The probabilities of scooping up the Euro Millions jackpot is a far-off 1 in 76 million but the likelihood of acquiring a money prize is a somewhat decent one : twenty-four. When the jackpot is not won in a given lotto draw, it is brought forward to the following lottery draw which results in an ever increasing jackpot value. Recent rules added on the 9/02/2007 specify the amount of successive rollovers to 11, with the jackpot rolling down to lower value levels in the eleventh draw if the prize is not won.

The Euro millions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it’s normally well-known, pools the lotto ticket receipts of the 9 partaking European countries awarding a gigantic Euro Lotto jack-pot. With the sum of nations joining the EU on the increase, that will without a doubt lead to more states partaking in the European lottery. An increase in the amount of individuals partaking in the European Lotto will lead to a continued increase of the already large euromillions jackpots.

The recent rules also initiated European Super-Draw which come about twice each year and offer jackpots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super-Draws is that the jack-pot has to be won during the calendar week of the lotto draw; as a result, if there is no lottery ticket corresponding, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will be allotted to the ticket bearer(s) in the next winning prize level.

Each and every player has to choose 5 main numbers from 1 to 50 plus 2 Lucky-star numbers from one to nine. During the Euro millions draw five main and 2 lucky-star numbers are then chosen at random from two lottery draw machines containing numbered lotto balls.