Europe - EuroMillions Lottery Information

EuroMillions Lottery produces Europe's most impressive lotto jackpots, including the record €190 million jackpot from last year! Play EuroMillions online now for a chance at 13 giant prizes in each EuroMillions drawing! This bi-weekly draw, which is held every Tuesday and Friday, can be played by choosing five regular numbers and Two Lucky Star numbers. 

The EuroMillions lottery is one of the world’s premier lotteries with fans from around the globe. EuroMillions has built an international reputation on record jackpots and exciting rollovers, and the lottery features prominently on theLotter.

EuroMillions History

While the idea for the EuroMillions was conceived in 1990, the multi-country lottery only became a reality in 2004. In February of 2004, three lottery organizations from different European countries (Française des Jeux from France, Loterías y Apuestas del Estado from Spain, and the Camelot Lottery from Britain) came together to form the original EuroMillions. The following October, the Austrian, Belgian, Irish, Luxembourg, Portuguese and Swiss lotteries all joined the EuroMillions as well. With the addition of more countries, the jackpots began to break historical records.

Today, EuroMillions is enjoyed in the UK, Switzerland, France, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and other countries in Europe.  Players can participate in this lottery from around the globe by playing online with theLotter.

EuroMillions moved from a once a week format to bi-weekly draws in May in 2011. Since then, the EuroMillions’ popularity has continued to grow along with its jackpots. Proceeds are distributed amongst the cooperating lottery organizations.

The largest jackpots include: €183 Million (US$247 million) both in February and November of 2006, €130 Million in February and September of 2007 and in February and September of 2008, €185 Million in July of 2011, and €190 Million in August of 2012. 

EuroMillions Rules

To play EuroMillions, players select 5/50 numbers and an additional 2 numbers called the Lucky Stars numbers from a guess range of 1-11. Those interested in learning more about the rules of other popular lotteries should visit our online lottery informational pages.

Winning the EuroMillions

To win, players must successfully match 5/50 numbers and an additional 2 numbers called the Lucky Stars from a guess range of 1-11. The largest jackpot of €190 Million was claimed in August 2012. 

As of 1st January 2013, Spanish lottery prizes that exceed €2,500 will be subject to a government legislated tax at a rate of 20%. This also applies to Spanish wins in EuroMillions.

EuroMillions on theLotter

theLotter’s $180,000 EuroMillions Winner-  In the wake of the €156 million jackpot in June of 2012, many who had never tried their luck in the pan-European favourite entered to win the third largest EuroMillions jackpot in the lottery’s history. G.R. from Russia, who had been a valued VIP customer since 2009, purchased a Subscription to the EuroMillions and learned that Lady Luck was truly on his side when he won the second place prize, a €179,000 cash windfall with five regular guesses and one Lucky Star additional number in draw 2012/46.

EuroMillions Anecdotes

The Really Big Win- The largest European jackpot ever was taken by a Scottish couple: €188 MILLION on July 14th 2011 by Colin and Chris Weir of Larges, Ayrshire. This win constitutes the biggest single-ticket lottery win in European history. Usually such big jackpots are split by several winners, but these two took it all!

Sick in Bed-In May of 2009, a poor young woman was sick in bed one day in Mallorca, Spain.  However, after feeling a bit better from her flu and getting ready to go to work, she happened to remember she’d purchased a lottery ticket before taking ill. After a quick numbers check, she realized she was the winner EuroMillions lottery officials were looking for! The young woman had won part of the €126 million and because of her flu hadn’t even known! Needless to say, she didn’t bother to go to work that day.

The Super Draw- The EuroMillions periodically offers a Super Draw where the jackpot starts at €100 million . So far, the Super Draw has never been won on its first time around. The largest jackpot taken home from a Super Draw was €129 million.

Those who enjoy the EuroMillions’ world-famous jackpots may enjoy some other big name lotteries such as the USA Powerball, which is currently boasting the world's biggest jackpot prize of $475 million! Make sure to enter numbers for this massive prize before Saturday's draw!