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A search was on today for Britain's biggest ever lottery winners after neither ticketholder came forward to claim their £45m prizes. Skip related content

They scooped £45,570,835.50 each - the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the UK.

A National Lottery spokeswoman said there had been no valid claims so far.

The Camelot spokesman added: "These two ticketholders have just banked the largest lottery prizes ever in the country.

"We have plenty of champagne on ice and are looking forward to welcoming the lucky ticketholders to the National Lottery millionaires' club."

The previous highest prize belonged to Glasgow postal worker Angela Kelly, who won £35.4m in August 2007.

Friday night's winning numbers were 19, 43, 45, 34 and 11. The Lucky Star numbers were 5 and 9.

From next week every Euromillions ticket will include the Millionaire Raffle game, where every week one UK player will win £1m.

This month The National Lottery is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Since the launch in 1994 more than 2,300 millionaires have been created and more than £23bn raised for good causes.

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