EuroMillions is a pan-European lottery launched in 2004. The first draw took place on Friday 13th February 2004 in Paris.
To play you need to select 5 numbers from 1-50 and two lucky stars from 1-11
The tickets in the UK cost £2 each and each ticket gains you one entry into the Millionaire Raffle drawn from the UK ticket holders.
Draws take place every Tuesday and Friday night in Paris.
Anyone 16 or over living in one of the participating countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) is entitled to take part.
The odds against winning the jackpot are 1 in 116,531,800.
The odds against winning any of the 13 prize levels are coincidentally 1 in 13.
The odds against getting none of the main 50 balls, but both of the lucky star balls are 1 in 95. But getting them wouldn’t do you any good as there isn’t a prize for just getting the two lucky star balls.
If not won, the jackpot can rollover as many times as it takes to reach €185 million. Once the jackpot figure reaches or exceeds €185 million, the prize if not won again is distributed amongst those with the next lower prize tier of 5 numbers and 1 lucky star.
EuroMillions also have Super Draws and Event Draws. These are special draws where the jackpot is set at a certain amount regardless of the normal expected jackpot. These jackpots can sometimes be as high as£100 million.
With a Super Draw, the winnings are rolled over if not won, whereas with an event draw, the winnings are shared amongst the winners of the next lowest tier if not won.
The first Super Draw in 2011 took place on May 10th as an introduction to the new Tuesday EuroMillions draw that began on that date.
A ticket for EuroMillions in the UK cost £2 opposed the €2 throughout the rest of Europe. To make up for the difference in cost in the UK there is also an additional prize of a Millionaire Raffle. For every EuroMillions ticket you buy in the UK there is a Millionaire Raffle number printed below your numbers. These numbers are all added to the raffle where one winning ticket is drawn. On occasions Camelot add extra Millionaire Raffle prizes to particular draws. This is often on special occasions such as Christmas.
The largest Jackpot ever won by someone in the UK on EuroMillions was won on Tuesday 12th July 2011 in Draw Number 397. The winners, Christine and Colin Weir, a couple from Largs in Scotland won the a jaw dropping jackpot of £161,653,000.
Find out what the odds are of winning any of the EuroMillions prizes.
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