UK ticket-holder wins £26m Euromillions jackpot

It marks the third UK winner of the prize draw this year

A single UK ticket-holder has won the £26 million EuroMillions jackpot, the National Lottery has said.

The winning numbers, drew on Friday night, were 06, 12, 18, 25, 41 with the Lucky Star numbers 02 and 06.

"Players are now urged to check their tickets and to give us a call if they think they are tonight's lucky winner," Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at Allwyn, operator of the National Lottery, said.

Winners have 180 days from the draw to claim their prize, and can choose whether to remain anonymous or not.

It marks the third jackpot won in the UK this year of the ten held so far.

In January, one person won £83 million, followed by a £65 million win for another on Valentine's Day.

The January jackpot was claimed 13 days after the winning numbers were revealed, but the winner chose to remain anonymous.

Despite making them a multi-millionaire, Friday's top prize of £26 million will not put the ticket-holder among Euromillions' largest-ever jackpot winners.

A win of more than £183 million would have been needed to get a spot in top 10 list of jackpot prizes.

The biggest prize won by a UK player is £195 million in 2022, according to EuroMillions.

A family from Cork, Ireland, won a €250 million (£216 million) jackpot in July.

They said after the win that they plan to stay down to earth, and will remain in Ireland.

"I'll still be having my favourite ham and cheese sambo for lunch every day," one of the winners said.

The National Lottery raises money for charitable causes alongside its jackpots, and since its foundation in the 1990s, it has donated more than £50 billion for charitable causes.

Funding is split between health, education, environment and charitable causes, sport, arts and heritage.

The draw is held twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday, and tickets can be purchased in nine European countries.