Although there isn’t anything that you can do to change the odds of a particular set of numbers been drawn in a EuroMillions game, there are things you can do to improve your chances of winning. Here are five EuroMillions tips that could change your life...
1 – Buy More Tickets
If you currently buy two tickets for every draw, you are effectively playing with odds of 2 in 76,275,360 of matching all five main numbers and both Lucky Star numbers. An alternative approach might be to “save up” your entries for when the jackpot reaches a certain size and then playing all of them at once. For example, if your played eight tickets every fourth draw, your chance of hitting the jackpot would be four times bigger – and the jackpot would be bigger too.
2 – Join A Syndicate
If you want to play more tickets every week without increasing your outlay, consider joining a syndicate. This would give you a bigger chance of winning without you personally having to buy more tickets. For more details, see the related article on How to Increase Your Chances of Winning EuroMillions.
3 – Use Lucky Dips
Playing a genuinely random set of numbers decreases the likelihood of you having to share any jackpot you win, so get into the habit of playing Lucky Dips rather than numbers relating to birthdays, anniversaries and other common picks.
4 – Play Superdraws
Superdraws pay out their jackpot funds even if nobody matches all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars, so if you get into the habit of playing in Superdraws, you will increase your overall chance of winning automatically.
5 – Be Patient
If you play EuroMillions once and you don’t win, don’t give up. Winning a jackpot is a once-in-a-lifetime event, so regular players will tend to have more success than those who play infrequently (unless they play more tickets, as suggested in Tip 1). Be patient, enjoy participating for the sake of participating and one day – if the Lucky Stars are on your side – you could win millions.
27th October 2008