The Euro Millions lottery was initially set up by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the UK and was unveiled on Saturday The 7th of February 2004. The initial draw was on Friday the 13th of February 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 then signed up to the draw on the 8th of October 2004.
The EuroMillions lotto or the Euro lotto, as it is often known, pools the stakes of the nine participating European nations resulting in a mammoth Euro lottery jackpot. With the number of nations joining the EU on the increase, this will undoubtedly lead to new nations signing up to the Euro Millions. An increase in the amount of individuals participating in the Euro Millions lotto will lead to a further increase of the already considerable EuroMillions jackpots.
How To Play The EuroMillions Lotto
Each participant chooses 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 chosen at random from two draw machines containing numbered balls.
Euro Millions Prizes
The odds of grabbing the EuroMillions lottery jackpot is a distant 1 in 76 million but the probability of winning any prize is a fairly decent 1 in 24. If no one matches the drawn numbers to win the jackpot in a given week, it rolls over to the following week which leads to an ever growing Euro Millions prize fund. New rules introduced on the 4th of January 2007 and became law on the 9th of February 2007 limit the quantity 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 established EuroMillions “Super Draws” which occur twice every year 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 matches all the drawn numbers then the jackpot will be paid out to the next tier in the prize structure.
A Selection Of The Top Euro Millions Wins
• In 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.
• On the 10th of August, a 40 year old previous Royal Mail postal officer from Scotland scooped a Euro lotto jackpot of €52.6 million. To date, this is the biggest lottery win ever in the UK.
• On 17 November 2006, having rolled over eleven times, the Euro lottery jackpot arrived at €183 million and was split among 20 lucky ticket holders.
Choose Your Playing Method
Typically, to play the EuroMillions you would have to be a citizen of one of the nine participating member nations. However, with the establishment of lottery ticket sales agents you can now acquire your requisite quantity of Euro Millions tickets online in spite of where you live worldwide. If you are seeking a boost in your odds of winning the Euro Millions, you may want to reflect on signing up to one of e-Lottery’s Euro Millions syndicates. As a participant in a Euro syndicate you enjoy a 36 times greater opportunity of scooping 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 as a result the current membership is made up of individuals from no fewer than 133 countries around the world.
