Before we get into things, if you're not familiar with what a Superdraw is, these are special EuroMillions draws where the jackpot value is raised straight to €130 million (assuming it isn't already higher, in which case the draw gets rescheduled). There are usually three or four Superdraws scheduled each year. There was a Superdraw held on the 6th of November, but since nobody hit the jackpot, the grand prize continued to roll up from the €130 million mark.
The EuroMillions Winning Numbers
The winning numbers for the draw were 15-18-31-37-41 and 1-5 for the Lucky Star numbers. Only one ticket managed to match all seven numbers to land the €142 million prize. Besides the lucky winner, there were a handful of runner-up prizes awarded: tickets in Austria and the UK managed to match all numbers bar one of the Lucky Stars, winning an impressive €369,733 and £269,660 each (equivalent values at the current conversion rates). It was a popular draw overall with lots of tickets sold – over 1.8 million prizes were awarded in the main draw alone, let alone all of the different national lotteries' add-on games.
A Massive Win for Spain
The €142 million prize would have been a notable win for any of the participating countries and that goes for Spain too. There have been 125 jackpot-winning EuroMillions tickets sold in Spain over the years, but this latest prize is their eighth biggest of all time. Depending on how you're counting, it would be fair to call it the fifth biggest EuroMillions, as three of those larger prizes were shared by multiple winners.
What now for EuroMillions?
As a result of the jackpot win, the EuroMillions jackpot has been reset to its starting value of €17 million.
Interestingly, the next Superdraw had already been scheduled before this one took place. It's due to take place on Friday the 4th of December, just eight draws from the last Superdraw! It's highly unlikely that the EuroMillions jackpot will rise past €130 million within the next six draws, so it looks like the December Superdraw will be going ahead as scheduled. But will we see another jackpot win in between now and then?
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