Tonight's EuroMillions jackpot is a mega £111 MILLION

A mega £111million jackpot is up for grabs tonight with the lucky winner set to become of the UK’s richest-ever winners. 

You could be in the running to claim the eye-watering winnings if you buy your ticket before 7:30pm tonight ahead of the EuroMillions draw at 8pm. 

Tonight’s draw will be the 1,538th EuroMillions draw and one of very few ‘superdraws’ throughout the year which guarantees winners a nine-figure sum in their bank accounts if they have the lucky numbers. 

The winning ticket holder will become the sixth biggest winner of the lottery in the UK. 

Meanwhile, a huge £54.9 million jackpot is still up for grabs after a winning-ticket holder matched all five numbers and two Lucky star numbers in the £54,957,242 draw on Friday, June 10.

They have yet to come forward to claim their prize, which  operator Camelot confirmed they bought their ticket in a retail store rather than casino hack best online slots.

The winning EuroMillions numbers in the draw were 17, 26, 36, 37, 40 and the Lucky Star numbers were 09, 12.

Players have 180 days from the day of the draw to claim their prize if they have the winning ticket, and decide if they want to go public. 

Previous mega sum winners have gone on to splash out on luxuries including mansions, computers and even a tractor. 

The record-breaking jackpot of £184million was claimed in May by Gloucestershire couple Joe and Jess Thwaite. 

The pair splashed the cash on a new property but are trying to keep some of the old routines in place, like doing their own DIY. 

Their win makes them richer than Sir Tom Jones or Harry Kane. 

The next highest winner took home a cool £170million back in October 2019 after matching all five main numbers plus the two lucky stars, but decided to keep themselves anonymous.   

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.

In third on the rich list are Colin and Chris Weir, who won £161million in 2011. 

They bought a mansion with their winnings but reserved some for smaller luxuries including a checked sports jacket similar to the one worn by Scotsport legend Arthur Montford, a tractor and a computer. 

Colin also invested his cash in companies like Irn-Bru and Greggs. 

The 71-year-old died in December 2019 after a ‘short illness’ but kept saved enough money to throw his friends a lobster feast when it came to his funeral. 

Mr Weir was known for his support for the SNP and his love of Partick Thistle Football Club. 

He secured a majority stake in the Glasgow club in a seven-figure deal – and promised to give the 55 per cent shareholding to a fans group.

He also helped the Jags to set up the Thistle Weir Youth Academy and a section of the club’s Firhill Stadium was named the Colin Weir Stand in his honour.

A former STV cameraman, he also made a donation to a community football club in his home town of Largs after setting up the Weir Charitable Trust in 2013 with his wife.

The couple ended up buying a number of homes, including for their son Jamie, who was working in a call centre, and daughter Carly, who was studying photography.

They also bought homes for their close friends. 

Soon after the life-changing windfall, they moved out of their own three-bedroom home into Knock House – a mansion set in 23 acres of gardens and woods in the hills above Largs, complete with cinema, pool and stables. 

Adrian and Gillian Bayford from Suffolk claim the fourth spot after winning £148.6million in 2012 when they bought a Lucky Dip in a convenience store. 

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 he later put it up for sale and moved north to be closer to his children. 

In fifth are former social worker Frances and teacher Patrick Connolly, from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, who took home a life-changing £114million. 

Mrs Connolly, 55, 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.

She 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 Kathleen Graham in their native Northern Ireland, and the PFC Trust in Hartlepool, where the couple have lived for 30 years. 

The couple, who have three daughters – Catrina and twins Fiona and Natalie – are not extravagant with their wealth and Mrs Connolly has no desire to buy a yacht.

Their biggest expenditure after their win was a six-bedroom house in County Durham with seven acres of land, while Mr Connolly drives a second-hand Aston Martin, but Mrs Connolly scoffed at the idea of spending £13,000 on a console table.

In February, a Superdraw winner cashed in £109million, becoming the tenth highest winner in UK history. 

Meanwhile, the most recent Superdraw, which took place on April 29, had no winner. 

If the Superdraw is not won this evening, the prize will continue to roll over until someone matches all five numbers and both Lucky Stars or until it reaches the cap of £196million.  

It comes as lottery organisers continue their hunt for the winner of a £1million ticket purchased in Leicestershire in January this year. 

The EuroMillions ticket was purchased in the Hinckley and Bosworth District for the 21 January draw and has the prize code TVSH 82930.

The prize money is only available until July 20 and will go towards helping National Lottery funded projects if it goes unclaimed. 

In total, 100 people scooped £1million in the January draw, including 24 in the UK.   

Andy Carter, from The National Lottery, said: ‘Time really is running out for the winner of this prize.

‘We’re urging everyone to check their old tickets one final time.’