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The Friday night draws showed the EuroMillions results and the Thunderball draw and are usually broadcast at 23:15. The Friday night draws were the only draws not to be broadcast live. From January 2013, the Friday draws are available to watch exclusively on the National Lottery's website. There is still a results update on BBC One at 22:35.
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 ).
On 3 October 2013, the government announced the winning bid of €405 million from Premier Lotteries Ireland DAC (PLI), majority-owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (then-owner of the Camelot Group, which operated the UK National Lottery from 1994 to 2024), with a minority stake held by An Post and An Post Pension Funds.
£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 ] €120.0 million (US$126.8 million) was the largest jackpot in the Eurojackpot history, won on 6 December, 2024 by two tickets in Germany.
2024 Beqaa Valley airstrikes. An Israeli airstrike targeting the Dar El Amal Hospital in Duris in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, kills the hospital director and six other health workers. (Anadolu Agency) 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. At least five medics are killed when Israeli airstrikes hit a multistorey building in Chyah, Beirut, Lebanon.
Slovakia joined in October 2015, Poland in September 2017 and Greece in March 2024. The organisers also provide official websites to support retail sales, where it is possible to view the results of the draws shortly after they are recorded. Spain is the only country to participate in both EuroMillions and Eurojackpot lottery games.
On 3 October 2024 the tender offer is accepted by more than 90% Kindred shareholders, thus starting a "squeeze out" process in Nasdaq Stockholm to delist Kindred. [19] In November 2024 FDJ announced its first bond issue with a value of €1.5 billion in order to repay a part of the debt of €2 billion bridging loan for the acquisition of Kindred.
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