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Scots lottery players among 10 biggest UK winners as Tuesday's jackpot set at £184 million

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One lucky player could bag the UK's biggest ever jackpot on Tuesday with a heart-stopping £184m EuroMillions prize up for grabs.

There are only 14 winners of jackpots over £100m in National Lottery history.And two of these winners are Scots natives, so as the saying goes - it could be you!Here are the 10 biggest UK lottery winners – all from EuroMillions draws – and what some of them did with their fortunes.– Anonymous, £170,221,000The biggest winner of the National Lottery to date scooped £170 million in October 2019, after matching all the numbers in a Must Be Won draw.– Colin and Chris Weir, £161,653,000Colin and Chris Weir from Largs, North Ayrshire, bagged their historic winnings in July 2011, making them the biggest UK winners at the time.

Colin used £2.5 million of his fortune to invest in his beloved Partick Thistle FC, which led to one of the stands at the stadium to be named after him.

He later acquired 55% shareholding in the club, which was to be passed into the hands of the local community upon his death.

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