Somone could win the biggest lottery prize in UK history in tonight’s EuroMillions draw.
The estimated jackpot now stands at £208 million, having rolled over from Tuesday’s £199 million draw which had no winner.
A single-ticket winner would instantly become wealthier than Adele, Dua Lipa, Gareth Bale or Rory McIlroy.
Allwyn, which operates the National Lottery, said Friday’s jackpot would be the biggest prize the UK has ever seen if someone claims the top prize.
Players will be able to watch the draw live from 8.45pm on the National Lottery website or YouTube channel.
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The current record-holding prize pot of £195 million was won by an anonymous UK ticket-holder in July 2022.
Two months earlier, Gloucester couple Joe and Jess Thwaite won £184 million with a Lucky Dip ticket.
Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser, said: ‘We are now on the verge of potentially creating the biggest National Lottery winner this country has ever seen – making a single UK winner instantly richer than the likes of Adele and Dua Lipa while also landing them at the number one spot on The National Lottery’s biggest wins list.’
Tuesday’s National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers were: 12, 15, 38, 47, 48.
The Lucky Stars were: 05, 07.
Previous British winners include those who scooped £83,000,000 in January and the £65,000,000 jackpot in February.
Other recent wins include the Easter Lotto draw, in which three people won £1million, and in April a single ticket holder claimed a £5.2million jackpot – not quite as big as the sum on offer this week, but still a life-changing amount of cash.
There are a number of popular superstitions about ways you could slightly boost your chances of winning.
Some reckon buying a ticket in a shop rather than online helps – but Lottery organisers have repeatedly said they have no way of telling who wins besides their numbers.
They told Metro: ‘It’s up to you – buy your ticket in your local corner shop, or on the app sat in the bath, how you buy your ticket has no impact on your chances of winning.
‘The key point is to have a ticket, without one your chance is zero.’
The amount of times a number has been drawn also doesn’t play a role in boosting your chances.
Lottery.co.uk reckons the least drawn EuroMillions numbers are 22 and 40, and the numbers 26, 11 and 16 are the most overdue to feature in a draw soon.
Similarly, some superstitious players use a fixed set of numbers every time, maybe choosing lucky numbers, memorable dates, or the birthdays of loved ones.
But the National Lottery spokesperson said neither of these improve your chances, saying: ‘Any set of numbers can be drawn so sticking with one set doesn’t make a statistical difference.
‘However we are all drawn to our own lucky numbers and plenty of winners will say it is these that have helped then bank a big prize.
‘Statistically there is no reason why the same set of numbers couldn’t come up in every single draw.’
But there are plenty of other countries which take part in the EuroMillions draw – and some have been luckier than others.
And if you’ve ever wanted to know what actually happens when you win the EuroMillions lottery, Metro has the answers.
This article was originally published on Tuesday, June 3.
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