THE lucky winner of tonight’s EuroMillions jackpot could end up wealthier than Adele, with £164 million up for grabs.
The massive cash prize would dwarf the singer’s net wealth of £130 million.
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It would also far surpass other Sunday Times rich list figures including Football star Harry Kane’s £33 million fortune or Harry Styles‘ £75 million.
And Marcus Rashford’s fortune of £16 million would look like small change in comparison.
The lucky ticketholder would immediately become the National Lottery’s second-biggest winner of all time and the 14th winner of more than £100 million.
It would also be the second EuroMillions jackpot won in the UK this year after one winner banked £109 million in February.
The biggest UK winner struck gold with a mammoth £170 million back in October 2019 but chose to stay anonymous after the windfall.
Scooping the top prize would also allow any winner to buy their own private island abroad, including Rangyai Island off Thailand for around £130 million, or an alternative budget option of the roughly £49 million Cave Cay in the Bahamas.
Other purchases could include some of the UKs most expensive properties such as the 10 bedroom house in Highgate.
Previous big winners include Colin and Chris Weir of Ayrshire, who won £161 million in 2011.
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The lucky couple are still the biggest jackpot winners that chose to publicly claim their prize.
The EuroMillions jackpot is capped when it reaches 230 million euro (£195,000). This is estimated for next Friday May 13 unless it is won beforehand.
Players have been urged to get their tickets early to be in with a chance of winning.
Once it reaches the cap and assuming it continues not to be won, the jackpot will stay at 230 million euros for a further four draws until it must be won in the fifth.
In a EuroMillions Must Be Won draw, if no ticket matches, the entire jackpot prize will roll down into the prize tier where there is at least one winner.
The top EuroMillions prize on Tuesday went unscooped.
