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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 ).
€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]
The second largest jackpot was set on May 20, 2022, when a 15-player syndicate from Germany won €110 million. [13] This prize was the first jackpot over €90 million to be won following Eurojackpot's rule changes in March 2022, which increased the jackpot cap to €120 million. The previous record, and cap, was 90,000,000.00 Euro.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... €19,060,800 (Lotto, 29 September 2021–15 January 2022) Odds of winning jackpot ... For each EuroMillions line purchased in ...
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.
In March 2022, it was announced that the UK national lottery raised £1.84 billion for good causes from March 2021 to March 2022 in a new yearly record. [ 67 ] By 2016, the National Lottery had raised about £35 billion for 'good causes', a programme which distributes money via grants. 25% of lottery revenue goes towards the fund, along with ...
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 Bulgaria : The state lottery is organized by the Bulgarian Sports Totalizator ( Bulgarian : Български спортен тотализатор ).
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.