One lucky ticket holder has won this evening's EuroMillions jackpot, scooping themselves a life-changing £125million.

The winning numbers are 2 8 13 29 39 with Life Balls: 2 11. A total of seven other ticketholders managed to bag the second prize - matching all five main numbers plus one Life Ball. A prize of £372,679 has been split between them, giving them a whopping £74,535.80 each.

If you bought a EuroMillions ticket for this evening's draw then it is well worth checking your numbers as soon as possible. Also drawn tonight were the numbers for Thunderball - with a £500,00 jackpot up for grabs.

The numbers are 2 3 8 11 14 and Thunderball number 6. Nobody matched all the numbers but two lucky players won the second prize of £10,000, which was split evenly between them.

Back in 2023, a lottery chief explained exactly what happens if you win the lottery. It takes just 48 hours for winnings to be transferred, revealed Andy Carter, Camelot's Senior Winners Adviser in Cardiff But to avoid your happy news leaking, he recommends you open a special account, which staff in your local branch will know nothing about. Below are some burning questions and answers from him...

My numbers came up - what do I do now?

You ring the number on the back of your ticket to make your claim. That call will get through to a call centre where staff are dedicated to dealing with Lottery related matters. It's not just winners - the staff there also take calls from newsagents who want to order more scratch cards or whose Lottery ticket dispenser isn't working, that kind of thing. So, it's a bit of a lottery for them too regarding who'll be on the other end of the line.

When can I get my money?

The winnings are transferred electronically in 48 hours and we recommend it doesn't go into a normal high street savings account - instead we suggest winners open a a private account (most of the big banks have teams which deal only with Lottery winners and the extremely wealthy) which is shielded from the knowledge of ordinary branch staff. That way no one can leak news of a person's win.

How long will I have help?

It kind of depends - some people might not have anyone around them to chat to, particularly those who wish to remain anonymous. So they might choose to stay in touch a lot longer, just to talk things over. By and large though, it's those who elect to have their win made public with whom we have the longest relationship because they act as advocates for us. The private ones generally tend to move on the quickest.