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Euromillions is celebrating it's third birthday
with a guaranteed superdraw lottery payout of
almost €100 million this Friday 9 February.
Whereas jackpot prize funds are normally rolled
over to the next draw if they aren't won, this
week the €100 million (which equates to
around £66 million) is certain to be paid
out as part of the birthday celebrations. Hopefully
the cash will go directly to one or more jackpot
winners, but if no jackpot winner is found the
money will be distributed between second tier
prize winners.
The Euromillions lottery is one of the biggest
success stories in global lottery history. Launched
on 13 February, 2004, the lottery was originally
played in just three countries, and was operated
by the national lottery operators of each participating
nation - Camelot in the UK, the Francaise des
Jeux in France and the Loterias y Apuestas des
Estad in Spain. Today Euromillions is played
in nine European countries: Austria, Belgium,
France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain,
Switzerland and the UK.
The biggest Euromillions jackpot so far stands
at €183,573,077. This was shared between
three jackpot winners in February 2006. The
biggest individual winner so far is Dolores
McNamara from Ireland. She won €115,000,000
in July 1995 and traded her modest bungalow
in for a mansion - we like her style!
To win the jackpot, players need to match 5
main numbers from 50 and 2 "Lucky Star"
numbers from 9. The odds of doing this are 1
in 76,275,360. If you don't win the jackpot,
eleven other tiers of lesser prizes are available,
and the overall odds of winning any prize are
1 in 24.
The Euromillions third birthday celebration
superdraw is a great excuse for throwing yourself
a party. Buy your tickets, get your friends
round, have a bottle of bubble on ice just in
case (you can always use it as a consolation
prize if your numbers don't come up) and join
us in shouting "happy birthday" to
Euromillions, one of the world's most popular
lottery games.
5 February, 2007
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