Just What Is It About The EuroMillions

The Euro Millions lottery was originally devised by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the United Kingdom and was unveiled on Saturday The 7th of February 2004. The inaugural Euro Millions lottery draw occurred on February 13th 2004 in Paris. The United Kingdom, France and Spain were the only nations partaking at first but lotteries from Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland also came on board in October 2004.

The Euro Millions or the Euro lottery, as it is often branded, gathers the ticket revenues of all 9 participating European nations resulting in a huge Euro Millions jackpot. With the amount of countries joining the European Union increasing, this will undoubtedly lead to new countries registering with the Euro Millions lotto. A rise in the quantity of individuals playing the Euro Millions lotto will lead to a further growth of the already sizable EuroMillions lotto jackpots.

How To Play

Every player must choose 5 main numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 “Lucky Star” numbers from 1 to 9. During the draw, 5 main and 2 lucky star numbers are then selected at random from two draw machines containing numbered balls.

How The Prizes Are Allocated

The odds of winning the Euro Millions lotto jackpot is a far-off 1 in 76 million but the chances of winning a cash prize is a generous 1 in 24. If no one matches the drawn numbers to win the jackpot in a given week, it is carried forward to the next week which results in an ever growing jackpot prize. New rules brought in on the 4th of January 2007 and became law on the 9th of February 2007 limit the number of consecutive “rollovers” to eleven, with the jackpot rolling down to lower prize levels in the eleventh draw if the prize is not won.

The new rules also initiated Euro lotto "Super Draws" which occur twice yearly and present jackpots in the region of £100 million. The difference with “Super Draws” is that the jackpot must be won during the week of the draw; as a result, if no ticket holder manages to match all the numbers drawn then the jackpot will be rolled down to the next winning prize tier.

A Selection Of The Top Euro Millions Wins

• On 8 February 2008, the “Super Draw” jackpot of €130 million was collected by 16 people who matched the 5 main numbers and 1 “Lucky Star” number.

• In August 2007, a forty year old ex- Royal Mail postal officer from Scotland secured a EuroMillions jackpot of €52.6 million. Up till now, this is the largest lotto win yet in the UK.

• In November 2006, after rolling over 11 times, the Euro lotto jackpot reached €183 million and was divided among 20 fortunate ticket buyers.

Choose Your Playing Method

Usually, to participate in the EuroMillions lottery you would have to be a citizen of one of the nine participating member countries. However, with the establishment of lottery ticket sales agents you can now buy your required number of EuroMillions tickets online in spite of where you are located worldwide. If you are looking for a boost in your odds of winning the Euro Millions, you may want to consider signing up to an e-Lottery EuroMillions syndicate. As an e-Lottery syndicate member you enjoy a thirty-six times better chance of securing the jackpot in comparison to all those people purchasing tickets in the normal manner. With e-Lottery there are very few geographic obstacles preventing members from joining and consequently the existing membership consists of individuals from no fewer than 133 countries.