Two UK ticket-holders have each gained more than £41 million after they shared Tuesday’s EuroMillions jackpot with a winner in France, National Lottery operator Allwyn mentioned.
Tonight’s estimated jackpot was £126 million.
Two tickets purchased in the UK and one purchased in France matched all seven numbers and shared the jackpot, profitable £41,844,862.30 each.
The National Lottery EuroMillions profitable numbers had been: 13, 16, 29, 40, 47. The fortunate stars had been: 03, 04.
In the Millionaire Maker Selection was HVHT22088. One UK millionaire was created.
Andy Carter, the senior winners’ advisor at Allwyn, urged gamers to test their tickets, saying: “It’s been another great night for EuroMillions players as two lucky UK winners have won an incredible share of tonight’s £126 million jackpot prize.
“These lucky ticket-holders join the £181 million jackpot winner from 10 March – another big UK win.”
Friday’s jackpot is now an estimated £14 million.
It comes after a UK ticket-holder won £181m in the EuroMillions in March – the third-largest win in UK National Lottery historical past.
Another large win was awarded to a UK ticket-holder who scooped the document EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million on 19 July 2022.
Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester collected a then record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for a May 2022 draw.
At the time of their life-changing win, Joe was a communications gross sales engineer and his spouse Jess ran a hairdressing salon along with her sister.
A ticket-holder in France additionally gained the record-setting EuroMillions jackpot of €250 million – an estimated £210 million – in August final 12 months.
When individuals win the lottery, a 180-day countdown begins from the day the numbers are drawn to assert their prize. After that point, all unclaimed cash – and any curiosity earned – goes to the National Lottery Good Causes fund.
