EuroMillions £177m jackpot sees declare made by UK ticket-holder for third greatest ever win
A lucky Euromillions player has come forward to claim a life-changing £177m jackpot.
The National Lottery, has today confirmed that the prize was won by a single UK ticket-holder in the draw on Tuesday, November, 26 2024.
The player has won an incredible £177,033,699.20 making them the third biggest National Lottery winner of all time. They are the 19th UK winner of a prize worth over £100m and the fourth EuroMillions UK jackpot winner of 2024 so far.
National Lottery operator, Allwyn will now make sure that the player is taken through the process of validating the winning ticket and paying out the prize as quickly and efficiently as possible. During this process, the ticket-holder will have access to all the support and advice they may require and this will continue for as long as is needed.
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Support for the winner will include access to a financial panel, financial and legal advisors and access to private banking.
Supplementary to this, Allwyn’s experienced Winners’ Advisors team is on hand at every step of the way.
A Winners’ Advisor will meet the winner in person and, as well as being responsible for validating the ticket and arranging for the prize to be paid out, is on hand for practical advice and emotional support based on years of experience dealing with big National Lottery winners.
Winners’ Advisors continue to provide support to winners for as long as required. This winner will also have access to other publicity winners for first-hand and unique advice on what it is to be a big National Lottery winner. This holistic package of support is designed to ensure the wellbeing of all National Lottery winners.
Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at Allwyn, operator of The National Lottery, said, “We are delighted that we have received a claim and will now ensure the ticket-holder gets all the support they need. This is a truly amazing win, and we will focus on guiding them through the process and helping them to start to enjoy their life-changing win.
“The team here has huge experience of guiding all of our lucky National Lottery winners through the first steps in their journey of embracing their win.”
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As with all major prizes, the EuroMillions jackpot claim will now go through the process of validation, which includes checks to ensure the Games Rules Terms and Conditions are adhered to and the integrity of The National Lottery is protected. Subject to validation, the prize will then be paid at an appointment with one of The National Lottery’s Winners’ Advisers.
Once the ticket has been validated and paid, the ticket-holder will then decide whether or not to go public and share their news. There will be no information on whether they are an individual or syndicate winner, or where the ticket was purchased, unless the ticket-holder decides to go public.
The biggest UK EuroMillions jackpot win of all time was an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £195,707,000 in July 2022. Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester hold second place on the list, and are the biggest-ever publicity winners with a £184,262,899.10 jackpot win in the EuroMillions draw on 10 May 2022.
UK EuroMillions jackpot wins in 2024 include an anonymous ticket-holder who scooped a £24M jackpot prize in the draw on Friday 26 July, just three weeks after another anonymous UK player won a £33M jackpot prize in the draw on Friday 5 July. Richard and Debbie Nuttall from Lancashire shared the £123M jackpot prize in the draw on Tuesday 30 January with a winner in Spain, meaning the couple scooped a whopping £61M!
The National Lottery is celebrating 30 years of changing lives. Since it launched, over 7,400 millionaires have been made and more than £50 billion has been raised for Good Causes with more than 700,000 individual grants awarded. This money supports our nation’s heritage, the arts and sport, as well as helping grassroots projects in every local community.
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