UK ticket-holder wins £113 million lottery jackpot

THE British winner of a record-breaking £113 million EuroMillions jackpot will be richer than veteran pop stars such as Rod Stewart and David Bowie.

One UK ticket-holder scooped the top prize in last night's draw, making it the country's largest lottery win. But the winner, who could be an individual or a syndicate, has not yet made contact after matching the winning numbers 9, 30, 35, 39, 46, with lucky stars 6 and 8.

The overnight millionaire joins the ranks of the rich and famous, with pots of cash to lavish on luxury homes, yachts, cars or other extravagances. The ticket-holder will also immediately become the 589th wealthiest person in Britain, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2010.

Among the properties in reach of the new multi-millionaire is London's biggest private home, which is due to be built in Regent's Park with a value of more than 100m.

Alternatively, the ticket-holder may decide to put it all in the bank. High street banks are offering 2.75 per cent on standard savings accounts at the moment and this would net the winners 8,500 a day in interest alone.

Until last night's draw, the largest lottery winner in the UK was an anonymous player who scooped 84.4m on the EuroMillions draw in May. The latest winner defied odds of 76,275,360 to one to guess all seven numbers correctly.

A Camelot spokeswoman said: "This is the biggest lottery jackpot prize ever paid out to an individual in this country.

"We have plenty of champagne on ice and are looking forward to welcoming the lucky ticket-holder to the National Lottery millionaires' club."