The chances of scooping the Euro Lottery jackpot is a distant 1 in seventy-six million but the probability of acquiring a cash prize is a somewhat decent 1 in 24. When the jackpot is not won on a given lotto draw, it is carried over to the following lotto draw that will result in an ever increasing jack-pot prize. New rules brought in on the 09 February 2007 specify the number of consecutive rollovers to 11, with the jackpot rolling down to lower prize levels succeeding the eleventh lottery draw if the prize is not collected.

The Euromillions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it is usually recognized, pools the lottery ticket revenues of the nine partaking European countries awarding a enormous Euro Millions jackpot. With the number of countries joining the EU on the increase, that will without question will lead to even more states participating in the EuroMillions lottery. An increase in the amount of people partaking in the Euro Millions lottery will lead to a continued increase of the already tremendous Euro Lottery jackpots.

The new regulations also initiated European Super-Draw which go on twice annually and offer jackpots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super-Draws is that the jack-pot must be collected during the week of the lotto draw; this means, if there is no ticket corresponding, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will then be allotted to the lottery ticket holder(s) in the succeeding winning prize level.

Every player has to pick out 5 primary numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the euromillions draw 5 primary and 2 lucky-star numbers are then selected at random from 2 lotto draw machines containing numbered lotto balls.