A £115 million EuroMillions jackpot could create the UK’s fourth biggest winner if it is scooped by a single ticket-holder on Friday.

Players have been urged to buy their tickets early ahead of the “super jackpot” draw.

UK ticket-holders have won five EuroMillions jackpots in the past 12 months.

In July Fred and Lesley Higgins from Aberdeenshire won £57.9 million after having their winning ticket torn in two.

The biggest UK EuroMillions winner this year was an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £121 million in April, while in February another anonymous player won £77 million.

Currently the biggest lottery win in the UK is that of Colin and Chris Weir from Largs in North Ayrshire, who won £161 million on EuroMillions in 2011.

A single winner of this Friday’s jackpot would also sit behind Gillian and Adrian Bayford, who won £148 million in 2012.

Andy Carter, the National Lottery’s senior winners’ adviser said: “With that giant cheque you’d have more than enough to change the lives of the people close to you and spend your days travelling the globe.

“EuroMillions players help raise the £30 million plus that the National Lottery gives to Good Causes each and every week.

“This supports projects big and small across the country, including funding everything from local community projects to saving the nation’s heritage.”