Euromillions Facts

1. Euro Millions Jackpot Rollovers

In each EuroMillions lottery draw 5 numbers are drawn randomly from the numbers 1 - 50 and 2 lucky star numbers are drawn randomly from the numbers 1 - 9.

Once drawn the numbers are not returned to the draw machine so each number can only be drawn once.

To win the EuroMillions Jackpot you must match the 5 main numbers and both lucky star numbers.

If no-one matches the five main numbers + 2 lucky star numbers, no-one wins the jackpot prize and it is rolled over into the next draw.

This is known as a rollover.

In the second ever Euro-Millions, draw number 2 on 20 February 2004 the jackpot was not won and this became the first ever EuroMillions rollover.

One week later on 27 February in the third Euro Millions draw the jackpot was again not won and became the first ever EuroMillions double rollover.

This double rollover jackpot of was won in the fourth EuroMillions draw by a player who bought a ticket in Spain. With the 2004 exchange rate the prize equated to £13,870,849

In the 104 th EuroMillions draw, On 3 February 2006 the jackpot had rolled over 11 times and reached €139 million.

The jackpot was shared between 3 lucky winners who matched the 5 main numbers + 2 lucky star numbers each receiving over €46 million.

Their winning numbers were 9, 21, 30, 39 and 50 + lucky star numbers 1 and 3.

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2. EuroMillions Roll Down Procedure

Rules introduced on 9 February 2007 limit the number of consecutive rollovers to a maximum of 11, after which the jackpot is subject to roll down procedure.

On the eleventh consecutive draw without a jackpot winner for 5 main numbers + 2 lucky star numbers, the final jackpot prize will roll down to player(s) who match five main numbers + 1 lucky star number.

This is known as Roll down

In draw number 144 on 17 November 2006 after rolling over 11 times the Euro-Millions jackpot reached €183.

No-one matched the 5 main numbers + 2 lucky star numbers so the jackpot rolled down to the second prize winners.

There were 20 winners who had matched the 5 main numbers + 1 lucky star number, they each received the regular prize for 5 main number + 1 lucky star number plus they shared the rolled down €183 million jackpot.

The winning numbers were 12, 22, 32, 33 and 36 lucky star numbers 2 and 6

20 lucky players who each won €9.6 million

From these 20 winners 7 were from the UK, 4 were from France, 3 were from Spain and Portugal, 2 were from Ireland and 1 was from Belgium.

If no-one matches 5 main numbers and 1 lucky star number then the jackpot will roll down further until it is won i.e. to the players who match 5 main numbers. etc

For complete details on Game procedures contact National Lottery Retailers or visit: National-lottery.co.uk

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3. Euro Millions Superdraws: €130 million Jackpots

Euro Millions Superdraws are special draws with huge jackpots.

The majority of Friday night draws have a guaranteed jackpot pool of
€15 million.

The draws that get the most attention and therefore the most players are the superdraws with guaranteed jackpots of €100 million or more.

The first superdraw was draw number 157 on Friday 9 February 2007 when the third birthday of EuroMillions was celebrated with a €100 million must be won superdraw.

Superdraws do not rollover to the next draw like normal jackpots but are guaranteed to be won on the day of the draw.

The first superdraw was won by a man who wished to remain anonymous but who had bought his ticket in Belgium. He matched all the 5 main numbers + both lucky star numbers.

His winning numbers were 14, 16, 30, 36 and 46 lucky star numbers 5 and 2

Had the man wished to have his winnings paid out in £'s his cheque would have been £66,980,000 (£66.9 million)

In a superdraw if no-one matches the 5 main numbers + 2 lucky star numbers the jackpot is rolled down to anyone who matches 5 main numbers + 1 lucky star, if no-one matches these numbers the jackpot is rolled down further until a winner is found.

In draw number 190 on Friday 28 September 2007 a guaranteed €130 million superdraw jackpot rolled down to 14 lucky players who had matched the second tier prize with 5 main numbers and only 1 lucky star.

Each of the 14 players won €9.8 million.

The winning numbers that week were 22, 30, 34, 35 and 44 lucky star numbers 4 and 5.

From the 14 winners, 6 tickets were from the UK, 5 were from Spain, 2 were from France and 1 was from Belgium.

A winning ticket for €9.8 million from the UK was not claimed!

On 28 March 2008 the 180 day deadline in which a player in the UK must claim their lottery prize expired.

Under the UK regulations the prize of over €9.8 million was then given away to Lottery Good Causes

With the 2007 exchange rates this was £6,989,367 and 40 pence

Details about unclaimed lottery prizes are in the next section further down this page.

On Friday 8 February 2008 in draw number 209 a €130 million superdraw jackpot rolled down to 16 players who had each matched 5 main numbers + 1 lucky star number.

Each of the 16 players won €8.6 million.

The winning numbers for the superdraw were 17, 28, 30, 38 and 44 lucky star numbers 1 and 4.

From the 16 winners 6 of the tickets were from the UK, 5 were from France, 2 were from Switzerland, 1 was from Austria, 1 was from Belgium and 1 from Portugal.

On Friday 28 Sep 2008 in draw number 242 a €130 million superdraw jackpot rolled down and was won by 15 players who each matched 5 main numbers + 1 lucky star.

The 15 lucky players won €9.8 million each.

The winning numbers for the €130 million superdraw were 14, 29, 31, 33 and 37 lucky star numbers 1 and 2.

From the 15 winners 4 of the tickets were from the UK, 3 were from France, 3 were from Portugal, 2 were from Spain, 2 were from Switzerland and 1 was from Belgium.

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4. EuroMillions: Unclaimed Prizes of £6.9 million & £9.4 million!

On Wednesday 26 March 2008 the 180 day dead line to claim the prize was up and one of the 14 winners of the first ever EuroMillions Superdraw jackpot lost
€9.8 million (£6.9 million).

The superdraw for €130 million on Friday 28 September 2007 draw number 190 was won by 14 players unfortunately only 13 players claimed their prizes.

One player who bought a ticket in Devon, UK did not claim his £6.9 million...

and the prize amount of £6,989,367 and 40 pence plus interest earned was passed over to the lotteries Good Causes Fund

In 2007 the base interest rate was 5.5%, so the interest alone for the 180 days could have been:

£1,067 and 81 pence per day

or £7,474, and 73 pence per week

Total interest for 180 days £192,207 and 60 pence

Amazingly, since the first UK National Lottery draw on Saturday 19 November 1994 over £650 million of pounds has remained unclaimed.

Over the years, 24 tickets worth £1 Million or more have not been
claimed.

The largest unclaimed lottery prize from the UK came from the UK National Lotto
game from draw number 995 on Wednesday 6 July 2005.

The £9.4 Million first place Jackpot was not claimed!

The ticket was purchased in Doncaster, UK and the winning numbers were:

3,  12,  17,  36,  44 and 49. bonus ball number 20

The jackpot prize was not claimed before the expiry deadline of 5.30pm on Monday 2 January 2006 so the prize of £9,476,995 was given away to the Lottery Good Causes.

In 2005 the base interest rate was 4.5%, so the interest alone for the 180 days could have been:

£1,184 and 62 pence per day

or £8,292 and 34 pence per week

Total interest for 180 days £213,232 and 38 pence

N.B. Players have only 180 days from the day of the draw to claim their winning prize after which the prize and the interest earned is passed over to the Good Causes Fund

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5. EuroMillions Funding Breakdown

During the third lottery licence up to 2019 the approximate break down of funds is expected to be:

50% to go to winners in prizes.

28% to go to Good Causes

12% to go to the Government in Lottery Duty.

5 % to go to National lottery retailers on sales commission for each Draw-Based Game - and 6% commission Scratchcards.

4% to cover operating costs.

Between 0.3% and 0.5% to be profit but currently linked to performance and determined by how much is raised for Good Causes.

The performance related profit incentive were introduced by the National Lottery Commission

On average Camelot retailers earn £8,531 per year in lottery commissions

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6. EuroMillions: History and Important Facts

EuroMillions is a pan-European lottery that is drawn on a Friday evening in Paris.

Ticket sales made in 9 participating countries acros Europe are pooled together and create a huge prize fund, with the Friday night jackpot being €15,000,000 €15 million (£13 million)

The Euromillions draw initially involved 3 lottery organisations, those of Camelot (United Kingdom), La Française des Jeux (Francea) and Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (Spain).

The first ever EuroMillions draw number 1 took place on Friday 13 February 2004 and the jackpot of €15 million was won by 1 person who bought a ticket in France but wished to remain anonymous. The winner matched all 5 main numbers + both lucky star numbers.

The first ever EuroMillions winning numbers were 16, 29 , 32, 36 and 41 lucky star numbers 7 and 9

With the exchange rate of 2004 the win equated to £10,143,000

The first EuroMillions jackpot to be won by a player from the UK , was in draw number 9, on Friday 9 April 2004 when Marion Richardson, 57, from Winlaton, Tyneside won a rollover jackpot of £16.7 million.

Her 5 main winning numbers were 1, 4, 10, 19 and 23
Her lucky star winning numbers were 2 and 8

On 8th October 2004 the EuroMillions was extended across another 6 European countries.

Currently the countries participating in the EuroMillions are the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxemburg, Portugal and Switzerland.

Each lottery organisation within the EuroMillions has designs for their countries tickets and manages the sale of tickets in accordance with the governing regulations of their country.

The biggest jackpot winner in the UK was in draw number 183 on Friday 10 August 2007 when 40 year old, Angela Kelly, from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland won the triple rollover jackpot of €52.6 million.

With the exchange rate of 2007 her winning cheque was £35,425,411.80

After buying a lucky dip ticket Angela placed it in her handbag.
She did not check the ticket against the winning numbers until Monday when she was first aware that a single ticket had won the jackpot prize but no-one had not yet claimed the prize.

Her lucky numbers were 23, 40, 42, 43, and 49 lucky star numbers 2 and 6

If a UK winner was to win £35 million in 2009 they would enter the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 and join

Mick Hucknall - music - £35 million
Wayne and Coleen Rooney - football and media - £35 million

and be above

Annie Lennox - music - £30 million
Brian Ferry - music - £30 million
Chris de Burgh - music - £30 million
Damon Hill - moter racing - £30 million
Nick Faldo - golf - £30 million
Fabio Capello - football - £30 million
Katie Price - fashion - £30 million

The biggest EuroMilions jackpot winner was a 25 year old Spanish Women from Majorca who in draw number 274 on Friday 8 May 2009 won a 6 times rollover Jackpot of €126,231,764 (£110 million).

At the time of the draw the women was ill with flu and because she had not checked her emails she was unaware that she had matched all 5 main numbers and both lucky star numbers.

It was 3 days after the draw that she discovered that she had won.

On Monday fearing for the security of her job and although still feeling ill she reluctantly retuned to work.

At work she checked her emails and turned on her mobile phone to realise that the online company who she had bought her EuroMillions lottery ticket from Serviapuestas, had been attempting to reach her all weekend.

Her winning numbers were 4, 23, 24, 29 and 31 lucky star numbers 9 and 8.

She is no longer concerned about her job security.

With a £110 million she would enter the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 above:

Phill Collins - music - £108 million
Rod Stewart - music - £100 million
The McAlpine Family - construction - 95 million
Earl Spencer - land - £91 million

The previous biggest single jackpot winner was in draw number 77 on Friday 29 July 2005 when 49 year old Dolores McNamara, from Garryowen, Co Limerick, Ireland won €115,436,126 (£77 million).

Delores did not check her ticket until Monday morning when at work she realised that the EuroMillions single jackpot winner had not come forward to claim their prize.

She removed her ticket from the bottom of her handbag and checked her numbers to find she had all of the winning numbers

Dolores had the main 5 winning numbers 3, 19, 26, 49 and 50 + both lucky star numbers 4 and 5.

If a UK winner was to win £77 million in 2009 they would enter the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 above

John McAfee - Anti-virus software - £75 million
Vidal Sassoon - Hairdresing - £70 million
Sir Anthony Hopkins - Films - £65 million
The Duke of Marlbororugh - Land - £65 million
Matthew Vaughn and Claudia Schiffer - modelling and films - £52 million
Noel and Liam Gallagher - music - £52 million
David Couthard - motor racing - £45 million
Sir Michael Caine - films - £45 million
Jamie Oliver - cooking - £40 million

EuroMillions tickets can be purchased in any of the 9 participating countries.

In the UK you must be at least 16 years of age to play EuroMillions in some countries you must be 18 or over.

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7. EuroMillions Lottery Syndicates

Over 200,000 players from 131 countries around the world have played in EuroMillions lottery and UK Lotto Syndicates with virtual world direct (VWD)

In one of our EuroMilions Syndicates:

You are guaranteed to match both lucky star numbers in every EuroMillions lottery draw!

Click here to see how the Euromillions Syndicates work.

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8. Other Lottery Syndicates

VWD also run UK Lotto Syndicates which are guaranteed to match 1 main number in every UK lotto draw

and Spanish Lottery Syndicates that are guaranteed to win 3 prizes in every Spanish Lottery Superdraw.

VWD's secure web site makes it easy to join a EuroMillions syndicate online

Click Here! To Join a Lottery Syndicate

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