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Lottery balls. Photo: elizaIO, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

EuroMillions €141.9M Jackpot Won by a Single Ticket

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Numbered lottery balls inside a lottery drum
Numbered lottery balls inside a lottery drum. Photo: elizaIO, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

One lucky ticket has scooped the entire EuroMillions jackpot of €141,899,445 in Tuesday night’s draw, lottery operators confirmed. The winning numbers were 15, 18, 31, 37 and 41, with Lucky Stars 1 and 5, and a single ticket matched all seven.

The jackpot had rolled over to €141 million after Friday’s draw produced no top winner, and Tuesday’s result means the prize resets to an estimated €17 million for Friday’s draw. The odds of matching all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars are 1 in 139,838,160, according to the game’s operators.

One ticket, one life changed

No details have yet been released about where the winning ticket was bought or who holds it, and the winner has not yet come forward publicly. EuroMillions is played across nine countries — the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg — so the winner could be anywhere in that group.

In the UK, the draw also produced a Millionaire Maker winner: the code ZWTF91454 wins £1 million. Every UK EuroMillions line carries a Millionaire Maker code, so thousands of players will be checking more than just the main numbers.

A jackpot that kept growing

Tuesday’s win ends a rollover run that had pushed the prize past €140 million. The last EuroMillions jackpot win of this size came earlier in the year, and the game’s cap sits at €250 million, so this prize was well short of the maximum but still life-changing money.

Lottery officials reminded players to check their tickets carefully and to sign the back of any winning ticket before claiming. Winners in most participating countries have a set claim window, and the advice is always the same: keep the ticket safe, take advice, and do not rush the decision.

For the millions who did not win, Friday’s draw offers a fresh start at €17 million — a smaller prize, but one that would still change most lives beyond recognition.

Related reading: EuroMillions Jackpot: €141 Million Tuesday Draw and Mega Millions $529 Million Tuesday Draw

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