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Euromillions is the biggest lottery on earth as far as the number of countries participating is concerned. It was launched on 13th February, 2004 by Camelot in the UK, the Francaise des Jeux in France and the Loterias y Apuestas des Estad in Spain, but has since expanded massively. Today, Euromillions is played by citizens of nine European countries. In alphabetical order, these are: Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. The lottery draw takes place every Friday evening.

All lotteries work by pooling the stakes of the players who participate to create large jackpot prize funds. Euromillions is no different, and because there are so many countries participating, jackpots can be truly massive. €50 million can be won after just a couple of rollovers, and even regular jackpots make those of most national lotteries look positively paltry.

The Game
The Euromillions game focuses on two boards of numbers, referred to as the Main board and the Lucky Stars board. The Main board includes the numbers 1 to 50. The Lucky Stars board has the numbers 1 to 9.

Players choose five numbers from the Main board and two from the Lucky stars board. They can also pay extra to choose more numbers and thereby increase their chances of winning.

The Prizes
As with all lotteries, the more numbers you get right, the more you win. But with Euromillions you need seven numbers correct (all five Main board numbers and the two Lucky Stars board numbers) to win the jackpot. This is in contrast to many lotteries which only require you to match six numbers for the top prize.

The full prize structure, and the odds of you qualifying, are as follows:

MAIN BOARD NUMBERS

LUCKY STAR NUMBERS

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 24,214

4

0

1 in 16,143

3

2

1 in 7,705

3

1

1 in 550

2

2

1 in 538

3

0

1 in 367

1

2

1 in 102

2

1

1 in 38

Overall the odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24, so if you play one ticket per week the law of averages suggests that you might win twice per year.

 

Article Last Updated: 02/08/2007