Guide to Playing and Winning EuroMillions

The EuroMillions lottery is a massive draw across Europe, offering a chance at incredible prizes. For Irish players, entering this pan-European lottery can cost as little as two Euros, with the top prize reaching a staggering €190 million.

Even if the jackpot eludes you, EuroMillions presents some excellent secondary prizes. Read on to discover all you need to know.

This comprehensive lottery guide will answer all your questions about EuroMillions, including SuperDraws, bonus features, prizes, and more.

What is EuroMillions?

EuroMillions is a transnational lottery where matching seven numbers secures the jackpot. It was first launched on 7 February 2004 by France's Française des Jeux, Spain's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, and the UK's Camelot. Currently, players in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, France (including overseas regions and collectivities), Ireland, the Isle of Man, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom can participate.

The game's format is straightforward: players select five main numbers from 1 to 50 and two extra numbers, dubbed "Lucky Stars", from a separate range of 1 to 12. To win the jackpot, all seven numbers drawn need to match. The prize money grows with each draw where the jackpot isn't won, leading to massive jackpots that frequently reach hundreds of millions of euros.

The immense popularity of EuroMillions is largely fuelled by its substantial jackpots, making it one of Europe's most recognised lotteries. The game has created numerous millionaires and continues to attract players with the promise of life-changing wins.

When Does The EuroMillions Hold Its Draw?

The EuroMillions lottery draw occurs twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 8:45 PM Paris time. Lottery results are typically available by 11 PM on Tuesdays and Fridays and are distributed to retailers and media outlets. You can find the latest EuroMillions results on most lottery information sites, and using a dedicated checker can confirm your numbers. This tool quickly and easily tells you if your chosen numbers match the winning combination.

Lotteries are not as prominent on television as they once were, and EuroMillions results are no longer widely broadcast on national TV or featured on newspaper front pages. However, the internet has made them more accessible than ever before.

When is the EuroMillions SuperDraw?

Of all the EuroMillions draws, the one you'd most want to win is the SuperDraw. While winning EuroMillions relies on luck, it's certainly worth playing when a SuperDraw is announced.

So, what makes the SuperDraw so special?

• One major benefit is that the jackpot starts at a minimum of nine figures, meaning at least one hundred million euros.
• The EuroMillions SuperDraw generates significant excitement and attention, often leading to a surge in ticket sales and boosting the prize to an impressive €100 million.
• If the EuroMillions jackpot isn't claimed, it rolls over, and the demand for tickets continues. The jackpot cap is set at €190,000,000, after which no further increases occur.
• The SuperDraw has been responsible for some of the largest EuroMillions payouts in history. As the lottery gains more popularity and expands its reach, these special draws occur more frequently.

Keep an eye on breaking EuroMillions news to find out when the next SuperDraws are scheduled.

How Does The EuroMillions Operate in Ireland?

For those new to EuroMillions or similar lotteries, understanding how a multi-country lottery operates can be confusing. Players might wonder about the support provided by the national lottery operators and why certain countries offer bonus games while others don't. It might also be unclear how to purchase tickets online if they can only be bought from authorised sellers.

The EuroMillions lottery isn't owned by a single entity. Instead, it's a collaborative effort between the main national lottery operators in each participating country, such as Camelot in the UK. Each operator is approved by its national lottery authority to offer legitimate lottery games. By merging their resources, they've created the massive EuroMillions game.

When you buy a EuroMillions ticket in Ireland, the proceeds are managed by the relevant Irish lottery operator. This revenue typically contributes to various national projects, much like the main national lottery. Similarly, purchasing a ticket in France or any other participating nation means your purchase supports projects within that country.UK Lotto. This system ensures that participating countries benefit from the sales within their borders.

Individual operators might introduce extra games to boost sales. For example, an operator in Ireland could run a special promotion to generate additional revenue that more than covers the costs. This is how bonus games are often determined and offered to players in specific countries.

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Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland are among the countries offering the EuroMillions lottery. Some specific bonus games, however, may be exclusive to certain regions or countries, like the ones previously mentioned.

UK Millionaire Maker

If you purchase a EuroMillions ticket in the UK, you will automatically be entered into the UK Millionaire Maker draw. To participate, all you have to do is pay a small fee of £2.50.

Each line of numbers on your ticket has its own unique nine-digit code which you can find at the bottom of your ticket.

To verify your Millionaire Maker results, you can take your ticket to the store clerk or use the EuroMillions checker. If you play online, you will receive an email notification if you win.

To claim your £1,000,000 prize, you must correctly enter the nine characters in the specified sequence.

EuroMillions HotPicks

EuroMillions HotPicks is a lottery game that can be played independently. However, its results are based on those of EuroMillions. You can select one to five primary numbers and try to match them with the winning numbers. Each entry costs £1.50. It is essential to match all the selected numbers with the winning numbers to win the game.

If you wish to purchase tickets in person, you must buy them from an authorized seller located in one of the qualifying countries. As a result, the Greek lottery organization is not participating, cannot benefit from, and does not have an interest in selling tickets in Greece.

Where Do Online Lottery Shops Fit In?

The specifics of how these service providers function will vary by location. State lotteries own or are responsible for several internet casinos. On the other hand, some sites let you "bet on the outcome" of lotteries in the same way you could wager on the result of a football game.

Betting works much like purchasing a concert ticket. In addition, they provide rewards that correspond with the EuroMillions division awards. Everything seems exactly as it would from a legitimate seller.

EuroMillions Rules

Players choose five major numbers from 1 to 50 and two Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 12. To win, you must match your chosen lucky numbers with the drawn ones. If you match all seven numbers, you will win a portion of the jackpot, which starts at €17 million (roughly £14 million) and carries over if it is not claimed.

In addition to the jackpot, there are 12 smaller reward tiers, so you may win even if you only match two of the primary numbers.

Here are the EuroMillions lottery prizes and odds.

The possible combinations of numbers remain the same regardless of the total number of players. When more than one individual picks the winning numbers, the pot is divided evenly among them.

Therefore, if you're playing for the jackpot, a strategy based on selecting fewer common numbers might increase your chances of winning.

You may also have the computer pick your numbers at random. EuroMillions refers to this choice as the Lucky Dip.

Claiming EuroMillion Prizes

You must show the winning ticket to collect the prize. Prizes won in EuroMillions are claimed in several ways, depending on the country. This table details when winners must claim a reward and the consequences for failing to do so by the specified date.

How To Choose Your EuroMillions Lottery Strategy

In the EuroMillions draw, every possible combination of numbers has an equal chance of being selected. Although it may seem unlikely, a ticket with seven randomly chosen numbers evenly separated has the same odds of winning as a ticket with seven consecutive numbers.

The odds of winning the EuroMillions are the same whether you use a Lucky Dip or an online EuroMillions lottery guide to choose your numbers.

What Are The Most Often Drawn Numbers?

EuroMillions and other lottery top search phrases often center on the most often drawn numbers. Common queries on Google, Bing, and the other search engines include "EuroMillions best numbers" and “what are the most frequent EuroMillions numbers”.

Below, we'll go through some EuroMillions hot and cold numbers to help you determine which ones to play. But here's the rub: little of this helps at all.

There is zero correlation between past EuroMillions' outcomes and future outcomes. The fact that a given EuroMillions ticket has been drawn several times in the past is no guarantee that it will be picked any time again soon.

If you're wondering why your odds are identical for each set of numbers, it's because, as we've already shown, it is. Nonetheless, it's a good read, and there are some fascinating insights to be gleaned regarding the hottest and coldest EuroMillions numbers.

Hot and Cold EuroMillion Numbers

It's easy to see that the most frequent and least common EuroMillions numbers are very different throughout the first seven years of the draw.

• Despite over 370 drawings, the number "28" only appeared 26 times, whereas the number "50" was drawn 54 times.
• Five years later, "28" and "50" became popular choices, with 67 and 60 draws, respectively.
• Between May 2011 and September 2016, the digit 10 was the most frequent occurrence - a whopping 70 times! The number "41" was the rarest, appearing only 38 times.
• At EuroMillions' 1,225th drawing in 2019, the number "46" was the least popular, having shown up less than 100 times, while the number "50" was the most popular, showing up 145 times.
• The above "all-time" statistics show that the lowest number occurred 7.8% of the time, while the highest number occurred 11.8% of the time.
• The official figures revealed that the number "46" was the least selected in the 1,225th drawing of the EuroMillions, followed by the number "33," the second coldest number. This suggests that players look at past EuroMillions results to determine which numbers to play.

As of [%s:month_year], the most frequently drawn numbers in the EuroMillions lottery are:

• Ball number 21, drawn 194 times.
• Ball number 23, drawn 193 times.
• Ball number 44, drawn 191 times.
• Ball number 19, drawn 190 times.
• Ball number 50, drawn 189 times.

These numbers have been the most common for the period between the first draw in 2004 and the last draw in [%s:month_year]

EuroMillions Hot and Cold Lucky Star Numbers

Just 12 lucky stars exist. A glance back at past EuroMillions draws reveals the kind of trend one might expect.

• Since it wasn't featured in the EuroMillions until September 2016, the number 12 has made the fewest appearances.
• The next lowest are 10 and 11, but they didn't show up until May 2011. Hence, they're not considered "low" numbers.

As of this writing, the most often drawn Lucky Star was only three times as often as the second most frequently drawn Lucky Star and 47 times as often as the least frequently drawn Lucky Star.