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UK Euromillions ticket wins £113m | |
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A ticket bought in the UK has won a record £113m (129m euros) in the Euromillions lottery draw, according to UK operator Camelot. | |
Camelot said the win is the biggest lottery prize ever won by one ticket in the UK, but it is not known yet if the winner is an individual or a syndicate. | |
It was "looking forward to welcoming the lucky ticket-holder to the National Lottery millionaires' club". | |
Earlier a technical problem had affected online ticket sales in the UK. | |
Connection problems between Camelot's system and some banks meant sales could not go through between 1845 and 1915 BST, a Camelot spokeswoman said. | Connection problems between Camelot's system and some banks meant sales could not go through between 1845 and 1915 BST, a Camelot spokeswoman said. |
The spokeswoman said Camelot did not know how many people had been affected by the glitch and added the matter had been "completely out of our hands". | The spokeswoman said Camelot did not know how many people had been affected by the glitch and added the matter had been "completely out of our hands". |
Sales for Saturday's Lotto draws continue until Saturday evening. | |
The previous record lottery win in the UK was £84.4m, which was won on Euromillions in May of this year. | |
That surpassed the £56m won on Euromillions by Nigel Page and Justine Laycock, from Gloucestershire, three months earlier. | |
The Euromillions numbers were 9, 30, 35, 39, 46, with lucky stars 6 and 8. | |
Tickets for Euromillions are sold in nine countries - the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Irish Republic, Portugal and Switzerland. | |
Camelot is the operator for the competition in the UK. | Camelot is the operator for the competition in the UK. |