Lucky Irish ticket holder has WON Euromillions' biggest ever prize of £208m… check your tickets NOW

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WINNER WINNER Lucky Irish ticket holder has WON Euromillions' biggest ever prize of £208m… check your tickets NOW
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A LUCKY Irish ticket holder has won Euromillion's biggest ever prize of £208million.
Tonight's National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers are: 13, 22, 23, 44, 49 and the Lucky Stars are: 03, 05.
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The EuroMillions jackpot has been capped at £208 million
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Anticipation was brewing after the jackpot rolled over again last week.
But the record-setting EuroMillions lottery prize has now been scooped by one lucky winner based in Ireland tonight.
The UK Millionaire Maker Selection winner is: XPCD66044.
Meanwhile, tonight's National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 02, 06, 12, 17, 39 and the Thunderball is 07.
The EuroMillions prize pot is capped at €250M, with players having five prize draws to win the life-changing amount.
In the meantime, players are reminded to check their tickets in case they are eligible to win a smaller chunk of the prize money.
Every EuroMillions ticket also bags you an automatic entry into the UK Millionaire Maker, which guarantees at least one player will pocket £1million in every draw.
You can find out if you're a winner by checking your ticket against tonight's numbers.
During the final draw, if no one matches all five numbers and two lucky stars, the threshold to win will drop to five numbers and one star.
The prize money could then be split between multiple winners, making several millionaires.
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Already this month, seven UK players have won a portion of the prize money after matching five numbers and one lucky star.
Five players won £3.6 million each on June 13, while another won £4.5 million on June 10, and another £2 million on June 6.
Even winning smaller portions of the prize pot can be life-changing.
Winners of over £10 million give away, on average, a quarter of their win (24.5%).
A further 91% report that they give time and or money to support a charity, while 10% say they have made someone else a millionaire.
Winning a prize like this could bring financial security and give you more free time to spend with family or enjoying hobbies, as 97% of winners say they are as happy or happier than before their win.
With such a big prize draw, winners could donate a quarter to charity and still have plenty spare.
They could even buy their own island, with Hummingbird Cay in the Bahamas currently being sold for £26 million - it also has space to moor your luxury yacht.
The National Lottery provide a concierge service called 'The Fixer' to help winners fulfil their dreams - as requests including purchasing designer handbags, family world cruises, and VIP sports tickets.
The first EuroMillions draw took place on February 7, 2004, by three organisations: France's Française des Jeux, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado in Spain and the Camelot in the UK.
One of the UK's biggest prizes was up for grabs on December, 4, 2020 with a whopping £175million EuroMillions jackpot, which would make a winner richer than Adele.
Another previous UK winner who's whole life was altered with their jackpot was a player who wanted to remain anonymous on October 8, 2019. They walked off with a cool £170,221,000.