The winner had until 6 April 2011 to come forward The UK’s largest ever lottery win has been claimed and paid out, Camelot has announced.
The record-breaking £113m Euromillions Lottery jackpot prize followed a draw on 8 October.
The winner beat odds of more than 76 million to one to pick the winning numbers which were nine, 30, 35, 39, 46, with lucky stars six and eight.
According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2010, the ticket-holder could become the UK’s 589th wealthiest person.
A spokeswoman for Camelot said a winning ticket had been produced and had been verified.
On Tuesday the lottery operator revealed it had received more than 1,000 lost ticket claims relating to the jackpot.
The latest winner’s wealth will eclipse that of the likes of pop stars Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who are said to be worth £110m, Phil Collins, who has a fortune of £108m, Rod Stewart, who has £105m, and David Bowie, who has an estimated £100m to his name.
About 2,400 lottery millionaires have been created in the UK since the National Lottery launched in 1994.
The previous largest lottery winner in the UK was an anonymous player who scooped £84.4m in May.
Nigel Page and Justine Laycock, from Barnsley, Gloucestershire, previously broke the record in February after winning £56m on Euromillions.
Tickets for Euromillions are sold in nine countries – the UK, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Irish Republic, Portugal and Switzerland – with ticket-holders in all those countries trying to win a share of the same jackpot each week.
Camelot is the operator for the competition in the UK.
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