**A couple from Gloucestershire have been confirmed as Britain’s biggest lottery winners, scooping a jackpot of £56,008,113 in the EuroMillions game.**National Lottery organisers Camelot said the pair, from near Cirencester, will appear at a news conference in Bath on Monday.
A spokesman said the winners came forward to claim the stake on Saturday.
A total jackpot of £112m had been on offer. The money was split with the other winning ticket, bought in Spain.
It is the fourth time in three months that a British winner has scooped more than £25m in the EuroMillions draw.
The winning numbers on Friday’s were were 1, 5, 18, 38, 45, and the Lucky Star numbers were 4 and 6.
Across Europe, the record EuroMillions win is £113m by a single ticket-holder from Spain in May last year.
EuroMillions is played in nine countries - the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Irish Republic, Portugal and Switzerland.
Other than EuroMillions, there are a number of other lotteries played in countries around Europe. The record for the biggest win came on the Italian SuperEnalotto, when a ticket-holder banked £128m in August.