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EuroMillions Friday 13th £208m jackpot draw will see huge 'smaller' prizes at stake
EuroMillions Friday 13th £208m jackpot draw will see huge 'smaller' prizes at stake
The EuroMillions jackpot will remain at £208 million for a total of five draws, before a must-be-won draw will take place
The eruomillion jackpot remains unclaimed
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An eye-watering £208 million was at stake in Tuesday night's EuroMillions draw, but once again, no-one struck it lucky in collecting the top prize. This follows the previous Friday's (June 6) draw where again, no-one claimed the jackpot.
As the jackpot has already hit the EuroMillions cap, it remains unchanged for this Friday, June 13. The winning numbers for Tuesday were 19, 36, 39, 40, 45 with the lucky stars being 05, 06. And the fact the top prize has still not been one is good news for people who don't quite match all the numbers.
Currently, the record for the largest UK National Lottery win is held by an anonymous player who bagged a whopping £195m jackpot on July 19, 2022. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here
Just two months before this, Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester won £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket in the draw on May 10, 2022.
Following Joe and Jess, the third largest UK win was claimed by another anonymous ticket-holder who secured the £177m jackpot in the draw on November 26, 2024.
The biggest win so far in 2025 has been £83 million in January.
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Speaking on the extraordinary £208m jackpot, Andy Carter, a senior advisor at National Lottery operator Allwyn, remarked: "A win of this magnitude would create the biggest National Lottery winner this country has ever seen - making a single UK winner instantly richer than the likes of Dua Lipa and Harry Kane while also landing them at the number one spot on the National Lottery's biggest wins list."
But as the jackpot keeps eluding everyone, that's great news if you don't quite match all the numbers, as a chunk of the overall prize fund filters down to the next prize tier, making those winnings way more than normal. There were four individuals across Europe who succeeded in matching five numbers and one lucky star on Tuesday, each scooping over £4.5m.
Furthermore, a dozen more snagged five main numbers to pocket upwards of £20,000 each.
With the jackpot hitting its cap, the upcoming Friday draw will again see raised stakes in lower-tier prize categories.
Andy added: "This Friday EuroMillions gets even bigger.
"Not only will we see the £208 million EuroMillions jackpot up for grabs – which would make the biggest-ever National Lottery winner – but there will also be an incredible 13 guaranteed UK millionaires made through EuroMillions Millionaire Maker."
He added a twist of optimism for the superstitious: "That's a not-so-unlucky Friday 13th for the lucky ticket-holders who end up bagging these life-changing prizes.
"Get your tickets early to ensure you'll be in with a chance of a massive life-changing win."
He further commented: "The EuroMillions jackpot is now capped, so any money that would have gone into increasing the jackpot now boosts prizes in the next winning prize tier, meaning that we could see multiple UK players banking huge prizes for matching just the five main numbers and one Lucky Star."
What happens if no-one wins the jackpot once more?
The maximum jackpot can only be offered five times before we reach a point where the money has to be won, whatever.
So on draw five at the maximum amount, if no-one bags the top prize, the full jackpot is shared between the winners in the prize tier below.
The jackpot then goes back to normal for draw six and we start all over again.
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