EuroMillions And UK National Lottery syndicates
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The EuroMillions lottery was originally set up by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the United Kingdom and was launched on Saturday The 7th of February 2004. The inaugural EuroMillions draw took place on Friday the 13th of February 2004 in Paris. The UK, France and Spain were the only European states partaking initially but lotteries from Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland also came on board in October 2004.
The Euro Millions or the Euro lottery, as it is commonly known, pools the ticket revenues of the nine partaking European nations resulting in a colossal EuroMillions jackpot. With the amount of nations joining the EU on the increase, this will clearly lead to new countries signing up to the Euro Millions lottery. An increase in the amount of people participating in the Euro Millions will lead to a continuing increase of the already huge EuroMillions lotto jackpots.
How To Play The EuroMillions Lottery
Each participant is required to pick 5 main numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 9. During the draw, 5 main and 2 lucky star numbers are then picked at random from two draw machines containing numbered balls.
Euro Millions Prizes
The chances of picking up the Euro Millions jackpot is a far-off 1 in 76 million but the probability of winning a cash prize is a generous 1 in 24. If nobody wins the jackpot in a certain week, it rolls over to the following week which results in an ever growing Euro Millions prize fund. New rules introduced on the 4th of January 2007 and became law on the 9th of February 2007 restrict the number of successive rollovers to eleven, with the jackpot rolling down to lower prize levels in the eleventh draw if the prize is not won.
The new rules also initiated EuroMillions "Super Draws" which happen twice every year and present jackpots in the region of 100 million. The difference with Super Draws is that the jackpot must be won in the week of that draw; therefore, if there is no ticket matching all the drawn numbers then the jackpot will be paid out to the next tier in the prize structure.
A Selection Of The Top Euro Millions Wins
On the 8th of February 2008, the Super Draw jackpot of 130 million was collected by 16 individuals who matched the 5 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star number.
On the 10th of August, a forty year old previous Royal Mail postal officer from Scotland collected a Euro lottery jackpot of 52.6 million. Up till now, this is the largest lotto win yet in the UK.
On 17 November 2006, having rolled over eleven times, the EuroMillions jackpot arrived at 183 million and was split between 20 blessed ticket holders.
Choose Your Playing Method
Typically, to partake in the Euro Millions lottery you would have to be a resident of one of the nine participating member states. However, with the establishment of lottery ticket sales agents you can now obtain your required quantity of Euro Millions lotto tickets online in spite of where you reside around the world. If you desire a boost in your odds of winning the Euro Millions, you may like to consider registering as a member of an e-Lottery EuroMillions syndicate. As an e-Lottery syndicate member you play with a thirty-six times greater prospect of winning the jackpot when compared to all those people purchasing tickets in the normal manner. With e-Lottery there are very few geographic obstacles preventing members from joining and consequently the existing membership is made up of persons from no less than 133 worldwide nations. Euromillions is the best lottery around today.
