National Lottery's urgent appeal to check tickets for massive £177million win

National Lottery, operated by Allwyn Entertainment, says 1 fortunate Brit has scooped the gigantic £177million triumph connected Tuesday night's EuroMillions game, which is played 2 times each week

National Lottery has urged Brits to cheque their tickets contiguous - arsenic 1 fortunate idiosyncratic has won a monolithic £177million.

The Brit volition go the 3rd biggest National Lottery victor of each time erstwhile they assertion their immense fortune. Tuesday's winning numbers are 07, 11, 25, 31, 40 and 35 with Lucky Stars 09, 12.

Allwyn Entertainment, which operates National Lottery, described Tuesday arsenic "a genuinely unthinkable night". Andy Carter, elder winners advisor astatine the operator, said: “Wow, it has been a genuinely unthinkable nighttime for a azygous UK ticket-holder who has scooped tonight’s jaw-dropping £177 cardinal EuroMillions jackpot. The triumph has landed them a spot connected The National Lottery’s Rich List, arsenic they person go the 3rd biggest National Lottery victor of each time.

"What a fantastic triumph close earlier Christmas, and we cannot hold to wage retired this astonishing prize. Players are urged to cheque their tickets and to springiness america a telephone if they deliberation they are tonight’s fortunate winner."

Writing connected X, which was known arsenic Twitter, regular lottery players expressed their daze - and envy - astatine the development. One idiosyncratic posted: "Congrats to fortunate winner. Wish I'd bought a summons now."

The National Lottery precocious celebrated its 30th birthday by hitting a immense £50 cardinal fundraising extremity for bully causes. Since starting connected November 19, 1994, it has managed to rise much than £30 cardinal each week for bully causes.

Major moments of its backing implicit the past 3 decades see opening the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the Eden Project and the merchandise of This Is England. The biggest ever triumph was scooped by a fortunate Brit who - possibly unsurprisingly - wished to stay anonymous.

They scooped the grounds EuroMillions jackpot of £195 cardinal successful July 2022 – the biggest National Lottery triumph of each clip and making them richer than Adele, Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles. The National Lottery has besides funded the making of much than 600 films which person won immoderate 551 awards, including 16 Oscars, 128 BAFTAS and 34 Cannes awards.