An, as yet, unindentified person in Madrid has become the biggest jackpot winner in Euromillions history after scooping the €126 million jackpot last night.
The winner overcame odds of 76 million to one to snare the windfall which ballooned after the jackpot was not won in the previous six weekly draws.
"The record for a single win in EuroMillions is believed to have been broken when Friday's sixth-rollover draw was won by a single ticket holder," EuroMillions said on its website about the game which pools stakes from nine European lotteries.
The previous record holder was Dolores McNamara from Limerick who won €115 million on the game in 2005.
The Madrid lottery shop which sold the winning ticket said business was brisk all week as punters saw the jackpot rising. "It was us who got the prize," said Ana Maria Rincon, who runs The Black Cat lottery kiosk on the city's Alcala Street.
"We don't know anything about the winner or their nationality. It could have been a tourist or from someone outside Madrid because we are right in the centre of the city."
The winning numbers were 4, 29, 23, 31, 24 and the Lucky Stars 9 and 8. The total jackpot was
€126,231,764.