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Lottery winners share £91m jackpot
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Two lottery ticketholders could find themselves with celebrity-sized bank balances as their claims are verified by Camelot.
The winners will scoop more than £45.5 million each if their Euromillions tickets are checked and passed by the Lottery operator.
It is not yet known if the players are in a syndicate, but if they bought their own ticket they will find themselves with wealth at the level of celebrities such as DJ Chris Evans, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and film star Sir Michael Caine, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Racing drivers David Coulthard and Jenson Button, supermodel Kate Moss, footballer Michael Owen and pop stars Pete Townshend and Sir Cliff Richard are also each worth between £40 million and £45 million, the list says.
It would be the first time that Lottery winners have made it onto the run down of the wealthiest people.
The three largest National Lottery prizes won in the UK so far are all from the Euromillions game. Lottery winnings are tax free.
They went to Angela Kelly, who won £35,425,411.80; a no publicity winner the same month who won £26,533,767.50; and Brian Caswell of Bolton, who won £24,951,269.40, in June this year.
They are followed by two winning tickets in the domestic game - £22,590,829, which was shared by Paul Maddison and Mark Gardiner, of Hastings, in June 1995, and £20,100,472, won by Iris Jeffrey, of Belfast, in July 2004.
Past winners sent their congratulations to the latest lottery multi-millionaires. Ms Kelly said: "I want to congratulate the lucky winners on taking my National Lottery title. My win has enabled me to bring a great deal of happiness to my friends and family, which has in turn made me very happy. I wish the new winner the best of luck."
The winning numbers were 11, 19, 34, 43 and 45. The Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9.
