The EuroMillions Lottery or the Euro Lottery, as others call it, takes place every Friday. This pools the stakes of the nine participating European states thus offering enormous Euro lotto jackpots. The states that are presently part of the EuroMillions Lotto are:
• United Kingdom (The UK National Lottery)
• France (La Francaise des Jeux)
• Spain (Loterias y Apuestas del Estado)
• Austria (Austrian State Lottery)
• Belgium (Loterie Nationale de Belgique)
• Ireland (Irish Lotto)
• Luxembourg (Loterie Nationale of Luxembourg)
• Portugal (Portuguese Lottery - Campiao)
With the number of countries joining and the European Union growing, this will pave the way to an unavoidable increase in the number of people playing the Euro Lottery. Therefore, the end result would be even bigger Euro Lotto jackpots than the ones that have already been won.
EuroMillions Major Winnings
The Euro Lottery top prize is rolled over every week until it is won, thus giving rise to a number of significant winnings. After having rolled over 11 times, on the 3rd of February 2006, the European lotto reward of £125,194,303 was scooped by three separate Euro Lottery tickets - two in France and one in Portugal - making it the second largest ever lottery win in the history of Europe.
However on the 8th of May 2009, the Euro Lottery jackpot record was broken when a EuroMillions ticket holder from Spain captured the €126 million Euro Lotto jackpot. This very lucky individual had broken the earlier jackpot records in Euro Lotto history.
Purchasing Euro Lottery Tickets
Customarily in order to buy a EuroMillions lottery ticket, you would have to be a resident of one of the nine partaking member countries, where you could purchase your ticket from a lottery retailer. On the other hand, you can now pay for your preferred amount of EuroMillions lotto tickets no matter where you are located in the world with the introduction of internet based lottery ticket sales agents. If playing as a lottery syndicate member is your desired playing tactic, there are also a number of legal international lottery syndicate businesses that grants you a way into the EuroMillions.
