Guide to Playing and Winning EuroMillions

The EuroMillions lottery is a global phenomenon and a crown jewel of the European gambling industry. Players in this European-wide lottery can enter for as little as two Euros, with the top prize worth an incredible €190 million.

Even if you don't hit the jackpot, EuroMillions offers some impressive consolation prizes. If you're keen to learn more, read on.

This comprehensive lottery guide will answer every question you might have about EuroMillions, including SuperDraws, bonus games, prizes, and more.

What is EuroMillions?

EuroMillions is a transnational lottery where you need to match seven numbers to win the jackpot. It kicked off on February 7, 2004, with France's Française des Jeux, Spain's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, and the UK's Camelot as the founding bodies. The game is currently available to players in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, France (including its overseas regions and collectivities), Ireland, the Isle of Man, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The game's format is simple: players pick five main numbers from 1 to 50 and two extra numbers, called "Lucky Stars", from a separate pool of 1 to 12. To snag the jackpot, you must match all seven numbers drawn. The prize money grows each time the jackpot isn't won, leading to massive jackpots that often reach hundreds of millions of Euros.

EuroMillions' popularity is partly due to its huge jackpots, making it one of Europe's most famous lotteries. The game has created many millionaires and continues to draw players with the dream of life-changing wins.

When Does The EuroMillions Draw Happen?

The EuroMillions lottery draws take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 8:45 PM Paris time. Ticket results are typically available by 11 PM on Fridays and Tuesdays and are released to retailers and media outlets. You can find the latest EuroMillions results on most lottery websites, and you can use a special checker to confirm if your numbers match the winning combination. This check makes it quick and easy to see if you've won.

Lotteries aren't as huge on television these days as they used to be, and EuroMillions lottery outcomes aren't widely featured on national TV or front pages of newspapers anymore. However, thanks to the internet, they're more accessible than ever.

When is the EuroMillions SuperDraw in Zimbabwe?

Out of all the EuroMillions draws, the SuperDraw is the one you'll want to win the most. While becoming a EuroMillions winner isn't entirely up to chance, if you're looking for the best odds, now is the time to try.

So, what makes the SuperDraw so special?

• One big perk is that the prize is always at least nine digits. That's a minimum of one hundred million Euros.
• There's loads of excitement and buzz surrounding the EuroMillions SuperDraw. It causes a rush to buy lottery tickets and boosts the prize to an incredible €100 million.
• If the EuroMillions jackpot isn't won, it rolls over, and the frenzy for tickets continues. Once it hits €190,000,000, no further increases will happen.
• The SuperDraw has delivered some of the biggest winnings in EuroMillions history, and as the lottery gains popularity and reach, these draws are happening more often.

Keep your eyes peeled for breaking EuroMillions news to find out when the next draws will be.

How Does EuroMillions Operate for Players in Zimbabwe?

For many who haven't played EuroMillions or similar lotteries before, it might seem a bit confusing. You might wonder about the support a lottery running across multiple European countries provides. You might also have questions about why certain nations get bonus games while others don't. Plus, if you can only buy tickets from authorised sellers, it's not always clear how they're accessible online.

The EuroMillions lottery isn't owned by any single company. Instead, it's a joint effort by the major national lottery operators in the participating countries, like Camelot in the UK. Each company has been approved by its respective state lottery to offer legitimate games. By pooling their resources, they've created a colossal lottery – EuroMillions.

When you buy a EuroMillions ticket in the UK, Camelot, as the operator, gets a slice of the proceeds. This revenue helps fund various projects in the UK, much like it does for the UK Lotto. Similarly, if you buy your ticket in France or any other participating country, your purchase helps fund projects there. For Zimbabwe players, while this isn't directly applicable, it showcases how the lottery system benefits local initiatives.

Operators might introduce extra games to boost sales. For example, Camelot could run a special game to generate extra revenue that more than covers the added costs. This is how bonus games are decided and offered to eligible countries for players like those in Zimbabwe to enjoy.

Extra EuroMillions Events in the UK

Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland are among the other countries that offer the EuroMillions lottery. However, the following are exclusive to the United Kingdom.

UK Millionaire Maker

If you purchase a EuroMillions ticket in the UK, you will automatically be entered into the UK Millionaire Maker draw. To participate, all you have to do is pay a small fee of £2.50.

Each line of numbers on your ticket has its own unique nine-digit code which you can find at the bottom of your ticket.

To verify your Millionaire Maker results, you can take your ticket to the store clerk or use the EuroMillions checker. If you play online, you will receive an email notification if you win.

To claim your £1,000,000 prize, you must correctly enter the nine characters in the specified sequence.

EuroMillions HotPicks

EuroMillions HotPicks is a lottery game that can be played independently. However, its results are based on those of EuroMillions. You can select one to five primary numbers and try to match them with the winning numbers. Each entry costs £1.50. It is essential to match all the selected numbers with the winning numbers to win the game.

If you wish to purchase tickets in person, you must buy them from an authorized seller located in one of the qualifying countries. As a result, the Greek lottery organization is not participating, cannot benefit from, and does not have an interest in selling tickets in Greece.

Where Do Online Lottery Shops Fit In?

The specifics of how these service providers function will vary by location. State lotteries own or are responsible for several internet casinos. On the other hand, some sites let you "bet on the outcome" of lotteries in the same way you could wager on the result of a football game.

Betting works much like purchasing a concert ticket. In addition, they provide rewards that correspond with the EuroMillions division awards. Everything seems exactly as it would from a legitimate seller.

EuroMillions Rules

Players choose five major numbers from 1 to 50 and two Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 12. To win, you must match your chosen lucky numbers with the drawn ones. If you match all seven numbers, you will win a portion of the jackpot, which starts at €17 million (roughly £14 million) and carries over if it is not claimed.

In addition to the jackpot, there are 12 smaller reward tiers, so you may win even if you only match two of the primary numbers.

Here are the EuroMillions lottery prizes and odds.

The possible combinations of numbers remain the same regardless of the total number of players. When more than one individual picks the winning numbers, the pot is divided evenly among them.

Therefore, if you're playing for the jackpot, a strategy based on selecting fewer common numbers might increase your chances of winning.

You may also have the computer pick your numbers at random. EuroMillions refers to this choice as the Lucky Dip.

Claiming EuroMillion Prizes

You must show the winning ticket to collect the prize. Prizes won in EuroMillions are claimed in several ways, depending on the country. This table details when winners must claim a reward and the consequences for failing to do so by the specified date.

How To Choose Your EuroMillions Lottery Strategy

In the EuroMillions draw, every possible combination of numbers has an equal chance of being selected. Although it may seem unlikely, a ticket with seven randomly chosen numbers evenly separated has the same odds of winning as a ticket with seven consecutive numbers.

The odds of winning the EuroMillions are the same whether you use a Lucky Dip or an online EuroMillions lottery guide to choose your numbers.

What Are The Most Often Drawn Numbers?

EuroMillions and other lottery top search phrases often center on the most often drawn numbers. Common queries on Google, Bing, and the other search engines include "EuroMillions best numbers" and “what are the most frequent EuroMillions numbers”.

Below, we'll go through some EuroMillions hot and cold numbers to help you determine which ones to play. But here's the rub: little of this helps at all.

There is zero correlation between past EuroMillions' outcomes and future outcomes. The fact that a given EuroMillions ticket has been drawn several times in the past is no guarantee that it will be picked any time again soon.

If you're wondering why your odds are identical for each set of numbers, it's because, as we've already shown, it is. Nonetheless, it's a good read, and there are some fascinating insights to be gleaned regarding the hottest and coldest EuroMillions numbers.

Hot and Cold EuroMillion Numbers

It's easy to see that the most frequent and least common EuroMillions numbers are very different throughout the first seven years of the draw.

• Despite over 370 drawings, the number "28" only appeared 26 times, whereas the number "50" was drawn 54 times.
• Five years later, "28" and "50" became popular choices, with 67 and 60 draws, respectively.
• Between May 2011 and September 2016, the digit 10 was the most frequent occurrence - a whopping 70 times! The number "41" was the rarest, appearing only 38 times.
• At EuroMillions' 1,225th drawing in 2019, the number "46" was the least popular, having shown up less than 100 times, while the number "50" was the most popular, showing up 145 times.
• The above "all-time" statistics show that the lowest number occurred 7.8% of the time, while the highest number occurred 11.8% of the time.
• The official figures revealed that the number "46" was the least selected in the 1,225th drawing of the EuroMillions, followed by the number "33," the second coldest number. This suggests that players look at past EuroMillions results to determine which numbers to play.

As of [%s:month_year], the most frequently drawn numbers in the EuroMillions lottery are:

• Ball number 21, drawn 194 times.
• Ball number 23, drawn 193 times.
• Ball number 44, drawn 191 times.
• Ball number 19, drawn 190 times.
• Ball number 50, drawn 189 times.

These numbers have been the most common for the period between the first draw in 2004 and the last draw in [%s:month_year]

EuroMillions Hot and Cold Lucky Star Numbers

Just 12 lucky stars exist. A glance back at past EuroMillions draws reveals the kind of trend one might expect.

• Since it wasn't featured in the EuroMillions until September 2016, the number 12 has made the fewest appearances.
• The next lowest are 10 and 11, but they didn't show up until May 2011. Hence, they're not considered "low" numbers.

As of this writing, the most often drawn Lucky Star was only three times as often as the second most frequently drawn Lucky Star and 47 times as often as the least frequently drawn Lucky Star.