EuroMillions jackpot reaches £86,000,000 after no one wins
The EuroMillions jackpot has reached a life-changing £86 million after no one claimed the winning ticket last night.
Some £75 million was up for grabs last night in the lottery, but as it went unclaimed the winning pot will roll over to be played on Friday.
Two players – both from the UK – did manage to match five numbers plus one star, earning them both £206,403.30.
But at least one person from the UK would have been made a millionaire last night as part of the ‘UK Millionaire Maker’.
Each entry automatically includes a unique code which enters the player into an additional draw, with a guaranteed £1 million winner.
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One winner, from West Sussex, from January 2 was found on Monday night after winning a Millionaire Maker ticket.
They have not yet been named.
What happens when you win the Lottery?
Once you have managed to find the ticket and check the numbers really match, you should call the number on the back of the ticket connecting to the lottery line.
You will then get a call from the winner’s advisor who will then come visit you in person, ideally the next day.
You can read more about what happens during each step after winning here.
In Bexley, south east London, someone is sitting on a £10,600,000 lottery win after drawing the winning ticket on October 10.
National Lottery bosses want the mystery player to step forward and they only have until April 2 to claim their winnings.
If they don’t step forward, the money will be donated to National Lottery Projects like re-wilding efforts and supporting youth care workers.
‘This purchase has changed my life forever’
Winning the lottery is life-changing, to say the least – and Sean Henderson knows this all too well.
Sean, 39, will receive £10,000 every month for 30 years on The National Lottery’s Set For Life Game after winning in December.
All because the carpenter popped to Co-Op in Ilfracombe to buy tea, because there were no parking spaces at the Lidl nearby.
He said: ‘I was feeling lucky, and it turns out that I certainly was! This purchase has changed my life forever – and that of my little boy’s too!’
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