The £111 million jackpot could be yours tonight, making you richer than Idris
YOU could win a whopping €111 million EuroMillions jackpot TONIGHT, making you richer than Idris Elba.
The jackpot will be drawn tonight at 7.30pm, with Brits urged to get their tickets for a chance to change their lives forever.
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Players are also automatically included in the UK Millionaire Maker.
There have been around 126 EuroMillions jackpot winners in Britain since the draw began in 2004. EuroMillions.
Two winners were Joe, 49, and Jess Thwaite, 46, who won a record-breaking £184 million from the EuroMillions jackpot in May 2022.
The Gloucestershire couple became richer than Adele overnight.
But when Joe got the email with the shocking news, he didn't even wake his wife.
“I looked it up and saw we had won,” he said.
“I saw how much and I didn't know what to do.
“I couldn't sleep anymore, I didn't want to wake Jess, so I just lay there for an eternity.”
The Thwaites celebrated their jackpot with £16.95 steak and chips – and left a lucky tip.
A few more lucky winners took home a whopping £161 million at the EuroMillions in 2011.
Colin and Chris Weir out Scotland splashed out on a beautiful country house and also bought a tractor.
The couple donated much of their money and founded The Weir Charitable Trust in 2013.
Colin died in December 2019, months after the couple announced they had filed for divorce.
It comes after Andy Carter, a Senior Winners' Advisor, revealed he always tells people who have won the jackpot to go on holiday.
If you're the lucky EuroMillions jackpot winner tonight, you can expect a call from Andy telling you to fly off into the sunset “to let the winnings sink in”.
But where would you go if money was no object?
The National Lottery asked the British this question and the results are out of this world.
Nearly half of Brits would consider traveling to space if money were no object.
Brits were also keen to shop in Dubai, visit New York at Christmas and take a road trip across the US.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME TRAVEL EXPERIENCES
- Seeing the Northern Lights in Iceland – 40%
- New York at Christmas – 37%
- Beach holiday in the Caribbean – 31%
- Road trip through the US – 29%
- World Cruise – 29%
- Seeing the cherry blossoms in Japan – 25%
- Disney World Florida – 25%
- Safari in Africa – 25%
- BBQ on the beach in Australia – 22%
- Seeing Santa Claus in Lapland – 19%
- Shopping in Dubai – 18%
- Trip to Machu Picchu – 17%
- Journey to the Arctic Circle – 16%
- Visiting the Taj Mahal in India – 16%
- Carnival in Rio – 15%
- Surfing in Hawaii – 13%
- Skiing in the Alps – 11%
- Wine tasting in South Africa – 11%
- Follow a sports team on tour – 9%
- Backpacking through Southeast Asia – 9%
NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNERS HOLIDAY PLANS 2024
- Australia – 25%
- Disney World Florida – 16%
- The Northern Lights in Iceland – 8%
- Safari experience in South Africa – 8%
- Spain – 8%
- Mexico – 4%
- Vegas – 4%
- Netherlands – 4%
- Lapland – 4%
- Dubai – 4%
- Italy – 4%
- Japan – 4%