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The EuroMillions was originally set up by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the United Kingdom and was unveiled on Saturday The 7th of February 2004.  The initial EuroMillions draw took place on Friday the 13th of February 2004 in Paris. The United Kingdom, France and Spain were the only nations taking part at first but lotteries from Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland then signed up to the draw on the 8th of October 2004.

The EuroMillions lottery or the Euro lotto, as it is often known, gathers the stakes of all 9 participating European nations resulting in a considerable Euro Millions lottery jackpot. With the amount of nations joining the EU rising, this will undoubtedly lead to new states signing up to the EuroMillions lottery. An increase in the amount of individuals participating in the EuroMillions will lead to a continuing growth of the already huge Euro Millions lottery 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 pulled out at random from two draw machines containing numbered balls.

EuroMillions Prizes And Odds

The probability of winning the Euro Millions lottery jackpot is a distant 1 in 76 million but the probability of winning a cash prize is a generous 1 in 24.  If the jackpot is not won in a given week, it rolls over to the next week which results in an ever growing EuroMillions prize fund.  New rules introduced on the 9th of February 2007 restrict the number of successive “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 established EuroMillions “Super Draws” which take place 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; therefore, if there is no ticket matching all the drawn numbers then the top prize will be distributed to the ticket holder(s) in the next winning prize tier.

Notable Euro Millions Wins

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

•    In August 2007, a 40 year old previous Royal Mail postal administrator from Scotland collected a Euro lotto jackpot of €52.6 million.  To date, this is the largest lottery win of all time in the United Kingdom.

•    On 17 November 2006, having rolled over eleven times, the Euro lotto jackpot arrived at €183 million and was divided between 20 blessed ticket buyers.

Choose Your Playing Method

Usually, to partake in the EuroMillions lottery you would have to be a citizen of one of the nine participating member states.  However, with the launch of lottery ticket sales agents you can now obtain your required quantity of EuroMillions tickets online in spite of where you live globally.  If you are looking for a boost in your lottery winning odds, you may like to reflect on signing up to an e-Lottery EuroMillions syndicate.  As an e-Lottery syndicate member you play with a thirty-six times better chance of winning the jackpot in comparison to everyone buying tickets.  With e-Lottery there are very few geographic obstacles preventing members from joining and as a result the existing membership consists of individuals from no fewer than 133 countries.