Search still on for Euromillions winners

Sun Nov 8 2009 08:42:24

The identity of two British ticketholders who shared a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw is still a mystery, as the cash remains unclaimed.

They scooped £45,570,835.50 each - the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the UK.

If the ticketholders are individuals rather than syndicates they will be catapulted straight into the list of the nation's richest people, putting them in the same league as DJ Chris Evans, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and film star Sir Michael Caine.

Camelot has said there have been "no valid claims" yet.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said: "We have plenty of champagne on ice and are looking forward to welcoming the lucky ticketholders to the National Lottery millionaires' club."

The winning numbers were 11, 19, 34, 43 and 45. The Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9.

Sunday Times Rich List compiler Philip Beresford said this would be the first time a British lottery winner had appeared in the list.

"It's extraordinary that in the years we've had the Lottery we haven't had anyone at this level," he said, adding that the winners would be best advised to keep quiet and get themselves sacked from their jobs.

"If they've got any sense they'll keep very, very quiet about it or go and live in Monaco, where they can afford to, where they'll just be one of 1,000-odd millionaires," he said.

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