AN ESTIMATED £169 million EuroMillions jackpot must be won on Tuesday after no one scooped the top prize.
Friday's National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers were 06, 09, 35, 41 and 44, and the winning EuroMillions Lucky Star numbers were 06 and 09. But no tickets matched these numbers, meaning tomorrow's jackpot is a rollover.
Andy Carter, the senior winners' adviser at The National Lottery, said that Tuesday's draw "must be won".
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He said: "This means, if the jackpot isn't won on Tuesday, it will roll down into the next prize tier where there is at least one winner.
"If the jackpot is won, it could make the UK's biggest ever winner.
"As the jackpot is now capped, tonight's draw has seen eight players bank bigger prizes for matching five numbers and just one Lucky Star. Three lucky UK players each won £1.8 million."
There were no winners of the top prize in the EuroMillions HotPicks which uses the same numbers as for the EuroMillions draw.
The winning Thunderball numbers were 33, 06, 12, 25, 39 and the Thunderball number was 01.
There was one ticket holder who matched five numbers plus the Thunderball to win £500,000.
If anyone in the UK wins the EuroMillions jackpot, they will become Britain's biggest ever lottery winner.
The current record holders for the biggest lottery win are Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in North Ayrshire, Scotland, who won £161 million in 2011.
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