Port Augusta Warning
Port Augusta police in South Australia have warned lottery players to be on their guard as a swathe of unsolicited Euromillions lottery scam letters are hitting unsuspecting residents. - (8/5/08)
Lottery Stops Rolling
The EuroMillions jackpot was won by a single ticket-holder on Friday 18 April, bringing to an end a series of rollovers that helped to create a jackpot of €58,367,681. The main winning numbers were 3, 6, 7, 27 and 50, with 5 and 9 drawn as the Lucky Star numbers. The jackpot winner has not yet been named. - (24/4/08)
Triple Rollover
A triple rollover means that the next EuroMillions lottery jackpot will be worth around €57 million. The last jackpot win was on Friday 15 March when one lucky player scooped €15 million, but if one player wins this week they could be more than three times richer.
- (17/4/08)
Buying Tickets Abroad
“What country is it best to play EuroMillions in?” That was a question recently sent to us by Bill from Birmingham, who continues, “Should I buy a ticket in France when I’m over there on holiday instead of in the UK?” - (3/4/08)
Devon Deadline Missed
A winning EuroMillions ticket bought in Devon for the draw on Friday 28 September, 2007 has been unclaimed for more than 180 days, and is now void. The ticket, which matched five main numbers and one Lucky Star number, had won a prize worth £6,989,367. - (27/3/08)
Lucky Online Ticket
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A EuroMillions player who bought his ticket online has won £85,308 after matching five main numbers in the draw that took place on Friday 22 February.
- (6/3/08)
EuroMillions Premonition
A premonition came true on Friday 8 February when a EuroMillions player won a share of the £96 million Superdraw jackpot. Ryan Magee, who lives in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, scooped almost £6.5 million by matching five main numbers and one Lucky Star. - (28/2/08)
Fourth Birthday Draw
Stop Press: The 4th Birthday Superdraw jackpot of £95,000,000 (€130,000,000) rolled-down to the next prize level and was shared amongst 16 players:
6 from the UK
5 from France
2 from Switzerland
1 from Austria, Belgium and Portugal, - (9/2/08)
How to Get Lucky
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EuroMillions and getting lucky go hand in hand – so much so that UK lottery organisers have published the results of research into exactly what it takes to “get lucky” with members of the opposite sex. Players in Austria, France, Spain and the United Kingdom were asked to name the physical attributes that they looked for in a partner, and the findings of this European study make very interesting reading: - (8/2/08)
Tuck Shop Ticket
The Euromillions draw just before Xmas 2007 ensured that John McGivern, from County Down in Northern Ireland won a great early Christmas present of £373,854.60. He correctly matched the five main balls, but only one Lucky Star ball for the 21 December 2007 draw. If he’d matched the other Lucky Star he’d have won £20,000,000 that night! - (1/2/08)
Super September
A Super September jackpot worth an estimated €130million (£88 million) will be won this Friday 28 September thanks to a special guaranteed payout draw. Whilst the Euromillions jackpot is usually rolled over if there is no top prize winner, this week it will simply be rolled down to the next prize level that has winning players. This means that Euromillions players have more chance than ever of becoming one of the latest lottery millionaires. - (29/9/07)
Jackpot Reaches £100,000,000
After 10 weeks with no winners, the EuroMillions jackpot has reached €152,000,000 which is over the psychological level of £100 million Pounds Sterling if you are British. Although not as much of a watershed figure, the US dollar equivalent is $192,000,000 making it definitely worth winning!! - (22/9/07)
20 Share Jackpot
The EuroMillions jackpot rolled down for the first time ever, with those matching just five main numbers and one lucky star receiving a windfall. - (22/9/07)
Birthday Celebrations
Euromillions is fast approaching it’s third birthday, and the lottery is celebrating in style by marking the occasion with a €100 million Euromillions superdraw this Friday. If no player wins the jackpot outright, the €100 million will be shared equally between those players qualifying for a second tier prize. In other words, there will be no rollover – every cent of the €100 million will be paid out, guaranteed! - (22/9/07)
Euro Winner named
The first of seven UK Euromillions players who shared the Euromillions £120 million jackpot prize fund on Friday 17 November (along with 13 other players across Europe) has been named. Dean Hardman is a 32 year old factory foreman from Greater Manchester. His partner, Stella Kelsall, runs a public house in Heywood, and Dean was sat playing dominoes there when he discovered his win, which was worth just over £6.7 million! - (21/11/06)
£120,000,000
will be won on Friday
For the 12th draw, the rules change, and something called a Rolldown
comes into action. And this Saturday 17 November is one of these
dates. The Euromillions lottery jackpot has not been won for 11
draws, so this Friday is the 12th draw, so if it’s again not
won, it’s Roll-down Time! - (13/11/06)