A BRIT has come forward to claim an astonishing £184million EuroMillions jackpot – making them richer than Adele.
The single ticket-holder has claimed the country’s biggest-ever National Lottery prize after winning last night.
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The record was previously held by an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £170m in October 2019.
But this week’s jackpot is even bigger. It dwarfs the Someone Like You singer’s £130m fortune.
Astonishingly, it would take a Brit earning an average salary of £31,258 a whopping 5,781 years to earn the sum.
Camelot’s Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor, said: “This is absolutely incredible news.
“Last night saw history made with the biggest ever National Lottery prize won by a single UK ticket-holder, and we’re ecstatic that we’ve now received a claim.
“Our focus now is on supporting the ticket-holder through the process and helping them start to enjoy their truly life-changing and record-breaking win.”
Mr Carter has previously offered advice to anyone who wins a big pay-out.
He exclusively told Sun Online: “Take your time. When people do win, it suddenly becomes serious, so people aren’t often as gregarious as they think they will be.
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“It is a bit of a huge shock. And sometimes you can be sort of concerned with the shock, you forget to celebrate.
“And actually winning the lottery is a fantastic and amazing thing to happen to anybody.
“For your own sake, you want to look back and think actually, I shall never ever forget this.
“Because I think if anything happens to your life, if you get married, if you move house, if you have a child. You celebrate it.
“You take photographs of it, you record it, you remember it, you cherish it. And this is exactly the same.”
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Last night’s winner is the 14th to pocket more than £100m on EuroMillions since its 2004 launch, and the second UK jackpot winner this year.
A £109m pay-out was claimed from the draw on February 4, with the ticket-holder choosing to remain anonymous.
Last night’s prize had been rolled over since March.
Other big winners from the UK include Colin and Chris Weir, of Largs, in Scotland.
The couple won £161,653,000 in 2011.
Adrian and Gillian Bayford, from Haverhill in Suffolk claimed £148,656,000 in 2012.
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