There was no winner of the huge £184 million jackpot in the EuroMillions on Tuesday meaning the prize will now be frozen for four games.
The huge sum was accumulated after a rollover last Friday but with no winner on Tuesday the jackpot has now reached its limit.
If one lucky person was to bank tonight's winnings (October 15), they would become the biggest ever National Lottery winner since it began in 1994, reports the Mirror.
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On the EuroMillions website it says the odds of picking five numbers and the two Lucky Stars is one in 139,838,160.
Tuesday's unlucky numbers were 6, 13, 22, 45 and 49 plus the Lucky Stars 10 and 11.
However four players matched five plus one lucky star number to win £995,000 each.
The prize fund will now stay at £184million for the next four draws.
If no one claims the prize on the fourth attempt, it will be shared among all those ticketholders who are one number short.
That could result in many new multimillionaires.
If anyone in the UK wins the whole sum, they'll be the biggest winner in the National Lottery’s existence.
Camelot's Andy Carter, senior winners' adviser at The National Lottery, said: "EuroMillions has now hit its cap, which means any money that would have gone into the jackpot will now boost prizes in the next winning prize tier.
"If one UK winner banks the lot, they would instantly become the UK's biggest ever National Lottery winner.
"Players are urged to get their tickets early to be in with a chance of winning this extraordinary prize."
There have been five UK EuroMillions jackpot winners so far this year, including the anonymous winners of £122million in April and £111million in June.
Mr Carter added: "Any money that would have gone into the jackpot will now boost prizes in the next winning prize tier".
The game is currently played in nine European countries, including Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland.
As a result, the stakes are high and the odds of winning are slim.
The approximate odds of winning when you enter EuroMillions are one in 13 for any prize.
However, the chances fluctuate for UK Millionaire Maker raffle code holders – with the likelihood of claiming a £1million prize with a matching code dependent on how many tickets are sold and raffle codes drawn.
As for the main draw, EuroMillions have tallied up the most frequent ball numbers in more than 500 lottery draws since September 2016, with ball numbers 20,23,5,27 and 42 being the most common in the last five years.
Hopeful lottery winners now have another chance to win the life-changing sum in Friday's draw.
