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Europe lottery draws result in a new year of rollovers – January 4th 2012

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The excitement of beginning the new year seems to have prompted millions of fans of the Europelottery draws to buy up tickets in the hopes of starting 2012 with a pocketful of cash.

But it seems luck was thin on the ground at the end of December, with the continent’s most popular lottos rolling over, inflating their jackpot values just in time for the start of the year.

The EuroMillions jackpot rolled over again yesterday (January 3rd) after ending 2011 without making any new millionaires.

This boosted the total payout to €73 million and second prize to over €1.3 million if a sole ticketholder strikes lucky.

No stranger to rollovers – the thrilling Italian SuperEnalotto draw saw its top prize ratchet up again on the last day of the year, as nobody had the requisite six main numbers and the Jolly number.

Fans of the game can play again tomorrow (January 5th) to be in with a chance of starting off the 2012 with a cool €49.6 million in the bank.

The Italian SiVince Tutto also saw 2011 come to a close without anybody landing its top prize on December 30th.

Its monthly draws mean fans will have to wait 21 days to be in with a chance of taking home €15 million.

In its first game of the year, the Spanish El Gordo also witnessed its jackpot roll over to €9.1 million, as its New Year’s Day draw saw nobody land the top prize by picking all five main numbers correctly plus the bonus number.

France’s Loto is another lottery that rounded off 2011 with an exciting draw, but on December 31st and on January 2nd there were no players lucky enough to bag the top prize, so it is now inflated to an exciting €9 million.

Despite all these rollovers, one lottery did manage to make somebody a millionaire in time for midnight on New Year’s Eve.

The UK National Lottery‘s December 31st draw resulted in one lucky fan taking home £1.3 million to start their 2012 in style – a cash prize that may be more than welcome after the expense of Christmas.