You might not have heard of EuroMillions lottery also called the European lottery. Well, it’s a lottery with big prizes and even larger jackpots, and draws are held every Friday in Paris. The jackpots are often huge because nine countries pool the winnings together, which are, Austria (Austrian State Lottery), Belgium (Loterie Nationale de Belgique), France (La Francaise des Jeux), Ireland (Irish Lotto), Luxembourg (Loterie Nationale Luxembourg), Portugal (Portuguese Lottery - Campiao), Switzerland, and UK (The UK National Lottery).

Jackpots are growing larger with every new country that joins the European Union, and this will lead to more people playing the EuroMillions lottery, which gives us more reasons to play because we can win more Euros. Matter of fact, because many countries participate, and because the jackpot rolls over if no one wins, the jackpot often hits 50 million Euros. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that?

EuroMillions Jackpots

As stated, EuroMillions lottery jackpots roll over each time there is not a winner causing the jackpots to grow, which means many Euros are given to the winners when this happens. For instance, on February 3 in 2006 the jackpot rolled over eleven times, growing the European lottery prize to £125,194,303, shared by three Euro lottery tickets. Two of them were bought in France and one in Portugal.

But that wasn’t the largest win. The largest win occurred on May 8 in 2009 when one happy person in Spain must have looked down at his winning ticket with bulging eyes and a million-Euro smile. No, make that a 126-million-Euro smile. Just imagine what that must have felt like, knowing you would never have to work a day in your life again. Wow!

Who can play?

Typically, you must be European living in one of the nine participating countries in order to buy a EuroMillions lottery ticket, but the internet makes it possible to buy a lottery ticket online in the privacy of your own home. You don’t even have to stop watching the TV. It doesn’t get much easier than that. Just visit the EuroMillions website. And that’s not the only way for you to buy lottery tickets if you’re not living in one of the participating countries. You can also join a syndicate, increasing your chances to win, at many international lottery syndicates. It might be the best way to play EuroMillions lottery, so even if you do live in one of the participating countries, you might want to join a syndicate.