UK ticketholder claims £83,000,000 EuroMillions jackpot

Someone in the UK is having an extremely lucky Thursday.

National Lottery operator Allwyn confirmed one ticketholder has just successfully claimed a more than £83million EuroMillions jackpot.

The lucky winner held on to their ticket for 13 days after the January 24 draw, but they’ve now claimed their life-changing £83,474,081.80 prize.

This is the first UK EuroMillions jackpot win of 2025, and it’s the 23rd biggest National Lottery win of all time.

Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at Allwyn, said: ‘This is absolutely incredible news, and we are delighted that this jaw-dropping EuroMillions jackpot prize has now been claimed.

‘Everyone dreams of that huge win when they buy their EuroMillions ticket – and for this lucky ticketholder this dream has become a reality.

‘Imagine all the possibilities that are now within their grasp.

‘We will now focus on supporting this ticketholder through the process so they can start enjoying their win as soon as possible.’

It’s a strong start for National Lottery winnings in 2025, following on from last year where the third-biggest jackpot ever won by a UK player was scooped up in November.

That anonymous lucky winner walked away with £177million, while Richard and Debbie Nuttall won £61million in January, and two other anonymous ticketholders won £24million and £33million respectively back in July.

Now someone has come forward to claim the £83million jackpot, Allwyn will validate and verify the claim to make sure all of the Lottery rules have been followed.

Once the claim has been validated and the prize is paid out, the ticketholder will then decide whether or not to go public with their good news.

The National Lottery is gearing up for Valentine’s Day, with the February 14th EuroMillions draw awarding 14 £1million prizes.

Plus, anyone who buys two or more entries to the draw will be entered automatically into a separate draw for a chance to win one of 14 holidays for two to the Maldives.

But winning the lottery isn’t all sunshine and rainbows: past winners have said there is a ‘dark side’ to suddenly becoming very rich.

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