The lucky couple who won a staggering £184m on the EuroMillions last week will go public today (Thursday).
After winning the enormous jackpot on May 10, the pair from Gloucestershire became the UK's biggest ever National Lottery winners, and have now decided to tell the world about their eye-watering win. Camelot said the two will talk to the press on Thursday, as well as sharing what they plan to do with the cash.
A spokesperson told the Mirror : "They share some of their plans for the win and how it will transform the lives of their whole family." The UK's last record-breaking lottery win took place in October 2019, when an anonymous ticket-holder won £170million.
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Camelot’s Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said, “This is absolutely incredible news! Last night saw history made with the biggest ever National Lottery prize won by a single UK ticket-holder, and we’re ecstatic that we’ve now received a claim.
"Our focus now is on supporting the ticket-holder through the process and helping them start to enjoy their truly life-changing and record-breaking win.” It was the second EuroMillions jackpot won in the UK this year - with the £109million being scooped up in February.
In 2021, five UK ticket-holders banked an incredible EuroMillions jackpot win including one who bagged an amazing £122.5million jackpot prize in April and another who won a £111million jackpot in June. The biggest winners to ever go public were Frances and Patrick Connolly.
They scooped £114,969,775 after hitting the jackpot on New Year's Day in 2019 - and decided to tell all. The pair, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, won after buying a Lucky Dip ticket and celebrated their astonishing win with a hug and a cuppa.
Last week's win dwarfs the estimated worth of Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon (£150m), Adele (£130m) and boxer Anthony Joshua (£115m).
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