The chances of scooping the EUROMILLIONS jackpot is a remote 1 in seventy-six million but the prospect of winning a cash prize is a somewhat decent 1 in twenty four. When the jackpot is not won in a given week, it is carried over to the following lotto draw that will result in an ever increasing jackpot prize. Recent regulations brought in on the 9 February 2007 specify the number of consecutive roll overs to eleven, with the jackpot rolling down to lower value levels in the 11th lotto draw when the prize is not won.

The Euro millions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it’s commonly known, gathers the ticket receipts of the nine partaking Euro countries awarding a mammoth Euro Millions jack-pot. With the number of nations joining the EU on the increase, this will without a doubt lead to more states participating in the European lottery. An increase in the amount of individuals partaking in the Euromillions Lottery will lead to a lasting growth of the already big European Lottery jackpots.

The new rules also initiated EuroMillions Super Draw which come about twice each year plus they offer jackpots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super Draws is that the jack-pot has to be won during the calendar week of the draw; as a result, if there is no ticket matching, all the numbers drawn and top prize will be allotted to the lottery ticket holder(s) on the next winning prize level.

Each participant must choose five primary numbers from one to fifty and 2 Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the lottery draw, five main and 2 lucky star numbers are then picked out at random from two lottery draw machines containing numbered lotto balls.