The Euro Millions lottery was originally established by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the UK and was unveiled in February 04. The 1st draw was on February 13-04 in Paris. The Spain, France and the UK were the only nations partaking in the beginning but lotteries from Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland and Austria also got engaged in Oct-04.

The Euromillions lotto or the Euro lotto, as it is usually known, pools the ticket receipts of the 9 partaking European countries delivering a gigantic Euro Lottery jackpot. With the number of countries joining the EU on the increase, that will without question will lead to new states participating in the EuroMillions lottery. An increase in the amount of individuals partaking in the European Lotto will lead to a lasting increase of the already sizeable Euro Millions “jackpots”.

Q. How To Play The EuroMillions Lotto?

Every participant has to choose 5 primary numbers from one to fifty plus two Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 9. During the lotto draw, five primary plus two “lucky star” numbers are then picked out at random from two lotto draw machines containing numbered balls.

Euromillions Winnings

The probability of scooping the Euromillions jack-pot is a distant one in seventy-six million but the chances of winning a money prize is a somewhat decent one in twenty-four. If the jack-pot is not won in a given lottery draw, it is carried forward to the next lotto draw which results in an ever increasing jack-pot value. New regulations added on the 09/02/07 set the number of consecutive roll-overs to 11, with the “jackpot” rolled out to lower value levels on the 11th draw when the prize is not collected.

The recent regulations also initiated European “Super Draw” which come about twice each year plus they offer “jackpots” in the region of £100 million. The difference with Super Draws is that the “jackpot” has to be won during the calendar week of the lotto draw; this means, when there is no ticket matching, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will be distributed to the lotto ticket holder(s) on the succeeding winning prize level.

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