Feeling lucky? Well there's still time to rush down to your local newsagent and pick up a ticket for tonight's Euromillions draw. No-one has won since November and last week's record-breaking jackpot of £85m has now grown to £105m. That's record-breaking in Europe - over in America two winners shared a jackpot of $363m(£206) back in 2000, and there have been several jackpots in excess of $300 since.
But in Europe our expectations are lower and £105m has been enough to induce lottery-mania - even among people who would not normally wish to be seen buying a ticket. Sales in the UK are reportedly up by 1000% on a usual week and, according to the country's largest ticket seller, Tesco, the rush is greatest in Kensington and Chelsea, where residents are apparently hoping to see some truth in the old adage "money goes to money".
And this is the kind of money that would catapult the winner straight to number 458 in the Sunday Times Rich List, on a par with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Adopting their lifestyle isn't obligatory if you beat the odds of 76m to one to land the jackpot, but changing your way of life probably is. It may be possible to hide a £1.5m lottery win from your nearest and dearest as one woman admitted to this week, but keeping £105m to yourself may prove a little bit harder.
