The furious player has spoken out, saying this is the lottery's "first time" where a winning prize has been nicked - and the player reckons it has "got to be an inside job".

A UK ticket-holder is set to become the third-biggest National Lottery winner of all time after claiming a £177m jackpot from Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw. Ticket-holders were urged to check their numbers from the draw a second time after an error led to the publication of the wrong winning numbers online.

"We're urging all EuroMillions players to check their paper tickets and their National Lottery accounts to see if they are one of our four our missing millionaires"

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A claim has been staked for Tuesday's £177 million EuroMillions jackpot won by a UK ticket-holder, the third biggest National Lottery winner of all time, operator Allwyn said.

A UK ticket-holder has won an incredible £177,033,699.20 - and, if confirmed, the lucky ticket-holder has immediately become the third biggest National Lottery winner.