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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 ).
£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.
[24] [25] 28% of National Lottery revenue, along with all unclaimed prizes, are distributed as grants to charitable causes. 12% of the revenue from the National Lottery is expected to go to the government, 5% goes to lottery retailers, 5% is retained by the operator for operating costs, and 50% remains for the total prize fund of which 5% is ...
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.
Switzerland: Swisslos: Swiss Lotto, EuroMillions Loterie Romande: Swiss Loto, EuroMillions, Magic 3, Magic 4, and Banco Turkey: The National Lottery Administration under the name of Milli Piyango including Çılgın Sayısal Loto(6/90), Süper Loto(6/60), Şans Topu(5/34 + 1/14), On Numara and jackpots are NO state-run company. The Milli ...
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 ...
In March 2022, further changes made to the game rules. The guess range for Euro Numbers expanded from 1-10 to 1-12. The jackpot cap grew to €120 million. [19] In addition, the new EuroJackpot rules also brought a new draw day on Tuesday. The first drawing with the new rules is planned for March 25, 2022, however, the ticket prices have not ...
For a record 63 consecutive Lotto draws from 9 June 2021 to 12 January 2022, no ticket matched all six numbers to win the jackpot, [60] breaking the previous record of 22 consecutive rollovers. [61] The jackpot reached a new all-time high of €19,060,800 on 29 September 2021, [ 62 ] surpassing the previous record jackpot of €18,963,441 that ...