EuroMillions is a popular lottery that consists several National Lotteries, including the National Lottery of Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain. The EuroMillions in Belgium was established in 2004. On February 13th the very first draw took place. This was an excitement moment millions of European players had been waiting for. La Française des Jeux in the French capital Paris is the place to be, because over there the draw takes place.

Participants all over Europe

Participants of EuroMillions are coming from all over Europe, including the United Kingdom, France and Belgium. The number of countries participating in the EuroMillions lottery in 2017:

– The United Kingdom
– Spain
– Andorra (part of the Spanish lottery)
– France
– Monaco (part of the French lottery)
– Belgium (euro milyon belcika)
– Ireland
– Austria
– Luxembourg
– Switzerland
– Portugal

Biggest lottery in Europe

EuroMillions wants to become the biggest lottery in Europe, and definitely seems to reach its goal. It has the big lotteries in the United States as its example. Especially Mega Millions and Powerball are incredibly popular in this country. It comes as no surprise that the motto of EuroMillions is ‘become scandalously rich’. It has some great Jackpots.

Changes in Belgium

Since the first EuroMillions draw in 2004, several elements have changed. For example, the lottery has changed the profits in every category. Another change is the number of draws. First it took only place on Friday, but since 2011 it’s also organized on Tuesday. So twice as much excitement in the week! Besides that, a thirteenth category has been added in which you need to have two correct numbers and since a couple of years the matrix has 11 stars instead of 9. In 2016 the matrix was changed again, from 11 to 12 stars.

• The EuroMillions Superdraw is an occasional special lottery event that guarantees a massive jackpot. Superdraws follow the same rules as the regular EuroMillions draw, the only difference is Superdraws offer a preset jackpot guaranteeing a massive 9-figure prize.
• The Jackpot of EuroMillions is attached to several categories. A player wins the Jackpot in the first category when he has 5 correct numbers and 2 stars. The minimum amount of money in this Jackpot is € 17.000.000 million. If there’s no hit during both draws, the amount of money will increase next time.
• Dec 20, 2020 The Odds of Winning The EuroMillions. The National Lottery EuroMillions game is a 5/50 lottery format. So the rule is to pick five numbers from 1 to 50. We compute the total combinations by using the Combination formula. N = 50 numbers r = 5 combinations 50C5 = 2,118,760. So there are 2 million possible ways to combine five numbers in EuroMillions.

How much do EuroMillions jackpot winners actually scoop up? The minimum EuroMillions jackpot is €17 million and the maximum is €200 Million. The maximum jackpot amount was actually €190 million until February 1, 2020 when the amount was increased adding even more excitement to the beloved draw. The biggest win in EuroMillions History.

Belgium Ticket prizes

The prize of a ticket in the EuroMillions lottery has become a bit more expensive. Since last year a ticket costs € 2,50 instead of € 2. You pay € 2,20 to participate in the lottery and 0,30 for an extra lottery.

My Bonus in Belgium

An interesting part of the lottery is that the National Lotteries keep a part of the total revenue to organize their own lotteries. Belgium is a good example of that. The country organizes a special lottery called “My Bonus’ besides the basic lottery. This give you an extra chance to win money. Every week about 600 players win the nice amount of € 500. Multiple times a year more than a 1000 people win € 10.
Standard lottery and additional lotteries
There is a difference between the standard Lotto draw and the additional draws. During the traditional Lottery the winning ticket is drawn out of all the possible lots. This is not a big benefit for the players actually, because most of the time the winning ticket isn’t purchased. So it means that there’s no Jackpot hit.

Multiple prizes and chance of winning
During the additional lotteries multiple prizes can be won, and only the sold lottery tickets count. So tickets that aren’t purchased a not a part of the draw. This makes a big difference, because all prize money goes out. However, it also means that your chance of winning is not clear. It depends on the number of tickets that are sold. It’s much easier to calculate your chance of winning when all lottery tickets are part of the draw, which is the case for the traditional Lottery.

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Of course € 500 and € 10 is not much if you compare it to the Jackpot prizes of EuroMillions. The lottery organizes special draws in which 25 people become a millionaire. A great moment that changes their lives forever. Once a year a special draw takes place in which the Jackpot contains an astonishing amount of money, sometimes even € 100 tot € 130 million euros!

The winning lottery ticket
The winning lottery ticket of EuroMillions includes 5 correct numbers and 2 stars. During Tuesdays and Fridays, first the draw of numbers takes place, followed by a draw of the 2 stars. It’s actually really easy to play. The only thing you have to do is choosing five numbers from a range of 50 and 2 stars out of a range of 12. You can also purchase more forms online or in a lottery store. This gives you the chance to pick more numbers and/or chance, which increases your chance of winning. Every time someone pays € 2,50 for a ticket, € 1,25 is divided among the EuroMillions winners.

Draw on television
You can watch the exciting draw on television. You see five numbered little balls that are taken out of a box with in total 50 balls. Two additional balls for the stars are also drawn. If you have guessed at least two of the five numbers correctly you’ve won a nice prize. Congratulations!. It’s not exactly clear what the amount of money is. This depends on your correct numbers and stars. Sometimes there are more EuroMillions winners involved. In that case the prize per winner is decided by a calculation:
The amount of money/the number of winners for the relevant category.
Several categories
The Jackpot of EuroMillions is attached to several categories. A player wins the Jackpot in the first category when he has 5 correct numbers and 2 stars. The minimum amount of money in this Jackpot is € 17.000.000 million. If there’s no hit during both draws, the amount of money will increase next time. In september 2016 a big change took place. Usually there would only be two draws for € 190 million. However, since a few months it’s five draws. So participants have the chance to win € 190 million euros in maximum 5 draws. If there’s still no hit after five times, the entire Jackpot becomes part of the second category.

Your chance of winning for Belgium citizens

Your chance of winning is decided by the amount of correct numbers and the stars you have. During this lottery can be thousands of combinations possible. If you use all the possible combinations of 5 numbers and 2 stars out of 50 numbers and 12 stars there are 139.838.160 combinations possible. Perhaps you think that winning the Jackpot is impossible. This is far from true, because the Jackpot has been won several times in the past. The record Jackpot draw took place at August 10, 2012. Someone from the United Kingdom won € 190 million euros! It was an incredibly day for EuroMillions and obviously the new millionaire him/herself. Another player from Portugal also won € 190 million euros, on October 24, 2014. A day that he or she probably would never forget.

Jackpot winners
In total there have been about 430 EuroMillions Jackpot winners. 99 of them were sold in France, 92 in Spain, 88 in the United Kingdom, 71 in Portugal, 32 in Belgium, 19 in Switzerland, 15 in Austria, 12 in Ireland and 2 in Luxembourg.

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High prizes in EuroMillions
So many Jackpot winners, and so many prizes. An overview of the highest prizes won during EuroMillions:

Date Prize money Country
24-10-2014 € 190 million Portugal
10-08-2012 € 190 million United Kingdom
12-07-2011 € 185 million United Kingdom
13-11-2012 € 169.837.010 France
11-10-2016 € 168.085.323 Belgium
20-11-2015 € 163.553.041 Portugal
13-09-2011 € 162.256.622 France
13-06-2014 € 137.313.501 Spain
29-03-2013 € 132.486.744 France
08-10-2010 € 29.818.431 United Kingdom
11-10-2005 € 7.5000.000 Belgium

Jackpot prizes of more than € 100.000:

Date Jackpot Number of winners
29-07-2005 115.436.126 1
03-02-2006 183.573.078 3
17-11-2006 183.109.056 20
09-02-2007 100.000.000 1
28-09-2007 130.000.000 14

Interesting numbers

The numbers are just one thing that make EuroMillions a very interesting lottery. For example, did you know that every draw 35.301.503 combinations are being submitted? It means that every draw has a revenue of € 70.603.006. Of all the thousands of EuroMillions players about 2.174.538 win a prize every draw, which is about 6.2 %. On average an amount of € 35.077.714 is divided among the winners. This leads to a payout rate of 49,7 %. It also means that on average winners receive € 16.

How can I check the draw results?
You can check the results of a EuroMillions draw at a sales point of the National Lottery. See if you’ve won a nice amount of money with your number combinations and stars. Hopefully you follow into the footsteps of many other EuroMillions winners!

How much time do I have to collect my winnings?
The payout period for National Lottery draw games, so EuroMillions, Lotto, Extra Lotto, Joker+, Keno and Pick3, is 20 weeks from the draw date. Be on time, because after this period of time your profits can no longer be collected.

One lucky player has scooped up a tidy €500,000 for their troubles in Friday night’s EuroMillions.

Sadly, no one took home the mouth-watering top prize of a €130million EuroMillions jackpot.

However, it is unlikely that the blessed Galway player will care much with €500,000 in their pockets to ease the pain.

The multi-million jackpot will now roll over into the next week.

In total, over 91,000 Irish players bagged some prizes on Friday night with the numbers 12, 19, 37, 44, 45 drawn and lucky stars of 02 and 06.

Earlier on Friday, the National Lottery issued an apology to its customers following technical errors on their website.

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Hours before the anticipated draw, people were unable to access both the site and app to pick up a ticket.

They had previously urged Irish punters to buy their tickets early or online as the huge prize was guaranteed to generate interest.

We are aware that there is an issue for some of our players who are attempting to log-in to our App or website. Our technical teams continue to work to identify and rectify the problem.

We apologise to any players who have been impacted.

— The Irish National Lottery (@NationalLottery) February 5, 2021

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‘The EuroMillions community holds a special Mega Draw event a number of times a year and it always creates incredible excitement amongst our players,’ a spokesperson said.

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‘With the guaranteed jackpot of €130million for tonight’s draw, we are advising our players to continue to follow the Government’s public health guidelines and avoid queues in retail by purchasing their tickets early in-store or to play online at www.lottery.ie or through the National Lottery App.’