EuroMillions and the chances of winning!

EuroMillions is a pan-European lottery run in the UK by The National Lottery.

Ticket prices in the UK are £2 and include an entry into the Millionaire Raffle which produces 1 guaranteed UK millionaire with each draw.

Below is a table outlining the odds against winning a prize in the EuroMillions draw.

Also illustrated are the average expected winnings for each of the winning combinations

Main numbers	Lucky stars	Probability of winning		% of prize fund	Expected winnings (€/euro)	Expected winnings (£/Sterling)
		Fraction	Decimal
2	0	1 in 23	0.0438	18.0%	€ 4	£2.70
2	1	1 in 46	0.0219	17.6%	€ 8	£5.40
1	2	1 in 156	0.0064	6.5%	€ 10	£6.90
3	0	1 in 327	0.0031	3.7%	€ 12	£8.20
3	1	1 in 654	0.0015	2.2%	€ 14	£9.80
2	2	1 in 821	0.0012	2.3%	€ 19	£12.80
3	2	1 in 11,771	0.000085	0.5%	€ 59	£40.10
4	0	1 in 14,387	0.000070	0.7%	€ 101	£68.60
4	1	1 in 28,773	0.000035	0.7%	€ 201	£137.20
4	2	1 in 517,919	0.0000019	0.8%	€ 4,143	£2,824.30
5	0	1 in 3,236,994	0.00000031	1.6%	€ 51,792	£35,303.90
5	1	1 in 6,473,989	0.00000015	4.8%	€ 310,751	£211,823.60
5	2	1 in 116,531,800	0.0000000086	32.0%	Jackpot	Jackpot
Booster fund				8.6%

The odds against winning any of the 13 prize levels are coincidently 1 in 13. These are far better than the overall odds of winning a prize in the Lotto game. Although the odds against winning a jackpot on the Lotto game are a relatively short 14 million to 1, the odds against winning any prize are 1 in 52.665. Essentially, if you play the Lotto game as opposed to EuroMillions you’re more likely to win a jackpot but less likely to win one of the smaller prizes.

  

The booster fund was introduced in May 2011. It is used to booster jackpot prizes to generate more interest in the draw and therefore encourage better ticket sales.

Whilst these odds aren’t great, there is a way you can greatly improve them at no extra cost.

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