One ticket holder could become the winner of a record-breaking amount of money on Tuesday.
The next EuroMillions jackpot could rise to £210 million, which would become the highest prize ever won in the UK.
If there are no winners on Tuesday, it will now stay at 250 million Euros for a further four draws until it must be won in the fifth draw.
In the ‘Must Be Won’ draw, if no ticket matches all five main numbers and two Lucky Stars, the jackpot prize will roll down into the prize tier where there is at least one winner – likely to be five main numbers and one Lucky Star.
A single UK winner would instantly become the nation’s largest-ever National Lottery winner.
They would knock into second place the anonymous winner of a £195 million prize in 2022.
It would also make the winner twice as rich as Sir Andy Murray on £100million, leave £75million England captain Harry Kane in the dust and just head off Anthony Joshua with his £195million fortune.
But they are still yet to be as rich as Rory McIlroy (£225m), Ed Sheeran (£340m), Lewis Hamilton (£350m)
It follows an Irish family syndicate claiming a EuroMillions jackpot worth 250 million euros (£216 million) on June 17.
The jackpot had reached the maximum amount on June 6 after rolling over several times.
This historic Irish win surpassesd the previous EuroMillions record of £195million, which was won by a UK ticket-holder in July 2022.
The winning ticket was sold in a retailer in Munster, County Cork, the Irish National Lottery said.
The winning numbers from the draw were 13, 22, 23, 44, 49 and Lucky Stars 3 and 5.
Under Irish National Lottery rules, jackpot winners can choose to remain anonymous.
‘We are absolutely thrilled to have heard from our EuroMillions winner,’ Irish National Lottery spokesperson Emma Monaghan said.
‘At this point, our priority is to give them the necessary time and space to make arrangements and let this life-changing news sink in.’
Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at Allwyn, said: ‘Tuesday’s jackpot has the ability to transform not just the winner’s life, but the life of the friends and family around them.
‘So, make sure you get a ticket to be in with a chance of banking Britain’s biggest ever win.’
Players should get their EuroMillions tickets – either in store or online – before 7.30pm on Tuesday.
That was even more than the prize landed by Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, when they scooped a then-peak £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for the National Lottery draw on May 10 that same year.
Mr Thwaite, a communications sales engineer, told how his wife who ran a hairdressing salon was asleep when he noticed the winning numbers on the National Lottery app – and he opted not to wake her while browsing for potential new homes.
And last December it was revealed a British participant had become the country’s third biggest National Lottery winner of all time after hitting a jackpot worth £177million.
The single ticket-holder, who chose to stay anonymous, came forward to claim the EuroMillions jackpot after the draw on Tuesday November 26.
Among the big winners who did agree to go public with their good fortune were Colin and Chris Weir, from Ayrshire, who were handed £161million in 2011.
Colin died aged 71 eight years later after getting through just half of his jackpot, with most of it having been shared between family, friends, and charities.
The EuroMillions draw is a biweekly lottery in which members of the public in the UK and eight other European countries participate – with draws held on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
The UK’s main National Lottery draws, first held in 1994, take place on Wednesday and Saturdays each week.