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 every Friday, and 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 9. 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. There can be up to eleven consecutive rollovers if necessary. If no outright winner is found in the eleventh draw, the jackpot fund is rolled down to players matching all five main numbers and just one Lucky Star number. If no winner is found there, the fund rolls down to the next highest prize level that does have winners.
There are twelve prize levels in all, as shown in the table below:
Main Numbers |
Lucky Stars |
Odds of Winning |
5 |
2 |
1 in 76,275,360 |
5 |
1 |
1 in 5,448,240 |
5 |
0 |
1 in 3,632,160 |
4 |
2 |
1 in 339,002 |
4 |
1 |
1 in 24,215 |
4 |
0 |
1 in 16,143 |
3 |
2 |
1 in 7,705 |
3 |
1 |
1 in 551 |
2 |
2 |
1 in 538 |
3 |
0 |
1 in 367 |
1 |
2 |
1 in 103 |
2 |
1 |
1 in 39 |
Big Euro Millions Wins
The biggest jackpot of all so far was worth €183 million, and this was rolled down to twenty second-tier prize winners on Friday 17 November, 2006.
The biggest individual Euro Millions jackpot winner so far was Dolores McNamara from Ireland, who won €115 million on Friday 31 July, 2005.