Record lottery prize sparks ticket rush
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Record lottery prize sparks ticket rush
Lottery players will be hoping to emulate Robbie Williams by winning the £95 million Euro Millions jackpot.The former Take That star famously said he is "rich beyond my wildest dreams" when he signed a record deal worth a reported £80 million with EMI in 2002.A single winner of the EuroMillions would be catapulted into the same league and instantly become one of Britain's 800 richest people, level with Robbie, Simon Cowell and Lennox Lewis.Players in nine countries will tune in to watch the draw on television, hoping to see their seven numbers drawn at odds of 76,275,360 to 1.The prize cannot roll over, so the jackpot will be shared among players matching six numbers if there are no outright winners.The £95 million jackpot would be the biggest-ever lottery prize as larger jackpots in America have been cut by tax or players opting to take smaller one-off cash sums.The last EuroMillions superdraw in September offered a jackpot of £90 million, which was shared by 14 winners, including syndicates in Southampton, Cardiff and Chesterfield.Glasgow postal administrator Angela Kelly became Britain's record lottery winner when she won £35.4 million on EuroMillions last August.© Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved.
ITN | February 8, 2008
