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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 ).
On January 8, 2003, the state government of Tamil Nadu banned the sale of all forms of lottery by agencies from and outside the state. [20] This ban has been upheld by successive governments. But it has been withdrawn and for the last few years Kerala and all other State Government lotteries are being sold in Tamil Nadu.
Players may base their choices either on a six-number game (excluding the bonus number) or on a seven-number game (including the bonus number). The prizes for each possible outcome are fixed and do not depend on sales. The odds of winning the six-number game's top prize of €125,000 are 1 in 255,657.
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 ...
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Lottery syndicates have claimed some huge prizes in recent years. The largest on record is the $218.6 million won by an anonymous Maryland-based syndicate known as the ‘Three Amigos’ in 2013.
The goal is to match 5 correct numbers out of 50 plus another 2 supplementary numbers out of another 12; [9] the odds of winning the jackpot are 1:140,000,000. [2] [3] There are 12 tiers of prizes for Eurojackpot. [2] [10] The lottery draw takes place every Tuesday at 21:15 and Friday at 21:00 local time in Helsinki.
The numerator equates to the number of ways to select the winning numbers multiplied by the number of ways to select the losing numbers. For a score of n (for example, if 3 choices match three of the 6 balls drawn, then n = 3), ( 6 n ) {\displaystyle {6 \choose n}} describes the odds of selecting n winning numbers from the 6 winning numbers.