The chances of scooping up the Euromillions jackpot is a far-off one : 76 million but the chances of acquiring a cash prize is a fairly decent 1 in 24. If the jack-pot is not won in a given week, it is brought forward to the following week that will result in an ever increasing jack-pot value. Recent regulations added on the 9 February 2007 set the amount of consecutive roll-overs to eleven, with the jack-pot rolled down to smaller value levels on the 11th draw if the prize is not won.

The Euromillions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it is normally acknowledged, gathers the lottery ticket receipts of the 9 partaking European countries presenting a huge Euromillions jackpot. With the number of nations joining the Euro on the increase, that will without a doubt lead to more countries participating in the EuroMillions lottery. An increase in the number of people partaking in the Euro millions lottery will lead to a continued growth of the already big euromillions jackpots.

The new regulations likewise initiated Euro Lottery Super-Draw which go on twice yearly and offer jack-pots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super Draws is that the jackpot has to be collected during the calendar week of the draw; as a result, if there is no lottery ticket corresponding, all the numbers drawn and the top prize will then be distributed to the lotto ticket holder(s) on the next winning prize level.

Every player has to choose five main numbers from 1 to 50 and two Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the Euromillions draw five primary plus 2 lucky-star numbers are then chosen at random from two lottery draw machines containing numbered balls.