By Shannon Mcguigan
Published: 17:41 BST, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 17:55 BST, 16 August 2024
The latest EuroMillions draw has taken place, with the winning numbers for Friday 16th August now revealed. A staggering £62 million jackpot was up for grabs, and tonight's draw has created ten new millionaires through the Millionaire Maker selection.
To claim the grand prize, players needed to match all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars. The winning numbers are:
Main Numbers: 15, 17, 29, 45, 49
Lucky Stars: 01, 10
The EuroMillions draw takes place twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Players must purchase their tickets before 19:30 BST to be eligible for the draw. To win the jackpot, players must match all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars on their ticket. Even if players do not match all the numbers, they can still win prizes for matching fewer numbers.
Millionaire Maker Results:
The Millionaire Maker selection, which guarantees a minimum of ten UK millionaires in each draw, produced the following codes:
VGRP90420
JGRV13403
JGRP65700
HGSB20321
XFRB72048
ZWNZ20666
VFQX59648
ZGRP22417
MFRC03784
MGRV27346
Thunderball Results:
For those who also took part in the Thunderball draw, the winning numbers are:
Main Numbers: 09, 13, 29, 30, 33
Thunderball: 13
Biggest EuroMillions Wins:
The record EuroMillions jackpot won in the UK was a monumental £195,707,000, claimed by an anonymous ticket holder in July 2022. Just two months earlier, in May 2022, Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester, won the second-highest amount in EuroMillions history, claiming £184,262,899.
In October 2019, another anonymous ticket holder won £170,221,000, making it the largest jackpot in nearly three years.
Further back, Adrian and Gillian Bayford from Cambridgeshire, won a remarkable £148,656,000 in August 2012. This sum was only slightly smaller than the staggering £161,653,000 won by Colin and Chris Weir from North Ayrshire in July 2011.
While the odds of winning the EuroMillions jackpot remain slim, these remarkable wins highlight the life-changing possibilities presented by this popular lottery.