By Lara Keay For Mailonline
Published: 10:14 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 10:21 BST, 24 June 2019
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A British lottery ticket holder has claimed the £123m EuroMillions jackpot and is choosing to remain anonymous after nearly a week of mystery over the gigantic win.
Ticket holders across the country were urged to check their tickets after no one came forward to claim the £123,458,008 prize when news someone had the magic numbers broke last Tuesday.
The win is the third largest in EuroMillions history and the fourth to be secured in the UK this year.
Patrick and Frances Connolly, from Northern Ireland, won £114.9 million in the EuroMillions New Year's Day draw, Ade Goodchild, from Hereford, banked £71 million in March, and an anonymous