn.<\/p>\n

The fortunate player successfully matched all five main numbers \u2013 12, 14, 27, 44, and 50 \u2013 along with both Lucky Star numbers, 04 and 12. <\/p>\n

The draw also saw other significant UK wins, including one ticket holder who scooped \u00a3355,164.90 by matching five main numbers and one Lucky Star, and another who secured \u00a316,601.50 for matching the five main numbers.<\/p>\n

Andy Carter, senior winners<\/a>\u2019 advisor at Allwyn, said: \u201cBrilliant news, someone in the UK has scooped a life-changing \u00a3181m! That makes this the biggest win of 2026 so far and the third biggest UK National Lottery<\/a> winner of all time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith that size fortune, this lucky winner would have wealth on a par with the likes of Adele (worth an estimated \u00a3170m). Just imagine the kind of lifestyle that could unlock!<\/p>\n

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A UK ticket holder has scooped a \u00a3181m jackpot (Yui Mok\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who bought a ticket should take a moment to check it carefully \u2013 you could be the winner we\u2019re looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s jackpot now stands at an estimated \u00a314m.<\/p>\n

In November, a lucky Euromillions player won a \u00a3157m jackpot<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The ticket holder, from France, correctly selected the five winning numbers and two lucky stars. <\/p>\n

When people win the lottery, a 180-day countdown starts from the day the numbers are drawn to claim their prize. After that time, all unclaimed money \u2013 and any interest earned \u2013 goes to the National Lottery Good Causes fund.<\/p>\n

Patrick Lisoire, consumer communications manager at National Lottery operator Allwyn, told The Independent that people with paper tickets are less likely to claim their wins than online players.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s retail tickets that may go unclaimed because you buy a paper ticket, if you misplace it, if you don\u2019t get around to checking it in time, although it is nearly six months, those tickets could expire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online players are reminded repeatedly to check their login via phone and email, so people are more likely to claim them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-469379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}