The couple also set up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 and donated £1 million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. He later acquired 55% shareholding in the club, which was to be passed into the hands of the local community upon his death. The second biggest winner of the National Lottery to date scooped £170 million in October 2019, after matching all the numbers in a Must Be Won draw.Ĭolin and Chris Weir from Largs, North Ayrshire, bagged their historic winnings in July 2011, making them the biggest UK winners at the time.Ĭolin used £2.5 million of his fortune to invest in his beloved Partick Thistle football club, which led to one of the stands at the stadium to be named after him. It means 15 players have won a jackpot of more than £100 million in the history of the National Lottery. The UK's biggest-ever lottery winner has been crowned on Tuesday, with a £184 million EuroMillions jackpot. He added: 'Players are urged to check their tickets and give us a call if they think they are tonight's lucky winner.' They have become the UK's biggest ever National Lottery winner.' Andy Carter, from the National Lottery, said: 'What an amazing night for one UK ticket holder who has scooped the incredible £184million EuroMillions jackpot. But it was sold in 2021 after the pair divorced.Īnd Frances and Patrick Connolly, who won nearly £115million on New Year's Day 2019, set up charitable foundations with their jackpot money.
They divorced in 2019.Īdrian and Gillian Bayford won £148.6million in August 2012 and bought a Grade II-listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with a cinema and billiards room. The couple also set up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 and donated £1million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. Mr Weir invested £2.5million in his beloved Partick Thistle football club – acquiring a 55 per cent shareholding. Their jackpot is now the third biggest ever won in the UK. Colin and Chris Weir from Largs, North Ayrshire won £161.6million in July 2011, making them the biggest UK winners at the time. Seven of the ten biggest UK winners have remained anonymous but some winners have invested in football clubs, bought sprawling estates and given millions to charity. EuroMillions tickets are sold there on account of it being part of French Polynesia. The winner was a young woman living in Tahiti, in the Pacific Islands. The jackpot limit was increased in October last year after someone won record €220 million prize - the highest ever won in the EuroMillions lottery. Tuesday night's win stopped the jackpot from rolling over to the EuroMillions limit of €230 million, which would have likely been offered on Friday. One ticket matched all seven numbers to win £184,262,899.10
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The winning EuroMillions numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9. The winner is also catapulted to the top of the National Lottery's rich list. The winner can now buy four Caribbean islands, with a few million to spare, or the equivalent of 11 six-bedroom luxury properties in London's affluent Hyde Park. The win instantly makes the holder worth more than footballers Harry Kane (£33 million) and Paul Pogba (£64 million) combined. It is the biggest jackpot win since the EuroMillions was set up almost 20 years ago in 2004. Overnight, the single ticket holder has become one of the nation's 1,000 richest people, worth more than stars like Robbie Williams, Sir Tom Jones and Ed Sheeran. The wait now begins for the winner to come forward a claim their winnings. One ticket matched all seven numbers to win £184,262,899.10. One lucky UK ticket-holder has won tonight's £184 million EuroMillions jackpot, becoming the UK's biggest ever National Lottery winner, Camelot has said.
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