A spokesman for the
National Lottery said: "The UK's lucky streak is never ending - the £61m
EuroMillions jackpot is the fourth one to be won here this year.
The winner is a ticketholder
from the UK has won the £61.1m EuroMillions jackpot, a National Lottery
spokesman has said.
The winner matched the five
main numbers and two lucky stars to win £61,102,442.90 in Friday's contest.
The winning numbers were 1,
21, 26, 40 and 50 and the lucky stars were 2 and 4.
The winner - who has not
been identified - had a one in 116,531,800 chance of choosing all of the
numbers correctly.
"As well as the huge
jackpot, five players won a guaranteed £1m and a luxury trip to the Gold Coast
in the UK Millionaire Maker."
The UK has only won 17.5%
of the competition's jackpots, putting it in fourth place behind France, Spain
and Portugal as the luckiest in Europe.
Two ticketholders outside
the UK each won the second prize of 798,845 euros on Friday, while 10
ticketholders here also picked up more than £35,000 for matching five numbers.
Colin and Chris Weir, from
Largs, North Ayrshire, were the UK's biggest winners in the competition,
scooping the£161,653,000 EuroMillions jackpot in July 2011.
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