Brit scoops record EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million
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A UK ticket-holder scooped the record EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million last night, making them the biggest National Lottery winner of all time.
The winning numbers were 06, 23, 27, 40, 41 - plus the Lucky Star numbers 02 and 12.
Camelot confirmed that one ticket matched all seven numbers allowing its owner to claim £195,707,000.00 to become the biggest jackpot winner in history.
The jackpot will leave the winner richer than singing superstar Adele who has a £150million fortune.
A UK ticket-holder has scooped the record EuroMillions jackpot of £195 million, the biggest National Lottery win of all time, Camelot said
Joe Thwaite, 49, and Jess Thwaite, 46, from Gloucestershire celebrated after winning the EuroMillions jackpot of £184m last month
Mansions, mega-yachts and Elon Musk's jet: What you can buy with the £195m jackpot
Elon Musk's £48m Gulf Stream private jet
Elon Musk's 99-foot long Gulfstream G650ER private jet
In 2016, the Tesla CEO purchased a 99-foot long Gulfstream G650ER, equipped with multiple big-screen televisions, fresh air circulation and 195 square feet for luggage storage.
The jet also features a spacious laboratory and four large living room spaces featuring cream-colored leather seats and wood furniture.
£70m SkyStyle superyacht
The stunning £70million ($90million) 'Unique 71' has a dramatic bow shaped like a giant knife
The stunning 233ft, £70million 'Unique 71' vessel is designed for 'comfort at high-speed cruising, penetrating into the air and water masses like a blade'.
On board are four decks that contain a helipad and an open-air swimming pool, as well as a sky lounge and a water-level dining stern.
The price tag would leave the couple with more than £100m still in the bank, while they could sleep up to 12 people with the six guest cabins.
Bottles upon bottles of Moet champagne
A bottle of Moet and Chandon champagne will set you back around £60. But with more than £195m of winnings, there is probably enough to fill a swimming pool.
The huge mansion dubbed 'the other Windsor Castle'
Fit for a king: The stunning nine-bedroom Harford Manor is set in 40 acres just outside Holyport, Berkshire
Boasting a 1,000-bottle wine cellar and a master suite with an impressive 16 wardrobes, Harford Manor is valued at around £30million.
The mansion has nine bedrooms, a double-height galleried entrance hall, five fireplaces, a grand piano, library, indoor pool and sauna, an office overlooking the third-of-a-mile driveway, boot room, chef's kitchen and gym within its 23,000 sq ft of living space.
The ticket-holder broke the previous EuroMillions record of £184million collected by British couple Joe and Jess Thwaite in May.
The stunning £195.7million prize would pay for 696 houses, based on the latest UK average price, Premier League team Southampton Football Club or a mansion in London's extremely sought-after area of Mayfair, complete with steam-room and plunge pool and cinema.
Camelot's Andy Carter said: 'What an amazing night for one UK ticket-holder who has scooped the biggest-ever EuroMillions jackpot of £195million.
'This winner has just become the biggest National Lottery winner of all time, the fourth lucky EuroMillions jackpot winner here this year and the 15th UK winner of over £100million.
'Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call if they think they are tonight's record-breaking lucky winner.'
Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester, who have two young children, won £184 million at the start of the summer.
Joe, 49, a communications sales engineer, and Jess, 44, who runs a hairdressing salon said the first purchase they made after becoming millionaires was furniture.
Mrs Thwaite told ITV: 'We bought bedroom furniture. We bought a chest of drawers and a wardrobe.'
She added: 'I didn't think it was real to be honest. I still don't think that it's real. The win gives us time to dream, which we haven't had before.' Of the previous British ticket-holders who won more than £100million most chose to remain anonymous.
But the huge fortunes can create pressure on relationships.
Before the Thwaite’s the previous record holder was held by an anonymous ticket-holder who claimed £170million in October 2019.
The third biggest winner came in October 2019 taking home a whopping £170 million in a Must Be Won draw, and decided to remain anonymous.
Coming in fourth place was Colin and Chris Weir from Largs, North Ayrshire who bagged £161,653,000 in July 2011.
Colin Weir spent £2.5 million of his winnings to invest in his beloved Partick Thistle football club, which led to one of the stands at the stadium to be named after him.
He later acquired 55% shareholding in the club, which he bequeathed into the hands of the local community after died in December 2019, aged 71.
However, the couple divorced in the same year as Colin’s death.
The couple also set up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 and donated £1 million to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.
Only 15 UK players have ever won a jackpot of more than £100 million.
In 2012, Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Suffolk, took home more than £148million but separated after a year.
Death, divorce and giving millions to charity: What happened to UK's previous biggest lottery winners
Joe and Jess Thwaite last month scooped a huge £184m jackpot in what is now the second biggest lottery win.
An anonymous ticket-holder held the previous record, taking £170million to the bank in October 2019 - one of only 14 players to have ever won a jackpot of more than £100million.
UK lottery winners have the option of revealing their identity or staying annoymous.
From the UK National Lottery's rich list, only three winners out of the ten chose have previously chosen to reveal themselves.
MAY 2022: Joe and Jess Thwaite
Jackpot: £184m
Mr and Mrs Thwaite celebrate by popping a bottle of champagne after revealing themselves as the winners of the grand prize this morning
Joe and Jess Thwaite, a couple from just outside Gloucester in their 40s, won a £184,262,899 jackpot with a Lucky Dip ticket on May 10.
The lucky pair, who have been married for 11 years, said they wanted to go public at hotel in Cheltenham as they did not want to put the 'burden' of keeping the secret on others.
Joe is a communications sales engineer, while Jess manages the business side of a hairdressing salon she runs with her mother Caroline and sister Rebecca in the affluent riverside town of Tewkesbury.
They have eight-year-old twin daughters together, while Mr Thwaite has two grown up children currently at university from a previous marriage.
The couple said they would share the win with extended family, with Mr Thwaite's ex-wife saying she was 'over the moon' for them.
Until recently the couple lived in smart four bedroom home where their priority was 'DIY' jobs around the property, but admitted their two children have 'always talked about going to Hawaii'.
January 2019: Patrick and Frances Connolly
Jackpot: £115m
EuroMillions lottery winners, Frances and Patrick Connolly pose during a photocall at the Culloden Hotel near Belfast, on January 4, 2019
Former social worker and teacher Frances Connolly and her husband Patrick won almost £115 million on New Year's Day in 2019.
She has already given away £60million to charity, as well as sharing her winnings with her friends and family, saying she is addicted to helping others.
Mrs Connolly, 55, from Northern Ireland, has already busted the charity budget she agreed for this year with husband Paddy - and has given away what they would have donated up to 2032.
She said helping others, whether with money or by volunteering her time, lifted people's spirits during lockdown.
The lottery winner has set up two charitable foundations, one named after her late mother Kathleen Graham in their native Northern Ireland, and the PFC Trust in Hartlepool, where the couple have lived for 30 years.
The couple, who have three daughters - Catrina and twins Fiona and Natalie - are not extravagant with their wealth and Mrs Connolly has no desire to buy a yacht.
Their biggest expenditure after their win was a six-bedroom house in County Durham with seven acres of land, while Mr Connolly drives a second-hand Aston Martin, but Mrs Connolly scoffed at the idea of spending £13,000 on a console table.
When she saw a TV show where someone in Monaco spent £25,000 on a bottle of champagne, she immediately thought that could have put a young person on the property ladder.
August 2012: Adrian and Gillian Bayford
Jackpot: £148m
Adrian Bayford and then wife Gillian, from Haverhill, Suffolk, pictured in August 2021 after it was announced they had won a jackpot of just over £148 million
In August 2012, Mr and Mrs Bayford won 190 million euro in a EuroMillions draw, which amounted to just over £148 million.
The couple used their winnings to buy a Grade-II listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with cinema and billiards room.
But within a year their marriage ended and Gillian moved back to Scotland with her half share of the winnings, where she launched a property company.
She has since remarried and had her third child with her second husband.
Bayford remained in the Grade 2 listed property but after a series of relationships failed he put it up for sale and moved north to be closer to his children.
July 2011: Colin and Chris Weir
Jackpot: £161.6m
Chris and Colin Weir, who were later divorced, celebrate after winning jackpot of £161.6million in July 2011 - the then record for a lottery haul
Colin and Chris Weir, from North Ayrshire, bagged a jackpot of £161.6million in July 2011 - the then record for a lottery haul.
Mr Weir sadly died aged 71 in 2019, eight years after he won the jackpot.
Mr and Mrs Weir, 62, were granted a divorce during the summer after 38 years of marriage. It is understood that they had been living apart for nearly a year prior to his death.
They had two children together, Carly and Jamie.
Mr Weir was known for his support for the SNP and his love of Partick Thistle Football Club.
He secured a majority stake in the Glasgow club in a seven-figure deal – and promised to give the 55 per cent shareholding to a fans group.
Mr Weir also helped the Jags to set up the Thistle Weir Youth Academy and a section of the club's Firhill Stadium was named the Colin Weir Stand in his honour.
A former STV cameraman, he also made a donation to a community football club in his home town of Largs after setting up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 with his wife.
They had both been forced to give up work early and nursed each other through years of ill health before they became the 22nd richest people in Scotland after their £161,653,000 win.
Overnight, they entered the Sunday Times Rich List above Beatle Ringo Starr and singer Sir Tom Jones but shunned the lavish lifestyle decided to go on holiday to Brighton following.
One of the first items Mr Weir purchased following the amazing jackpot win was a checked sports jacket similar to the one worn by Scotsport legend Arthur Montford.
The couple ended up buying a number of homes, including for their son Jamie, who was working in a call centre, and daughter Carly, who was studying photography. They also bought homes for their close friends.
Soon after the life-changing windfall, they moved out of their own three-bedroom home into Knock House - a mansion set in 23 acres of gardens and woods in the hills above Largs, complete with cinema, pool and stables.
They bought it for £850,000 before selling it in 2016 to an overseas trust in a £1.4million deal.
They also went on to replaced their humble Suzuki for a £160,000 fleet of cars for the couple, their family and friends.
