PARIS - A ticket-holder in Britain has won a record 190 million euros ($F418.26 million) in the Euro Millions lottery, the Francaise des Jeux announced yesterday.
It beats a 185-million-euro jackpot scooped by a Scottish couple in July last year who then became Europe's biggest ever lottery winners.
The previous British record jackpot holder, who won 129 million euros in October 2010, chose to remain anonymous.
The Euro Millions lottery, launched in 2004, is now played by nine countries across western Europe: Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.