Who are the 10 biggest UK lottery winners?

A UK ticket-holder has won £177 cardinal successful Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw.

But it is not the largest prize a idiosyncratic has won successful this country.

Here are the 10 biggest UK lottery winners – each from EuroMillions draws – and what immoderate of them did with their fortunes.

A UK ticket-holder scooped the grounds EuroMillions jackpot of £195 cardinal connected July 19 2022 – the biggest National Lottery triumph of each time.

– Joe and Jess Thwaite, £184,262,899.10

Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, scooped a past record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip summons for the gully connected May 10 2022.

At the time, Joe was a communications income engineer, and Jess ran a hairdressing salon with her sister.

– Unclaimed summons holder, £177 million

Tuesday’s victor is wealthier than erstwhile One Direction subordinate Harry Styles and heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua, who are some worthy £175 million, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.

Players person been urged to cheque their tickets to spot if they tin assertion the prize.

– Anonymous, £170,221,000

The 4th biggest victor of the National Lottery to day scooped £170 cardinal successful October 2019, aft matching each the numbers successful a Must Be Won draw.

– Colin and Chris Weir, £161,653,000

Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs, North Ayrshire, bagged their historical winnings successful July 2011, making them the biggest UK winners astatine the time.

Colin utilized £2.5 cardinal of his luck to put successful his beloved Partick Thistle Football Club, which led to 1 of the stands astatine the stadium being named aft him.

He aboriginal acquired a 55% shareholding successful the club, which was to beryllium passed into the hands of the section assemblage upon his death. He died successful December 2019, aged 71.

The mates besides acceptable up the Weir Charitable Trust successful 2013 and donated £1 cardinal to the Scottish independency referendum successful 2014. They divorced successful the aforesaid twelvemonth arsenic Colin’s death.

– Adrian and Gillian Bayford, £148,656,000

Adrian and Gillian won 190 cardinal euros successful a EuroMillions gully successful August 2012, which came to conscionable implicit £148 million.

The mates bought a Grade II listed property successful Cambridgeshire, implicit with cinema and billiards room, but it was sold successful 2021, immoderate years aft the brace divorced, arsenic reported by The Mirror.

– Anonymous, £123,458,008

The seventh biggest National Lottery victor won a Superdraw rollover jackpot successful June 2019, and decided not to spell nationalist with their success.

– Anonymous, £122,550,350

After 9 rollovers, 1 fortunate anonymous ticket-holder bagged much than £122 cardinal successful April 2021.

– Anonymous, £121,328,187

Another of the UK’s apical 10 lottery winners recovered their luck done a Superdraw jackpot rollover, this clip successful April 2018.

– Frances and Patrick Connolly, £114,969,775

Former societal idiosyncratic and teacher Frances acceptable up 2 charitable foundations aft she and her hubby won astir £115 cardinal connected New Year’s Day 2019. She estimates that she has already fixed distant £60 cardinal to charitable causes, arsenic good arsenic friends and family.

She considers helping others to beryllium an addiction, saying: “It gives you a buzz and it’s addictive. I’m addicted to it now.”