State-run lottery, guaranteed by 9 European countries
This is an "official lottery", backed by the governments of Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Portugal, and Luxembourg. Completely regulated and guaranteed by these governments to be fair and honest. The stakes collected are correctly distributed in the winnings and the player has the security of knowing that this lottery is no fly-by-night operation to take your money for nothing.
What is EuroMillions?
The world's biggest jackpot lottery
Europe invites the world to play!
General Introduction: EuroMillions is a Trans European Lottery established in 2004. The Lottery is conducted in Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Because 9 countries participate in the EuroMillions lottery the jackpots and prizes are immense. They normally start at 15 million Euros, have never been below 9 million and often exceed 100 million. Although the drawing and the accumulation of the jackpot sums are Europe- wide, the administration of the lottery is done on the national level of the above countries. Each country runs its own lottery selling, licensing, and administration of the lottery within its borders. The actual drawing and accumulation of the jackpot is done in Paris between 21.00 hrs and 22.00 hrs ( CET ) every Friday. The national lottery companies are responsible for the payout of the winnings to persons playing within their jurisdictions. The European-wide administration, in this case coordination of standards between the various national lotteries is done by the Services Aux Loteries En Europe located in St.Pieters-Woluwe, Belgium.
The Game: The player makes a selection of numbers to play the lottery. This selection is made up of two number sub-selections: The main sub-selection is the choosing of 5 numbers out of a field of 50 numbers from 1 to 50, and the sub-selection of 2 numbers (known as Lucky Stars) out of a field of 9 ranging from 1 to 9. The two sub-selections together are known as the SELECTION. The SELECTION is the viable play tip row for the player.
The Winnings Classes: There are 12 winning classes: The highest class is the 1st class where the player matches all 5 numbers out of the "5 out of 50" sub-selection and both numbers out of the "2 out of 9" sub-selection. The winner of the first class wins 32% of the common prize fund known as the jackpot. The classes and the winnings percentages decrease to the lowest class (12th class) where 24% of the common prize fund is divided between the winners. The table below displays the winning classes, the odds of winning and the percentage of the common prize fund to be paid out.
Although the percentages paid out to the two lowest winning classes are larger, the odds of winning are higher. Therefore there are more winners in these classes and hence smaller winning sums per winner.
Jackpots and Rollovers: The attractiveness of the EuroMillions lottery comes from the enormous jackpots. The jackpot is large to start with and if no one wins it, it is rolled over to the next drawing. This is done up to ten times. Whereby if no one wins the jackpot by the eleventh drawing it is "rolled-down" and made available to the next highest winning class where there are winners. The jackpot will then be divided amongst the winners.
History of EuroMillions Jackpot
February 6th 2006 = € 183,000,000 ( After rolling over eleven times, the EuroMillions
Jackpot was won by three players.
One in Portugal and two in France .
They each received € 60 million. )
November 17th 2006 = € 183,000,000 ( After rolling over eleven times, the EuroMillions
Jackpot was won by thwenty players. 7 British,
4 French, 3 Portuguese, 3 Spanish
2 Irish and 1 Belgian ).
February 9th 2007 = € 100,000,000 ( One unnamed Begian winner )
September 28th 2007 = € 130,000,000 ( 14 winner. They each received € 9,8 million. )
February 8th 2008 = € 130,000,000 ( 16 winner. They each received € 8,6 million. )
September 5th 2008 = € 119,000,000 ( 2 winner. They each received € 60 million. )
March 6th 2009 = € 100,000,000 ( 2 winner. They each received € 50 million. )
May 8th 2009 = € 126,000,000 ( One unnamed Spanish woman won the largest
jackpot by a single ticket holder in European history )
September 18th 2009 = € 100,000,000 ( 15 winner. They each received € 6 million. )
November 6th 2009 = € 102,000,000 ( 2 winner. They each received € 45,5 million. )
February 12th 2010 = € 129,000,000 ( 2 winner. One Spanish and one British.
They each received € 56 million. )
May 14th 2010 = € 100,000,000 ( One unnamed UK winner )
The Game: The player makes a selection of numbers to play the lottery. This selection is made up of two number sub-selections: The main sub-selection is the choosing of 5 numbers out of a field of 50 numbers from 1 to 50, and the sub-selection of 2 numbers (known as Lucky Stars) out of a field of 9 ranging from 1 to 9. The two sub-selections together are known as the SELECTION. The SELECTION is the viable play tip row for the player.
The Winnings Classes: There are 12 winning classes: The highest class is the 1st class where the player matches all 5 numbers out of the "5 out of 50" sub-selection and both numbers out of the "2 out of 9" sub-selection. The winner of the first class wins 32% of the common prize fund known as the jackpot. The classes and the winnings percentages decrease to the lowest class (12th class) where 24% of the common prize fund is divided between the winners. The table below displays the winning classes, the odds of winning and the percentage of the common prize fund to be paid out.
| EuroMillions Winnings Class Table |
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| Winning Class | Class Parts | Odds and Percentages | ||
| 5 out of 50 (Main Lottery) | 2 out of 9 (Lucky Stars) | Odds of Winning | Prize Percentage | |
| 1st Class | 5 correct numbers | + 2 Lucky Stars | 1 : 76,275,360 | 32.0% | ||||||||
| 2nd Class | 5 correct numbers | + 1 Lucky Star | 1 : 5,448,240 | 7.4% | ||||||||
| 3rd Class | 5 correct numbers | + 0 Lucky Stars | 1 : 3,632,160 | 2.1% | ||||||||
| 4th Class | 4 correct numbers | + 2 lucky Stars | 1 : 339,002 | 1.5% | ||||||||
| 5th Class | 4 correct numbers | + 1 Lucky Star | 1 : 24,214 | 1.0% | ||||||||
| 6th Class | 4 correct numbers | + 0 Lucky Stars | 1 : 16,143 | 0.7% | ||||||||
| 7th Class | 3 correct numbers | + 2 Lucky Stars | 1 : 7,705 | 1.0% | ||||||||
| 8th Class | 3 correct numbers | + 1 Lucky Star | 1 : 550 | 5.1% | ||||||||
| 9th Class | 2 correct numbers | + 2 Lucky Stars | 1 : 538 | 4.4% | ||||||||
| 10th Class | 3 correct numbers | + 0 Lucky Stars | 1 : 367 | 4.7% | ||||||||
| 11th Class | 1 correct number | + 2 Lucky Stars | 1 : 102 | 10.1% | ||||||||
| 12th Class | 2 correct numbers | + 1 Lucky Star | 1 : 38 | 24.0% |
Although the percentages paid out to the two lowest winning classes are larger, the odds of winning are higher. Therefore there are more winners in these classes and hence smaller winning sums per winner.
Jackpots and Rollovers: The attractiveness of the EuroMillions lottery comes from the enormous jackpots. The jackpot is large to start with and if no one wins it, it is rolled over to the next drawing. This is done up to ten times. Whereby if no one wins the jackpot by the eleventh drawing it is "rolled-down" and made available to the next highest winning class where there are winners. The jackpot will then be divided amongst the winners.
History of EuroMillions Jackpot
February 6th 2006 = € 183,000,000 ( After rolling over eleven times, the EuroMillions
Jackpot was won by three players.
One in Portugal and two in France .
They each received € 60 million. )
November 17th 2006 = € 183,000,000 ( After rolling over eleven times, the EuroMillions
Jackpot was won by thwenty players. 7 British,
4 French, 3 Portuguese, 3 Spanish
2 Irish and 1 Belgian ).
February 9th 2007 = € 100,000,000 ( One unnamed Begian winner )
February 8th 2008 = € 130,000,000 ( 16 winner. They each received € 8,6 million. )
September 5th 2008 = € 119,000,000 ( 2 winner. They each received € 60 million. )
March 6th 2009 = € 100,000,000 ( 2 winner. They each received € 50 million. )
May 8th 2009 = € 126,000,000 ( One unnamed Spanish woman won the largest
jackpot by a single ticket holder in European history )
September 18th 2009 = € 100,000,000 ( 15 winner. They each received € 6 million. )
November 6th 2009 = € 102,000,000 ( 2 winner. They each received € 45,5 million. )
February 12th 2010 = € 129,000,000 ( 2 winner. One Spanish and one British.
They each received € 56 million. )
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