Euro millions lottery winner scoops Britian's eighth jackpot in a year

A British ticket-holder has won £37 million on the EuroMillions draw becoming the eighth major winner this year. The prize is the 14th largest jackpot win ever in the UK and continues a remarkable string of luck for British Euromillions ticket holders. Lottery chiefs said the winner came forward to claim the prize on Saturday. A spokesman for the National Lottery said: "This is amazing. Justa month after Adrian and Gillian Bayford scooped £148 million we have another UK ticket-holder banking the EuroMillions jackpot. "It has been an extraordinary year for UK ticket-holders - this is the eighth EuroMillions jackpot to be won on these shores in 2012. "This new jackpot winning ticket-holder now sits 14th on the exclusive National Lottery Rich List. "Over 2,900 people have become millionaires since The National Lottery began and, to date, our players have raised an amazing £28 billion and counting for National Lottery Good Causes." Adrian Bayford , and wife Gillian, of Haverhill, Suffolk, won the second-largest jackpot yet in the UK after taking home £148 millionlast month. In February Cassey Carrington andMatt Topham, both 22, of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, scooped £45.1m. Husband and wife Gareth and Catherine Bull from Mansfield won£40 million a month earlier. A consortium of bus drivers from Corby, Northamptonshire, pocketed £38 million in March, while anonymous winners pickedup £22.1 million that month and £46.4 million in February. A ticket worth £63.8 million bought in Hertfordshire last June has not been claimed. Friday night's winning main EuroMillions numbers were 13, 15, 30, 35, and 42, and the Lucky Stars were 4 and 6. The winning ticket is worth £37,827,314.