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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 ).
In a typical 6/49 game, each player chooses six distinct numbers from a range of 1–49. If the six numbers on a ticket match the numbers drawn by the lottery, the ticket holder is a jackpot winner—regardless of the order of the numbers. The probability of this happening is 1 in 13,983,816.
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.
EuroMillions Ireland: 1 29 July 2005 Won by Dolores McNamara; [73] largest single jackpot win of Ireland €102.2m EuroMillions United Kingdom: 2 [74] 6 November 2009 Won by Les Scadding and a syndicate of 7 call center workers [68] €100.0m EuroMillions Belgium: 1 [75] 9 February 2007 Largest single jackpot win of Belgium is 168m €100.0m ...
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 actual winning numbers were 07, 11, 25, 31 and 40, with Lucky Stars 09 and 12. ... a UK ticket-holder who remained anonymous scooped the record EuroMillions jackpot of £195m.
The winning EuroMillions numbers on Tuesday night were: 25, 27, 39, 42 and 46 — with lucky star numbers 11 and 12. ... One lucky UK ticket holder won £123m on the EuroMillions lottery on ...
The winning EuroMillions numbers from Friday’s draw were 07, 12, 13, 20 and 45 – plus the Lucky Star numbers 03 and 12.