Record £161m EuroMillions lottery jackpot claimed

Comment #16

Kafeero — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:15:05 GMT

they have already gone public.

read more on

www.thislondon.co.uk

Comment #15

sully16 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:20:26 GMT

hehehehe Love your honesty.

Comment #14

maringoman — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:47:56 GMT

And thats the best. The jackpot is actually what you bring home, not a fraction of the jackpot.

Comment #13

time*treat — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:25:19 GMT

Shorter taxes, too.

Comment #12

CashWinner$ — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:19:58 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS

Comment #11

haymaker — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:52:23 GMT

good causes ? i'll bet a weeks lottery budget,( $15) one of the causes are supporting the royals.

Comment #10

NoCompLotto! — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:52:33 GMT

EuroMillions works like this:

You need to match 5 of 50 main numbers and 2 of 11 Lucky Star numbers in order to win.

It's easier than it sounds, and it actually has shorter odds than either Mega Millions or Powerball.

Comment #9

rdgrnr — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:24:36 GMT

Oh man, I could imagine how people would feel if some schmuck like Charles won it.

That would be like a slap in the face to everybody in the whole country over there.

Or maybe they'd like it, who knows

Comment #8

eddessaknight — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:05:05 GMT

While they are on a lucky roll, I Just wonder if the Royals buy tickets in Camelot???? Think of how many tktz they cpould buy-

WHY woukld they, you might ask???

One way to obtain imortal popularity with masses is by giveing away large amounts of money $$$ for free LOL

EddessaKnight

Comment #7

ressuccess — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:23:57 GMT

Wow. That's a big jackpot. Why do they have to match 2 lucky stars to win the jackpot

Comment #6

dpoly1 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:03:05 GMT

Congrats to the winner!

Winners in the USA should be allowed to remain Anonymous !!!!!!!!!!!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

............ and I hope it is one person so that the Socialists go bonkers

Comment #5

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:05:04 GMT

LOL... Sully you almost made me pee my pants......

Comment #4

sully16 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:05:27 GMT

Congrats to the winner, enjoy

Wouldn't that be a hoot if his name was Patel

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:37:43 GMT

The lottery operator had said if the winner did not come forward within 180 days of the draw being made then the money and interest would go towards good causes.

I wonder what the good causes are?

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Richer than Ringo Starr?

Now that's lucky because Ringo has to be one of the luckiest people on Earth to wind up where he is based on his meager talents.

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Comment #2

B$Rizzle — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:30:42 GMT

Wow that is approx $17,000 + interest per day

Comment #1

fwlawrence — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:12:21 GMT

Remain anonymous. Especially in this economy. Most everyone will have his or her hands out. You could just about live off the interest, but I don't know anyone who pays 2% interest.

Record £161m EuroMillions lottery jackpot claimed

Lottery Post — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:57:37 GMT

Winner deciding whether or not to go public

The EuroMillions ticket-holder from Britain who won Europe's biggest-ever jackpot of 161 million (US$258.4 million) has claimed their prize, UK National Lottery operator Camelot has confirmed.

The individual is currently deciding whether to go public or remain anonymous.

Since Tuesday, Camelot has been urging people to check their tickets because the winner was losing about 9,000 a day in interest.

The lottery operator had said if the winne... [ More ]