Lucky UK ticketholder comes forward to claim £171MILLION jackpot won in Friday's EuroMillions draw 

Joe and Jess Thwaite last month scooped a huge £184m jackpot in what is now the second biggest lottery win.

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.

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.

MAY 2022: Joe and Jess Thwaite

Jackpot: £184m 

Mr and Mrs Thwaite celebrate by popping a bottle of champagne after revealing themselves as the winners of the grand prize this morning

Joe and Jess Thwaite, a couple from just outside Gloucester in their 40s, won a £184,262,899 jackpot with a Lucky Dip ticket on May 10.

The lucky pair, who have been married for 11 years, said they wanted to go public at hotel in Cheltenham as they did not want to put the ‘burden’ of keeping the secret on…

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