The £318million question: If the National Lottery’s Powerball jackpot is won by a Briton it would represent the biggest ticket prize ever scooped up in the UK – so what would YOU spend your staggering winnings on?

Powerball’s UK jackpot has risen to £318 million after a rollover, which would make it the largest lottery prize ever won in Britain if a UK player claims it. The story focuses on how people might use such a life-changing sum and reports that most would share at least some of it with others.

A National Lottery survey of 2,000 people found 97 per cent would share their winnings: six in 10 would give a share to a partner, 52 per cent to their children and 47 per cent to their parents. Tickets cost £4 per line; players choose five numbers from 1 to 69 and one Powerball number from 1 to 26, with a Lucky Dip option. A UK jackpot winner is paid over 30 years, and the prize is shared with any winning US players.