National Lottery ticket hunt is ON! Mega £33million EuroMillions prize is scooped by Briton
Close up of man filling in EuroMillions Lotto lottery form
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A mystery Briton has scooped a staggering £33million EuroMillions prize - and the hunt is on to find who the lucky recipient is.
One ticket bought in the UK matched all five mains numbers plus the two lucky stars, nabbing the whopping eight-figure sum, the National Lottery announced.
The winner - when they come forward - will bag themselves a life-changing £33,078,306.60.
Yesterday evening’s winning numbers were 11, 13, 29, 31 and 47, with the Lucky Stars 01 and 11.
The hunt is on for the lucky winner - could it be you?
GETTYAndy Carter, senior winners' advisor at the National Lottery, said it was an "amazing night" for the ticket holder.
He said: “What an amazing night for a single UK ticket-holder who has scooped tonight's fantastic £33million EuroMillions jackpot.
“What a great way to start the month.
“Players are urged to check their tickets and to give us a call if they think they are tonight's lucky winner.
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“By playing any National Lottery game, players generate £30million each week for National Lottery-funded projects.
“This money helps fund projects across the nation, with over 690,000 grants - supporting projects both big and small - having been made across the UK to date.”
Earlier this year, a colossal £61million was won on the EuroMillions lottery, with a couple in Lancashire taking home the jackpot.
However, initially, Richard and Debbie Nuttall, both 54, believed they had only won £2.60 in the draw.
The pair won a life-changing £61million on the draw
Anthony Devlin/Allwyn/PA WireThe couple were holidaying in Fuerteventura celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary when they found out the life-changing news.
Richard said they first believed that they had won £2.60 in the draw. They went about their day enjoying the sunny island when they received another email telling them to check their account.
“I thought it was odd and there must be a glitch in the system to get a duplicate email but I logged in again to my National Lottery account to check,” he explained.
“We were totally stunned, it said we had won over £61million,” said the lucky winner.
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