What happens now the EuroMillions £208,000,000 maximum jackpot has been won?

One lucky person from Ireland has just won the massive £208,000,000 EuroMillions jackpot.
The Irish National Lottery said it was the biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot, the equivalent of €250million and is the country's 18th winner.
The Irish National Lottery chief executive Cian Murphy urged people to carefully check their EuroMillions tickets.
He said: 'The details surrounding the winning ticket will be revealed over the coming days.
'With such a big win we have procedures to follow, but we will reveal the winning location as soon as we can.'
The jackpot had been sat at £208,000,000 for two weeks after it reached its maximum size earlier this month.
But what happens to the jackpot now that it has been claimed? We take a look below.
Now that the £208million jackpot has been won, the prize draw reverts back to the minimum jackpot.
This means that people entering the EuroMillions this Friday, June 20, could be in with a chance of winning a top prize of £14million (€17million).
If nobody had won last night's draw, Friday's draw would become a 'Must Be Won' draw in which the prize money would move down a tier until at least one valid ticket could claim the winnings.
Last night, three other people matched five numbers and one lucky star to win £6,287,001.20 each.
There were 16 others who were lucky enough to match all five numbers but no lucky stars to win £16,119.10.
Meanwhile 77 other people matched four main numbers and two lucky stars to win £1,043.20.
In the past, many people have been made multimillionaires thanks to the National Lottery.
This includes Joe and Jess Thwaite from Gloucestershire, who won £184 million in 2022.
A new wardrobe and drawers for their bedroom were the first buys for the couple. More Trending
While Colin and Chris Weir won £161 million in 2011, their luck was short-lived.
Within a decade of winning the EuroMillions draw the couple, from Largs in North Ayrshire, divorced after 38 years of marriage.
Colin died of sepsis and an acute kidney injury a few months later in December 2019, at the age of 71.
The largest EuroMillions win ever was a person in Austria who scooped up€250 million (or about £209,000,000) on March 28, 2025.
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