EuroMillons: Lottery winners scooped £184m with lucky dip ticket

The UK's biggest ever EuroMillions lottery winners have been revealed as a couple from Gloucester who scooped £184m with a lucky dip ticket.

Joe and Jess Thwaite won a record-breaking £184,262,899 - making them richer than Adele - last week.

Jess, 44, who has two children with Joe, 49, said the win will give them "time to dream".

The previous record was held by an anonymous winner who banked £170m in October 2019.

TV presenter Dermot O'Leary introduced the pair at a glitzy unveiling on Thursday.

Mr Thwaite discovered he had a win when he got up to walk the dogs at 05:15 BST last Tuesday.

Not wanting to wake his wife, he waited until her alarm went off before telling her: "I've got a secret, I've got something to tell you."

Mrs Thwaite revealed her initial reaction was disbelief and decided to get on with her routine before the couple confirmed the record win with National Lottery operator Camelot.

The couple, from Gloucestershire, said the money gives them "time to dream"

They said the win would give them "time to share lots of experiences and go on adventures with our family and friends".

Communications sales manager Joe has been married to Jess, who runs the business side of a hairdressing salon with her sister, for 11 years.

They have two primary school-aged children together and Joe has two university-aged children from a previous marriage.

Mrs Thwaite revealed that her dad was a lifelong National Lottery player and her husband took over the mantel when he passed away seven years ago.

Before his death, she explained that her father "would always ask us what we'd do when we won".

"It was a regular conversation and I feel like he was preparing us," she explained.

"Maybe that is why I seem so chilled, as I've kind of been ready to win for years."