The European lottery was in the beginning set up by the national lotteries of Spain, the United Kingdom and France and was unveiled in February 2004. The starting lottery draw was on February 13-04 in Paris. The France, Spain and the UK were the only nations partaking in the beginning but lotteries from Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal also became active in Oct 04.

The Euro millions lotto or the Euro lotto, as it is normally acknowledged, gathers the lotto ticket revenues of the 9 partaking European countries presenting a massive Euro Lotto “jackpot”. With the quantity of nations joining the Euro on the increase, that will without question will lead to more states participating in the euro millions lotto. A growth in the amount of individuals partaking in the Euromillions Lottery will lead to a prolonged increase of the already immense EuroMillions “jackpots”.

Q. How Would You Play The EuroMillions Lottery

Each and every participant must choose five primary numbers from one to fifty plus two Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the draw, 5 main and two lucky-star numbers are then chosen at random from 2 draw machines containing numbered balls.

Euro Millions Winnings

The probability of scooping up the Euro Lotto jack-pot is a distant one : seventy-six million but the likelihood of acquiring a money prize is a somewhat decent one : twenty-four. If the jack-pot is not won in a given lotto draw, it is carried over to the following lotto draw that will result in an ever increasing “jackpot” prize. New rules added on the 9th of February 2007 define the number of consecutive rollovers to 11, with the jack-pot rolled out to lower prize levels on the 11th lottery draw when the prize is not collected.

The new regulations likewise initiated European Lottery “Super Draw” which go on twice annually plus they offer jack-pots in the region of £100 million. The difference with Super Draws is that the “jackpot” has to be collected during the calendar week of the lottery draw; this means, when there is no lotto ticket matching, all the numbers drawn and the top prize will be distributed to the lottery ticket holder(s) in the next winning prize level.