After looking on the internet for more details Twitter proved to have its finger on the pulse, with rumors the £162 million had been scooped by someone here in the UK.
The £162,000,000 EuroMillions jackpot is the biggest lottery prize to be paid out in the UK and the ticket holder/s now sit at the top of the UK's National Lottery rich list, or 418th in the UK rich list.
Tonight's life changing winning EuroMillions Results were: 17, 19, 38, 42, 45 Lucky Stars 9 & 10 (Tuesday 12th July 2011)
The winning ticket holder/s, will awaken nearly as wealthy as the Beckhams.
It has been reported more than three million tickets an hour were sold, as sales peaked this afternoon at a truly staggering volume of 900 per second.
According to Coutts Bank if the winning lottery ticket belongs to just one person, investing the money would earn the new multi millionaire around £9,300 per day, or an estimated £3.4m per year in interest..
Camelot suggested if you stacked £162 million in £50 notes, it would be more than 360 metres tall - almost four times the height of Big Ben.
Winning EuroMillions Results July 12th2011
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