A lucky EuroMillions winner has received a whopping £83.5million jackpot prize after claiming their ticket almost two weeks after winning.

Allwyn said the ticket-holder, who was in possession of their ticket for 13 days before registering their claim, placed them at number 23 on The National Lottery's "most spectacular" wins of all time. The unnamed winner had played the draw on Friday, January 24 - but the £83m prize had gone unclaimed for more than a week.

Operator Allwyn previously said it was "very unusual" for such a large prize to go unclaimed for days, adding that it was the "biggest prize to have gone unclaimed at this stage". The spokesman added: "It is in everybody's interest that this prize is claimed."

Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at Allwyn, said at the time: "I can't believe there's one lucky ticket holder out there who hasn't claimed this incredible EuroMillions jackpot prize - there are 83,474,081 reasons for them to check their ticket straight away. We're urging all EuroMillions players to check their paper tickets to see if they are our missing multi-millionaire."

After the cash was finally claimed, Carter said: "This is absolutely incredible news, and we are delighted that this jaw-dropping EuroMillions jackpot prize has now been claimed. Everyone dreams of that huge win when they buy their EuroMillions ticket - and for this lucky ticket-holder this dream has become a reality. Imagine all the possibilities that are now within their grasp.

"We will now focus on supporting this ticket-holder through the process so they can start enjoying their win as soon as possible."

It means the mystery winner is now richer than Zayn Malik, who is worth an estimated £60M, and boxer , worth an estimated £64M.

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