Millionaire Raffle – and how to win it.

The Millionaire Raffle was introduced in 2010 as an addition to the hugely successful EuroMillions lottery. Whilst the EuroMillions lottery is open to countries across Europe, the Millionaire Raffle guarantees a UK winner of a £1 million prize with every Friday and Tuesday draw.

When a player buys a EuroMillions ticket in the UK, along with their entry into the main EuroMillions draw, they are automatically given one entry into a separate UK-only draw which guarantees one winner of £1 million.

Every line purchased on a EuroMillions ticket is allocated a series of three letters and six numbers, for example FNL123456. The combinations are selected in such a way that no two players can have the same number.

With every Friday and Tuesday draw, the Millionaires Raffle draw is also made. As a raffle as opposed to alottery, the winning combination is selected from the Millionaire Raffle combinations that were distributed for that particular draw, thereby guaranteeing a winner every time. There are no other prizes in the Millionaires Raffle apart from the £1 million.

The cost of entering the Millionaire Raffle is zero. The £2 fee for a line in EuroMillions covers the cost of the Millionaire Raffle.

You can’t opt out of receiving a Millionaires Raffle entry as they are automatically given with each individual line for EuroMillions and included in the price.

The Millionaire Raffle draw is televised live on Friday evenings as part of the coverage of the main EuroMillions draw. You can see the Tuesday Millionaires Raffle draw online only.

The odds of winning the Millionaire Raffle vary depending on the number of EuroMillions tickets sold for each draw.

The approximate odds of winning the Millionaire Raffle on a Tuesday draw based on an average of the number of EuroMillions lines purchased in the UK since the introduction of the Millionaire Raffle is 1:3,500,000. For a Friday draw the odds are an approximate 1:9,200,000

These approximations are likely to vary significantly depending on the volume of EuroMillions tickets purchased in the UK. This can fluctuate greatly when there are rollovers.