£141m EuroMillions Jackpot To Be Won

According to Sky news, one of the biggest jackpots in British history is up for grabs in the EuroMillions lottery on Friday night. Organiser Camelot has said the jackpot in tonight's draw will be £141m. (Friends and family please remember to play, and most importantly if you win please remember moi Wink!.)

A single winner would be immediately catapulted into the list of the nation's wealthiest people.

They would instantly become the 572nd richest in the country, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

They would also become the UK's third biggest National Lottery jackpot winner to date.

The biggest ever lottery prize winners in the UK were Colin and Chris Weir who banked £161m in the EuroMillions in July 2011. They were also Europe's biggest lottery winners.

In second place are Gillian and Adrian Bayford, from Haverhill in Suffolk, who won more than £148m in August last year.

A National Lottery spokesman said: "All of us would secretly love to jet off to somewhere hot at the drop of a hat, and with this EuroMillions jackpot in the bank you could.

"We have our fingers crossed that another UK ticket holder will win big and we encourage all players to get their tickets early.

"EuroMillions, which is drawn every Tuesday and Friday, helps to contribute to the £35m generated for National Lottery Good Causes each week."

Gillian and Adrian Bayford, from Haverhill won £148m in August, 2012

If piled high in £50 notes, the jackpot would reach 310m (1,017ft) into the sky - the same height as the tallest building in Western Europe, The Shard.

If laid end to end, the notes would stretch for 22,000km (13,670 miles), almost all the way around the world.

If no-one matches all five main numbers and two Lucky Star numbers to win the jackpot, then it will roll over to Tuesday's draw.

The jackpot can grow to a maximum of 190m euros, which, depending on the exchange rate at the time, would be around £162m.

Any prize money which would have boosted the jackpot above 190m euros is passed down to the next prize-winning level, boosting the prizes to those winners.

Current predictions suggest the cap is most likely to be reached in next Friday's draw, if no one wins the jackpot between now and then.

Once the jackpot has reached the 190m euro cap, it can roll over only once before it must be won. If the jackpot is not won in the first EuroMillions draw when the cap is reached, it will stay at 190m euros for the next draw.

If there are no jackpot winners in that next draw, the whole jackpot amount - the 190m euros plus any prize money that would have boosted the jackpot over this amount - is passed down to the next prize-winning level.