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UK lottery ticket in £26.1m win UK player stakes claim for £26.1m
(about 8 hours later)
One UK ticket holder has won £26.1m in the Euromillions draw - the fourth biggest Euromillions prize in British lottery history. A UK ticketholder has come forward to claim Britain's fifth biggest Euromillions prize of £26.1m.
The winning numbers on Friday's draw were 11, 26, 29, 49 and 50, plus Lucky Star numbers 4 and 7. If verified, the winner could collect £26,151,124.20 when the banks open on Monday. The Euromillions jackpot is shared with a ticketholder in France.
It comes after Les and Sam Scadding from South Wales and a syndicate from Liverpool each took home £45.5m jackpots in November last year. A National Lottery spokesman said the win "continues the nation's great run of luck with big Euromillions winners across the past few years".
The National Lottery said it was "fantastic" to have another UK winner. A south Wales couple and a syndicate in Liverpool each won £45.5m last year.
"We have plenty of champagne on ice and look forward to welcoming the ticket holder into our millionaires club," said a National Lottery spokeswoman. The winning numbers in Friday's Euromillions were 11, 26, 29, 49 and 50, plus Lucky Star numbers 4 and 7.
She added: "Over 2,350 people have become a millionaire across the 15 years of the National Lottery and players have to date raised a massive £23bn for good causes." "We are looking forward to welcoming this ticket holder to our millionaires' club which is already 2,350 strong," said the National Lottery spokesman.
The third-largest prize, outranked only by the two £45.5m winners, was the £35.4m won by Angela Kelly, of Glasgow, in August 2007. He added: "Euromillions players in the UK have contributed to the massive £24bn raised for good causes across the last 15 years."
The £45.5m prizes won by Les and Sam Scadding and the Liverpool syndicate in November last year are the UK's largest Euromillions pay-outs.
A prize of £35.4m was won by Angela Kelly, of Glasgow, in August 2007, with an anonymous ticket holder collecting £26.5m the same month.