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EuroMillions [a] is a transnational lottery that requires seven correct numbers to win the jackpot, which consists of 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Star Numbers. It was launched on 7 February 2004 by France 's Française des Jeux , Spain 's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom 's Camelot group (now part of Allwyn ).
Lottery Country Tickets Date Notes €371.1m SuperEnalotto Italy: One winning ticket split between 90 players [63] 16 February 2023 Europe's largest jackpot, €296.9m tax paid €230.0m EuroMillions United Kingdom: 1 [64] 19 July 2022 record in pound £195.7m €209.1m SuperEnalotto Italy: 1 [65] 13 August 2019 €183.6m EuroMillions France ×2,
To address this, the Française des Jeux initiated cooperation with other European state lotteries, leading to the launch of a joint drawing game called Euro Millions in collaboration with the British and Spanish lotteries. In 2004, six more countries joined the collaboration: Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland. [6]
In June 2009, Scadding and his wife won UK£45.5 million (equivalent to £63.8 million in 2023) through the lottery EuroMillions. At that time, it was the largest single lottery win in the United Kingdom, exceeding a 2007 win of £35 million (equivalent to £54.7 million in 2023), by a person in Scotland. [2]
In October 2023, the National Lottery launched EuroDreams, a joint venture with the lotteries of seven other European countries—Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. [87] The National Lottery's first annuity-style game, EuroDreams features a top prize of €20,000 per month for 30 years. Players choose six ...
The first French lottery was created by King Francis I in or around 1505. After that first attempt, lotteries were forbidden for two centuries. They reappeared at the end of the 17th century, as a "public lottery" for the Paris municipality (called Loterie de L'Hotel de Ville) and as "private" ones for religious orders, mostly for nuns in convents.
Since 23 September 2006, the live lottery draws included as a separate segment with a different presenter. The draws on Saturday night consisted of "Thunderball" followed by "Lotto" a few minutes later, though in the past "Lotto Extra" and its replacement "Dream Number" would also be shown too; both now retired draws.
The Eurojackpot lottery was proposed in 2006, [10] to compete with the EuroMillions lottery. By virtue of a large number of participating countries, the EuroMillions is able to offer considerably larger jackpots than those offered in a single national lottery. After seeing the success of EuroMillions, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Slovenia, Italy ...