Most Significant Lotto Winnings Eurojackpot Lotto
- 11 May 2012 the first jackpot in the history of the Eurojackpot lottery was won. € 19.536.863.80 prize went to an anonymous player from Germany.
- 10 August 2012 the first and only event in the history of Eurojackpot lotto took place, when the main prize went to the winner of the second category. According to the drawing rules in force at that time, the main prize, survived the maximum 12 accumulations in a row, in the absence of a winner in the first prize category, passed to the players of the next prize category. € 27.545.857.50 jackpot went to an anonymous lucky guy from Germany.
- 12 April 2013 the first jackpot was won after the abolition of the limit on the number of accumulations and the addition of new countries to the official list of participants. The main prize of € 46,079,338.80 went to an anonymous winner from Croatia.
- 5 December 2014 the first jackpot was hit after two more countries joined the Eurojackpot lottery - the Czech Republic and Hungary. € 58.693.173.90 Jackpot Goes To A Lucky Player From Germany.
- 15 May 2015 of the year the maximum and record Eurojackpot jackpot was drawn. The main prize of € 90,000,000 was won with an anonymous lottery ticket, bought in the Czech Republic.
- 9 December 2015 the first jackpot in the new line-up was drawn, after joining the Slovakia lottery. € 31.579.233.10 jackpot was won by an anonymous winner from Spain.
- 25 Martha 2016 the third largest Eurojackpot in history was drawn. € 76,766,891.40 prize went to an anonymous winner from Germany.
- 13 May 2016 year for the first time the Eurojackpot starting jackpot was hit in the amount of € 10.000.000. Grand Prize, not having time to survive a single accumulation, went to an anonymous player from Finland.
- 29 july 2016 The second largest jackpot in Eurojackpot history was drawn. The main prize was € 84,777,435.80 €. Anonymous player from Germany became the lucky winner of the lotto winnings.
Prizes
Eurojackpot has 12 prize levels, which are the same for all participating countries. You must match at least two main numbers and one Euro number or one main number and two Euro numbers, to win a prize. Jackpot can be won, by guessing all seven drawn numbers.
Prizes are awarded on a sweepstakes basis, it means, that their values depend on the number of tickets sold and on the number of winners at each level. The table below provides information on how to, how the prize pool is distributed and the probability of winning.
| Guess numbers | Probability of winning | % prize fund |
|---|---|---|
| 5 + 2 | 1 of 95 344 200 | 36% |
| 5 + 1 | 1 of 5 959 013 | 8,5% |
| 5 | 1 of 3 405 150 | 3% |
| 4 + 2 | 1 of 423 752 | 1% |
| 4 + 1 | 1 of 26 485 | 0,9% |
| 4 | 1 of 15 134 | 0,7% |
| 3 + 2 | 1 of 9 631 | 0,6% |
| 3 + 1 | 1 of 602 | 3,1% |
| 3 | 1 of 344 | 3% |
| 2 + 2 | 1 of 672 | 4,3% |
| 2 + 1 | 1 of 42 | 7,8% |
| 1 + 2 | 1 of 128 | 19,1% |
| Accumulation fund | – | 12% |
The savings fund is used to, to ensure that the minimum jackpot is paid out 10 million. If the overclocking fund exceeds 20 million. euros, all extra money goes to the prize pool of the next draw.
Jackpot starts at 10 million, and if it is not won, he goes to the next draw. The jackpot will continue rolling until, until someone wins it, or until it reaches the limit of 90 million. If after reaching this amount no one will win it anyway, all extra money, received from ticket sales, added to the lower prize tier, the limit of which is also 90 million.
Who can play Eurojackpot lotto
As is the case with any other lottery in the world, to participate in the lotto Eurojackpot players allowed, come of age. The age of majority varies by country, в которой приобретается лотерейный билет, or from the rules of the lottery operator, if the bet is made via the Internet. Generally, older people can play EuroJackpot 18 years or as a last resort 21 of the year.
Despite, what officially unites the lottery 17 member countries, the rules of the draw in no way discriminate against nationality. Both residents of European countries can participate in the lottery, and guests of these countries. The main condition is that lotto winnings are issued there, where the lottery ticket was bought.
Eurojackpot lottery tickets can be bought at official points of sale in any country, included in the list of participants. Also, in our age of information progress, your bets can be made via the Internet..
In most European countries, lottery tickets are sold by private licensed providers, excluding Slovenia, Iceland and Italy, where this right is reserved only for the state.
Lotto ticket providers can also impose their own conditions on the sale of tickets to certain groups of players. Usually these conditions are spelled out in the rules for the provision of services..
