22nd September 2007 3:32 PM
The EuroMillions jackpot rolled down for the first time ever, with those matching just five main numbers and one lucky star receiving a windfall.
Buy EuroMillions tickets from the USAfter 11 rollovers, the EuroMillions jackpot stood at a staggering level. With people queueing at lottery terminals around Europe, the final estimated jackpot for the draw on Friday 17th November was euro 180,000,000. That is roughly equivalent to $230,000,000 or £120 million.
Yet again, nobody matched the 5+2 stars prize (at odds of 76,275,360 to 1) so it was Roll-down Time! The jackpot prize pool was rolled down to the 5+1 star tier and shared amongst the 20 European winners (at odds of 5,448,240 to 1) with each winning with each winning €9,652,340 or £6,750,278.40.
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Country
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Winners
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UK
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7
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France
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4
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Portugal
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3
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Spain
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3
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Ireland
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2
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Belgium
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1
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