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Changes to Euromillions in September 2016 meant that two guaranteed Millionaire Raffle winners were made per draw, or 4 per week across the two draws. According to the Euromillions website, the chances of winning the UK Millionaire Maker game [ 18 ] on a Tuesday can be estimated as 1 in 3,570,000 with a standard £14m jackpot. [ 19 ]
€240.0 million (US$258.3 million/£205.8 million) was the largest jackpot in the Euromillions history in the pan-European EuroMillions , won on 8 December 2023, the ticket was sold in Austria. [78] £195.7 million was the largest prize won by a British winner in the pan-European EuroMillions in sterling currency, won on 19 July 2022. [78]
On Friday 26 January 2018, the first EuroMillions HotPicks draw took place. It uses the same five main numbers as the EuroMillions draw and offers players the chance to win one of five prizes from £10 up to £1 million. The game works in a similar way to Lotto HotPicks whereby players have to decide how many numbers they are going to match.
In June 2007, the National Lottery introduced "Plus," an add-on to the main EuroMillions game available only to Irish players. For an extra €1 per line, players can enter their five main EuroMillions numbers in an additional draw for a fixed, non-rolling jackpot of €500,000.
The National Lottery website and app was hit by a rush for tickets in the build up to Tuesday’s draw – but the money was not won, meaning there is another chance on Friday to claim the record ...
The five lotteries offer draw games, scratch cards, and sports betting—the latter primarily under the brand Sport Select. The largest single jackpot record in Canadian lottery history was a Lotto Max drawing on January 7, 2020, for a jackpot of $70 million.
By pooling their money and buying multiple tickets collectively, players increase their chance of winning a lottery draw and share any winnings between them. In the UK , 1 in 5 of top game prizes across Lotto , EuroMillions , and EuroMillions UK Millionaire Maker are won by syndicates.
Tuesday’s winner is just behind Joe and Jess Thwaite, from Gloucester, who won a then-record-breaking £184,262,899 with a Lucky Dip ticket for the draw on 10 May 2022.