a married couple from western england were revealed thursday as britains biggestever lottery winners after scooping a jackpot of nearly £185 million 230 million 218 million euros in the euromillions draw joe and jess thwaite from gloucester called the unprecedented win huge for us as they claimed the recordbreaking sum of £184262899 with a ticket of randomly selected numbers earlier this month it was amazing but also surreal said joe 49 who works at a communications company at a press conference with his wife as they recounted the momentous moment they discovered online their may 10 win i looked at the amount i put the phone down and i picked the phone up again and i looked at the amount again the earlyriser somehow contained his excitement enough to let his wife keep sleeping until her alarm sounded  and then relayed the news he was like ive got a secret to tell you recalled jess 44 i was like dont be stupid she said adding they initially thought it was a joke and obviously wrong the couple like many other britons have been struggling through the countrys growing costofliving crisis and plan to share their newlyamassed fortune with friends and family this is an amazing thing thats happened to us and this means its an amazing thing thats happened to our family and we want to share that with them said jess who runs a hair salon with her mother and sister even though its wonderful and exciting its also a massive relief for everybody thats been struggling with all their bills were like every normal family so its just a huge relief joe said the blockbuster win meant they had been enjoying simple pleasures like hot water without worrying about the costs amid the spiralling energy prices hitting britain i did put the immersion heater on the other day and heated up the hot water and just thought thats fine whereas in the past these are the sorts of things you just didnt do he added beyond that the immediate thwaite family  which comprises two primary schoolaged children and a host of pets including horses ponies dogs and even geckos  are planning a rare family holiday and likely a new car purchase we never go on holiday said jess so our kids would just die to go to the sun and do that kind of thing she added noting one favoured hawaii while the other wanted to go to a texas horse ranch the thwaites jackpot sets a new record in britain and is the second largest in the history of euromillions which is played in the territories of nine european countries last october saw an unprecedented 220millioneuro jackpot claimed by an undisclosed woman  who had never previously played the game  on the pacific island of tahiti which is part of french polynesia