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Changes to Euromillions in September 2016 meant that two guaranteed Millionaire Raffle winners were made per draw, or 4 per week across the two draws. According to the Euromillions website, the chances of winning the UK Millionaire Maker game [ 18 ] on a Tuesday can be estimated as 1 in 3,570,000 with a standard £14m jackpot. [ 19 ]
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.
€240.0 million (US$258.3 million/£205.8 million) was the largest jackpot in the Euromillions history in the pan-European EuroMillions , won on 8 December 2023, the ticket was sold in Austria. [78] £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]
Players have been urged to check their tickets to see if they won the prize in Tuesday’s draw. UK ticket-holder wins £177m in EuroMillions draw Skip to main content
In January 2022, the regulator gave approval for a Will-Be-Won draw, under which, if no ticket matched all six winning numbers, the outstanding jackpot would flow down to the winner(s) of the next prize tier. [71] A Will-Be-Won draw was held on Saturday, 15 January 2022. [72]
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.
In November 2022, Powerball set a record for the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, with its 8 November 2022 draw having an estimated jackpot of US$2 billion. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] The precursor to legal lotteries were the underground " numbers game " of the 1800s, which operated out of "Policy shops" where bettors choose numbers.
Tuesday night's EuroMillions draw will see £186m up for grabs, which would be a record win for a UK player. EuroMillions: Jackpot of £186m up for grabs in Tuesday’s lottery draw Skip to main ...