Ticket sales surge boosts jackpot

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The massive top prize will be the biggest pay-out of its kind if it is won by a single player.

Larger prizes have been won in the US but the actual payouts were lower, either due to tax or because winners opted for smaller one-off lump sums.

A single EuroMillions jackpot winner would also automatically become the UK's biggest ever lottery winner - eclipsing Glasgow postal administrator Angela Kelly's £35.4 million EuroMillions jackpot win in August last year.

They would also seize the European lottery crown from Dolores McNamara of the Republic of Ireland, who won £77 million on July 31 2005

Meanwhile, a group of forklift truck drivers have been given a boost after scooping more than £3 million in the lottery.

The 20 winners celebrated their fortune at the toiletries factory in Normanton, West Yorkshire, where they work. The 16 men and four women will all share the £3,681,300 won in last Saturday's rollover draw. Each of the drivers will walk away with £184,065.

Alan Edwards, 55, said that although he had to share the jackpot with 19 others, he was content with the amount he won.

"I'd hate to win millions because on Saturday, my stomach was churning. I was physically sick and I couldn't sleep. I'm happy with what I've got," he said.

Many members of the syndicate have, however, bought tickets for the EuroMillions draw.