It's something many of us have dreamed of - popping down to the local shop and buying a lottery ticket, winning and becoming a multimillionaire overnight. But for one lucky British couple, that far-fetched dream became reality on May 10 when they scooped £184 million on the EuroMillions lottery.
And now, the lucky couple have decided to go public with their win. We can reveal that the UK's biggest ever lottery winners are Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucester. The couple, aged 49 and 44, have been married for 11 years and have two children in primary school, whilst Joe also has two grown-up children from a previous relationship.
The pair broke the record for the highest amount of most won in a lottery game in the UK by more than £14 million and have been celebrating ever since. They bought their EuroMillions Lucky Dip ticket on the National Lottery App and received an email the following morning to tell them about their win. Today (Thursday, May 19), they're attending a press conference at Ellenborough Park hotel in Cheltenham to spill the beans on their incredible win.
