Euro Millions is one of the biggest lottery games in the world, thanks to some truly massive jackpots and the fact that no less than nine countries participate. The Euro Millions game was originally launched with just three participating countries (France, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the first draw was held on Friday, 13 February, 2004. Several months later, in October 2004, six more countries joined the fun: Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland.
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How to play Euromillions
The Euro Millions draw takes place on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and in order to take part you need to select five main numbers from the range 1 to 50 and two Lucky Star numbers from the range 1 to 11. The player can opt to have a line of numbers generated at random by requesting a Lucky Dip entry.
The Euro Millions jackpot, which is never less than €15,000,000, is won by any player who matches all five main numbers and both Lucky Star numbers. If more than one player wins the jackpot then the jackpot fund is shared equally between the winners.
If nobody wins the jackpot outright, the jackpot fund is rolled over and added to the fund for the next Euro Millions draw. In March 2009 a new rule came in to force for Euromillions which sees a Jackpot Cap come into place. The jackpot can never rise above €185 million.. If no outright winner is found when the jackpot reaches the cap then the jackpot remains but any money in excess of this amount in the prize pool rolls down to the next winning prize tier.
There are thirteen prize levels in all, as shown in the table below:
Main Numbers |
Lucky Stars |
Odds of Winning |
5 |
2 |
1 in 116,531,800 |
5 |
1 |
1 in 6,473,989 |
5 |
0 |
1 in 3,236,995 |
4 |
2 |
1 in 517,920 |
4 |
1 |
1 in 28,774 |
4 |
0 |
1 in 14,387 |
3 |
2 |
1 in 11,771 |
3 |
1 |
1 in 654 |
2 |
2 |
1 in 822 |
3 |
0 |
1 in 327 |
1 |
2 |
1 in 157 |
2 |
1 |
1 in 46 |
2 |
0 |
1 in 23 |
Big Euro Millions Wins
The biggest jackpot of all so far was worth €185 million and was won on 12th July 2011 by Christine and Colin Weir who took home over £161 million. On the same draw there were eleven winners who each matched 5 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star to take home over €2.4/£1.7 million thanks to the roll down of the prize pool over and above the Jackpot Cap.