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Joe and Jess Thwaite were confirmed as the winners of Britain's biggest-ever lottery jackpot - a huge £184m.
An anonymous ticket-holder held the previous record, taking £170million to the bank in October 2019 - one of only 14 players to have ever won a jackpot of more than £100million.
It is the second time lucky numbers came up in a EuroMillions jackpot for a UK winner this year, with £109million claimed a few days after a big win on February 4.
UK lottery winners have the option of revealing their identity or staying annoymous.
From the UK National Lottery's rich list, only three winners out of the ten chose have previously chosen to reveal themselves.
August 2012: Adrian and Gillian Bayford
Jackpot: £148m
Adrian Bayford and then wife Gillian, from Haverhill, Suffolk, pictured in August 2021 after it was announced they had won a jackpot of just over £148 million
In August 2012, Mr and Mrs Bayford won 190 million euro in a EuroMillions draw, which amounted to just over £148 million.
The couple used their winnings to buy a Grade-II listed estate in Cambridgeshire, complete with cinema and billiards room.
But within a year their marriage ended and Gillian moved back to Scotland with her half share of the winnings, where she launched a property company.
She has since remarried and had her third child with her second husband.
Bayford remained in the Grade 2 listed property but after a series of relationships failed he put it up for sale and moved north to be closer to his children.
January 2019: Patrick and Frances Connolly
Jackpot: £115m
EuroMillions lottery winners, Frances and Patrick Connolly pose during a photocall at the Culloden Hotel near Belfast, on January 4, 2019
Former social worker and teacher Frances Connolly and her husband Patrick won almost £115 million on New Year's Day in 2019.
She has already given away £60million to charity, as well as sharing her winnings with her friends and family, saying she is addicted to helping others.
Mrs Connolly, 55, from Northern Ireland, has already busted the charity budget she agreed for this year with husband Paddy - and has given away what they would have donated up to 2032.
She said helping others, whether with money or by volunteering her time, lifted people's spirits during lockdown.
The lottery winner has set up two charitable foundations, one named after her late mother
