Becoming a Euromillions Winner has become a dream come true for hundreds of players across Europe since it launched on February 7, 2004. The first draw took place in Paris On Friday, 13 February 2004. Currently France, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland participate in this huge pan-European lottery, with more countries looking to join.
From May 10th 2011 there has been a surge in the number of Euromillions winners with the introduction of a prize level for matching just two main numbers. What is more, a massive euromillion winner's jackpot, which reached the heady heights of €185,000,000 for the first time on Friday 8th July 2011 after 13 rollovers, is likely to become more common with the introduction of two more lucky star numbers on the same day.
Biggest Euromillions Winners
Biggest Euromillions Jackpot
The Biggest EuroMillions Jackpot pool that was won ever was for Draw Number 397 on Tuesday 12th July 2011 and the winners, Christine and Colin Weir from Largs in Scotland went public on 15th July 2011. However the same jackpot was available for the week draw prior (396) but failed to find a winner who matched all 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Stars. Interestingly enough had the jackpot been won on draw number 396 the Sterling jackpot would have been higher than that won by the single ticket holder for draw number 397.
Largest Single Euromillions Winner
The largest single winner of Euromillions came from the draw on the same day, 12th July 2011. Christine and Colin Weir from Largs in Scotland netted themselves a healthy jackpot of £161,653,000 (€185,000,000) on draw number 397.
Euromillions Winners by Country
This table displays the total amount of jackpot winners from each participating country that play EuroMillions.
| Country: | Jackpot Winners: | Percentage of Total Jackpot Winners: |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 11 | 5.0% |
| Belgium | 15 | 6.8% |
| France | 55 | 25.1% |
| Ireland | 3 | 1.4% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 43 | 19.6% |
| Spain | 49 | 22.4% |
| Switzerland | 10 | 4.6% |
| UK | 33 | 15.1% |
| Total: | 219 | 100% |
Other notable Euromillions winners
In March 2011 two winning tickets, one from Belgium and the other from Portugal, shared a jackpot of €138,210,533 (£121,722,017) on draw number 372 both picking winning numbers 6, 12, 21, 27, 33 and Lucky Stars 3 and 7.
In 8th October 2010 one UK ticket holder won a healthy jackpot of £113,019,926 (€129,818,431). This winner chose to remain anonymous and no further news emerged about the winner from draw number 348.
In May 2009 a 25 year old Spanish woman got lucky on the Euromillions Lottery when she pocketed a win of €126,231,764 (£113,229,891) on draw number 274 with the winning numbers 4, 23, 24, 29, 31 with Lucky Stars 8 and 9.
Looking back through the archives you'll see that the draw number 104 on 3rd February 2006 produced a jackpot of €183 million. The prize was shared between three ticket holders, with two living in France and one in Portugal.
Dolores McNamara is one of the most famous lottery winners because until recently she held the record for the biggest single win after scooping €115 million (about £77 million) on 29th July 2005. The mother of six purchased her ticket in Garryowen in Ireland and although now outstripped of her title "The biggest individual winner in Euromillions history" she remains one of the best known EuroMillions winners.
The following table lists jackpots exceeding 100 million Euros (€) or Pounds (£) and the countries those winning tickets were purchased from:
| Results Date: | Draw Number: | Euro (€) Jackpot Value: |
GBP (£) Jackpot Value: |
Country: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday October 7th 2011 |
422 | €117,705,979 | £101,203,601 | UK |
| Tuesday September 13th 2011 |
415 | €162,256,622 | £140,822,522 | France |
| Tuesday July 12th 2011 |
397 | €185,000,000 | £161,653,000 | UK |
| Friday May 13th 2011 |
380 | €121,019,633 | £105,892,179 | Spain |
| Friday March 25th 2011 |
372 | €138,210,533 | £121,722,017 | Belgium Portugal |
| Friday October 8th 2010 |
348 | €129,818,431 | £113,019,926 | UK |
| Friday May 14th 2010 |
327 | €100,037,101 | £84,451,321 | UK |
| Friday February 12th 2010 |
314 | €129,618,406 | £112,016,226 | Spain UK |
| Friday November 6th 2009 |
300 | €102,199,676 | £91,141,671 | UK |
| Friday September 18th 2009 |
293 | €100,000,000 | £90,740,000 | France |
| Friday May 8th 2009 |
274 | €126,231,764 | £113,229,891 | Spain |
| Friday March 6th 2009 |
265 | €100,000,000 | £90,120,000 | Austria France |
| Friday September 5th 2008 |
239 | €119,349,706 | £96,494,237 | Portugal Spain |
| Friday February 9th 2007 |
157 | €100,000,000 | £66,980,000 | Belgium |
| Friday July 29th 2005 |
77 | €115,436,126 | £79,881,799 | Ireland |
The jackpots listed above are the total jackpot amounts and not the amounts won by each ticket holder matching 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Stars.
Euromillions Syndicate winners
The most notable win from a syndicate for Euromillions came in November 2009 on draw number 300 when a six-strong syndicate from Merseyside, UK, who work for IT firm Hewlett Packard shared a jackpot prize of £45,570,836 (€51,099,838). The numbers drawn were 11, 19, 34, 43, 45 with Lucky Stars 5 and 9.
Rolldown Winners
Previously the rules for Euromillions stated that a jackpot could not rollover more than 11 times and should this be the case then a "rolldown" would take place. This meant that if on the 12th draw no winners matched 5 main numbers and two lucky stars that the jackpot would move down to be shared amongst the second tier prize winners. On 17th November 2006 a record breaking jackpot of £124 million / €183 million rolled down to 20 winners who had each match 5 main numbers + 1 Lucky Star. Each winner took home £7.1 million / €9.6 million - four of whom were from France, there were seven UK players, three Spanish, three Portuguese, two Irish players and a Belgian player who each took a share of the jackpot.
For draw number 396 there were roll down prizes for the match 5 + 1 winners of which there were 6. Each of these winners took home €4,576,071/£3,314,251 as the Euromillions jackpot had reached its cap of €185 million.
The following draw, number 397 also saw roll down winners because of the jackpot cap but this time there were 11 match 5 and 2 Lucky Star winners who each took home €2,435,037/£1,779,995.
Play the Euromillions today and see if you can take your place in the winner’s Hall Of Fame.