Europe’s biggest lottery winner is a 25-year-old Spanish woman who was in fear of losing her job and was unaware of her £110 million jackpot because she was struck down with the flu.

The unnamed woman, from Majorca, only discovered she had become a multi-millionaire when she returned to work on Monday after being tracked down by lottery officials. She went back to work after fearing she might lose her job because of the recession, only to turn on her phone and be told she had won the jackpot. The ticket was bought through a commercial website much like www.playeuromillions.com and was later validated at the Black Cat kiosk in the center of Madrid. "I was still sick on Monday so I decided to go to work out of fear of losing my job given the economic crisis we are going through," she said in a statement. "When she learned the news she was frightened and at the same time very, very moved. Logically she asked us many questions," a EuroMillions official added. The winner and her boyfriend are expected to travel to Madrid to collect the winnings – the process of collecting their winnings will be explained and they will receive financial advice should they need it. Since the record jackpot win was revealed on Friday, Spain has been abuzz trying to discover the identity of the lucky winner. She beat odds of 76 million to one by guessing five correct numbers (4, 23, 24, 29, 31) and two stars (8, 9) to win the €126,231,764 jackpot. The previous biggest Euro Millions winner was Delores McNamara, from Ireland, who scooped £77million in 2005 and the previous record for a single ticket winning a jackpot prize was around £81 million in Italy's SuperEnalotto in October last year. Look out for our SuperEnalotto offering coming soon... EuroMillions is a European lottery made up of contributions from the lotteries of the UK, Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland.