The European lottery was to begin with set-up by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the UK and was unveiled on February 04. The starting lotto draw was on Feb 13th 04 in Paris. The Spain, France and the United Kingdom were the only nations partaking in the beginning but lotteries from Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland likewise became engaged in October 2004.
The Euromillions lottery or the euro millions, as it is usually better-known, gathers the lottery ticket revenues of the 9 partaking European countries presenting a massive Euro Millions “jackpot”. With the sum of nations joining the EU on the increase, that will without question will lead to more states participating in the European lotto. An increase in the number of people partaking in the Euro Lotto will lead to a prolonged increase of the already gigantic Euro Lottery “jackpots”.
Q. How To Play The Euro Millions Lotto?
Each and every participant has to choose five primary numbers from one to fifty and two Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 9. During the lotto draw, five main and two “lucky-star” numbers are then chosen at random from 2 draw machines containing numbered balls.
Euromillions Winnings
The chances of scooping up the Euro Lottery jackpot is a distant one : 76 million but the probability of winning a money prize is a somewhat decent one in 24. When the jackpot is not won on a given lotto draw, it is carried over to the following week that will result in an ever increasing jack-pot prize. New rules added on the 09.02.2007 specify the number of successive “roll-overs” to eleven, with the jackpot rolled out to lower value levels on the eleventh draw when the prize is not won.
The new regulations likewise initiated European “Super Draw” which come about twice each year plus they offer jackpots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super Draws is that the jackpot has to be collected during the calendar week of the draw; as a result, when there is no ticket corresponding, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will be allotted to the lotto ticket bearer(s) in the succeeding winning prize tier.
