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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 ).
Introduced in November 2009, each EuroMillions ticket purchased in the UK contains a unique "UK Millionaire Maker" code, consisting of four letters and five numbers. There is one winner per draw (with the exception of a special draw), with the winner receiving a fixed £1,000,000. [47]
A UK ticket-holder is set to become the third-biggest National Lottery winner of all time after claiming a £177m jackpot from Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw.. Ticket-holders were urged to check ...
EuroMillions United Kingdom: 1 [76] 14 May 2010 £42m National Lottery United Kingdom: 3 6 January 1996 €38.4m State Lottery Netherlands: 1 10 May 2013 Tax-free lump sum [citation needed] [77] €37.7m National Lottery Germany: 1 7 October 2006 Won by a nurse [citation needed]; largest single jackpot win of Germany is €48.6m
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.
Depending on the game, a minimum of either two or three numbers(not counting a "bonus ball") must be matched for a winning ticket(A 2/5 match usually results in a free play for that game, or a "break-even" win; for the latter, the player wins back their stake on that particular five-number wager.).
In September 2015, when Lotto became a 6/47 game, the National Lottery raised the top prize of Lotto Plus 1 to €500,000 and introduced Lotto Plus Raffle, which added a four-digit raffle code to each Lotto Plus ticket; all ticketholders who matched the winning code won a fixed prize of €300. [58]
The Eurojackpot lottery was proposed in 2006, [10] to compete with the EuroMillions lottery. By virtue of a large number of participating countries, the EuroMillions is able to offer considerably larger jackpots than those offered in a single national lottery. After seeing the success of EuroMillions, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Slovenia, Italy ...