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Ten winners of EuroMillions jackpots in the UK have collectively won over £1.25 billion, highlighting the immense financial impact of the National Lottery.
Colin Weir’s legacy includes the establishment of the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013, which contributed £1 million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.
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The UK has witnessed some remarkable National Lottery wins, with ten significant victories recorded in EuroMillions draws. The largest lottery win to date was £195 million, claimed by an anonymous ticket-holder on July 19, 2022.
In second place, Gloucester residents Joe and Jess Thwaite won £184,262,899.10 with a Lucky Dip ticket on May 10, 2022. At the time of their win, Joe was a communications sales engineer, while Jess ran a hairdressing salon.
The third highest win was £177 million, claimed anonymously after the EuroMillions draw on November 26, 2024. This win not only made the anonymous individual one of the wealthiest in the UK but also surpassed the fortunes of several celebrities, including Dua Lipa and Michael Buble.
Other notable winnings include amounts of £171 million and £170 million from previous EuroMillions draws. The Weirs, from North Ayrshire, won £161 million in 2011, and they later established a charitable trust with a significant donation to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.
The ongoing interest in these lottery wins reflects the changing fortunes of individuals across the UK as they navigate their new wealth.
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Single UK ticket-holder wins £181,000,000 EuroMillions jackpot | News UK
Here are the 10 biggest UK lottery wins to date – all from EuroMillions draws – and what some of the winners did with their fortunes.
– Anonymous, £195,707,000
A UK ticket-holder scooped a EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million on July 19, 2022.
– Joe and Jess Thwaite, £184,262,899.10
Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, scooped a then record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for the draw on May 10, 2022.
At the time, Joe was a communications sales engineer, and Jess ran a hairdressing salon with her sister.
– Anonymous, £177,033,699.20
A UK ticket-holder became the third biggest National Lottery winner after receiving a £177 million jackpot.
The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, came forward to claim the EuroMillions jackpot after the draw on November 26, 2024.
They became immediately wealthier than popstar Dua Lipa, who is worth an estimated £104 million, and Michael Buble, worth around £63 million.
– Anonymous, £171,815,297.80
A UK ticket-holder scooped £171,815,297.80 in the September 23, 2022 draw – at the time the country’s third biggest National Lottery win.
– Anonymous, £170,221,000
The fifth biggest winner of the National Lottery to date scooped £170 million in 2019 after matching all the numbers in a Must Be Won draw on October 8.
– Colin and Chris Weir, £161,653,000
Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, North Ayrshire, bagged their historic winnings on July 12, 2011, making them the biggest UK winners at the time.
Colin invested £2.5 million in his beloved Partick Thistle FC, which led to one of the stands at the stadium being named after him.
He later acquired a 55% shareholding in the club, which was passed into the hands of the local community upon his death in December 2019, aged 71.
The couple also set up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 and donated £1 million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. They divorced in the year of Colin’s death.
– Adrian and Gillian Bayford, £148,656,000
Adrian and Gillian, from Haverhill, Suffolk, won 190 million euros in a EuroMillions draw on August 10, 2012, which came to just over £148 million.
The couple bought a Grade II-listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with cinema and billiards room, but it was sold in 2021, some years after the pair divorced.
– Anonymous, £123,458,008
The eighth biggest National Lottery winner won a Superdraw rollover jackpot on June 11, 2019, and decided not to go public with their success.
– Anonymous, £122,550,350
After nine rollovers, one lucky ticket-holder bagged more than £122 million in April 2021.
Anonymous, £121,328,187
Another of the UK’s top 10 lottery winners found their fortune through a Superdraw jackpot rollover, this time in April 2018.