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. There are 13 EuroMillions prizes on offer to win in every draw and what’s more, jackpots in this pan-European lottery can soar up to €190 million after multiple rollovers.
EuroMillions was last won on Tuesday 28th May by 1 ticket matching the top prize of 5 balls and 2 Lucky Stars.
Biggest Euromillions Winners
Biggest Euromillions Jackpot
The Biggest EuroMillions Jackpot pool that was won ever was for Draw Number 510 on Friday 10th August 2012. The lucky ticket holders that scooped the impressive €190 million were Adrian and Gillian Bayford from Suffolk in England. However the same jackpot was available for the week draw prior (509) but failed to find a winner who matched all 5 main numbers and 2 Lucky Stars.
Largest Single Euromillions Winner
The biggest ever Euro jackpot win in this lottery was on the 10th August 2012 when Suffolk couple Adrian and Gillian Bayford matched the five plus two combination drawn in the results to scoop the €190 million (£148 million).
Due to differences in the exchange rate, the largest single Sterling winner of Euromillions came from the draw on the 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 | 4.4% |
| Belgium | 20 | 8.0% |
| France | 65 | 26.1% |
| Ireland | 3 | 1.2% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0% |
| Portugal | 48 | 19.3% |
| Spain | 53 | 21.3% |
| Switzerland | 11 | 4.4% |
| UK | 38 | 15.3% |
| Total: | 249 | 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.
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 March 29th 2013 |
576 | €132,486,744 | £112,017,541 | France |
| Friday December 21st 2012 |
548 | €101,835,641 | £83,087,699 | France |
| Tuesday November 13th 2012 |
537 | €169,837,010 | £136,124,363 | France |
| Friday September 28th 2012 |
524 | €100,000,000 | £79,750,000 | Spain |
| Friday August 10th 2012 |
510 | €190,000,000 | £148,656,000 | UK |
| Friday June 8th 2012 |
492 | €158,052,844 | £127,675,087 | Belgium UK |
| 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 March 2012 on draw number 468 when a 12 strong syndicate from Corby, Northamptonshire who were all bus driver shared a jackpot prize of £38,034,639.70 (€45,758,710.00). The numbers drawn were 3, 4, 12, 23, 50 with Lucky Stars 4 and 7.
Play the Euromillions today and see if you can take your place in the winner’s Hall Of Fame.
