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| The National Lottery operator says a claim has been made for a share of the 100m euro (£90m) Euromillions jackpot won by two British tickets on Friday. | The National Lottery operator says a claim has been made for a share of the 100m euro (£90m) Euromillions jackpot won by two British tickets on Friday. |
| Camelot said it still had to verify the claim for £45,570,835.50 - the UK's largest ever lottery prize. | Camelot said it still had to verify the claim for £45,570,835.50 - the UK's largest ever lottery prize. |
| The rest of the pot is still unclaimed and Camelot asked anyone who believed they may have won to come forward. | The rest of the pot is still unclaimed and Camelot asked anyone who believed they may have won to come forward. |
| If one person, rather than a syndicate, owns either ticket it will also be the UK's biggest ever individual win. | If one person, rather than a syndicate, owns either ticket it will also be the UK's biggest ever individual win. |
| Until now, the record single win was by former Royal Mail worker Angela Kelly, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, who scooped £35.4m in August 2007. | |
| Champagne on ice | |
| Camelot said no details of Friday's winner would be released until Monday at the earliest to allow time for the claim to be verified and the money paid out. | |
| "We have plenty of champagne on ice and are looking forward to welcoming the lucky ticketholders to the National Lottery millionaires' club," a spokeswoman added. | |
| The winning numbers on Friday were 19, 43, 45, 34, 11 and the Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9. | |
| Nine European countries participate in the EuroMillions lottery - Britain, the Irish Republic, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. | |
| In May a ticket bought in Spain broke the European lottery's record by netting a 126m euros (£110m) jackpot. |