Two UK ticket-holders each win £41.8m share of EuroMillions jackpot

Two UK ticket-holders have scooped a third of the Euromillions jackpot winning more than £41million each, National Lottery operator Allwyn has said.

The winning numbers in Tuesday's draw were 13, 16, 29, 40 and 47 with the Lucky Star numbers 3 and 4.

There were three winning tickets in total, including two bought in the UK and one bought in France.

They all matched the winning numbers and shared the jackpot, with a prize of £41,844,862.30 each.

Andy Carter, the senior winners' advisor at Allwyn, urged players to check their tickets, saying: "It's been another great night for EuroMillions players as two lucky UK winners have won an incredible share of tonight's £126 million jackpot prize.

"These lucky ticket-holders join the £181 million jackpot winner from 10 March - another big UK win."

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Friday's jackpot is now an estimated £14m.

Just last month, another UK ticketholder won more than £180m in the EuroMillions jackpot draw.

The UK ticket holder matched all five main numbers plus the two lucky star numbers to land the third-biggest UK national lottery win of all time.

All told, they won £181,073,415.70 Allwyn said.

The record for the largest prize ever scooped by a UK EuroMillions player stands at £195m, which was won in 2022.

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