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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 ).
Nordic and Baltic countries: Vikinglotto; Pan-European: EuroDreams Austria: Österreichische Lotterien: Lotto 6 aus 45, EuroMillions and Zahlenlotto Belgium: Loterie Nationale or Nationale Loterij(Lotto 6/45, Joker+, Keno, Pick 3), Vikinglotto and EuroMillions
In certain countries, mainly the U.S., the winner gets to choose between an annuity payment and a one-time payment. The one-time payment ( cash or lump sum ) is a "smaller" amount than the advertised (annuity) jackpot, having regard to the time value of money , even before applying any income taxes to which the prize is subject.
The winning EuroMillions numbers from Friday ... 12, 13, 20 and 45 – plus the Lucky Star numbers 03 and 12. ... more than £30M is generated every week for good causes across the country.
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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 ...
In 2002, the National Lottery added a second Lotto Plus drawing, renamed the drawings Lotto Plus 1 and Lotto Plus 2, and raised the cost of Lotto Plus to €0.50 per line. The jackpots were fixed at €300,000 and €200,000 respectively. The first drawings for Lotto Plus 1 and Lotto Plus 2 took place on 1 September 2002.
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.