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EuroJackpot in Russia

You cannot officially buy a EuroJackpot ticket in Russia - the lottery does not sell tickets in our country. But EuroJackpot coupons are available in the states, which are marked in the screenshot below:

Buy a EuroJackpot ticket through AgentLotto service as follows:

#1. Register on AgentLotto

Open the AgentLotto website in a browser and register an account. Once you confirm your email address, account will work.

#2. Choose a lottery

AgentLotto sells tickets 20 popular European and American lotteries. Among them, choose EuroJackpot.

#3. Select numbers

Fill in your EuroJackpot ticket, choosing 5 numbers in the first field and 2 numbers in the second field.

#4. Pay for the ticket

Pay for the ticket by credit card or in another way, available on AgentLotto.

#5. Get your ticket

AgentLotto will send a scanned ticket to your account via 1-2 hours after payment. We recommend that you save the ticket on your computer - if something happens to the service or AgentLotto does not want to pay out the winnings, can prove, that the winning ticket belongs to you.

#6. Wait for the results of the drawing

The EuroJackpot website publishes the results of all past draws. There are also live broadcasts: they are held on Friday at 21:00 Moscow time on the official EuroJackpot portal.

#7. Get your winnings

If you haven't won much (eg, 10-20 euros), then AgentLotto will make a transfer to your account in the electronic money system. You can also receive money to a MasterCard or Visa bank card. If you have a phone with a Tele2 SIM card, Megaphone, Beeline or MTS, then AgentLotto can top up your mobile.

If you won a large amount, then you need to go to the country, where EuroJackpot tickets are officially sold. But there may be a problem: the organizers will ask, how did you manage to purchase a EuroJackpot ticket from Russia. The way out is to issue a power of attorney to receive the winnings for the AgentLotto representative. The lottery agent will officially receive the money and transfer it to you.

Eurojackpot lottery («Eurojackpot»)

Member countries: Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden and Estonia.

Online ticket sales: NOT carried out, but a legal form of playing this lottery is possible.

How to buy tickets: be a citizen of one of the countries participating in the lottery, or be on the territory of these countries legally. An alternative way of playing is possible.

Age of participants: in Estonia – from 16 years, in the rest of the participating countries – from 18 years.

Minimum jackpot: 10 000 000 euros.

Current jackpot (clickable banner):

Maximum jackpot: 90 000 000 euros.

Max Jackpot Drawn: 90 000 000 euros.

Probability of winning the jackpot: 1 to 95 344 200.

Probability of winning any prize: 1 to 26.

Winnings tax: paid by the winner according to the laws of that country, where the ticket was purchased.

Drawing: held once a week, on Fridays.

Eurojackpot lottery rules («Eurojackpot»):

two reels fall out 5 and 2 ball respectively. The first reel contains balls, numbered from 1 to 50 inclusive, in the second – from 1 to 10. Balls from the second reel are called "Eurostars". To win the main prize – jackpot – need to guess 5 balls and 2 "Eurostars".

Winnings distribution table Eurojackpot as a percentage of the prize pool (the probability of winning is shown in brackets):

  • 7,8% – guessed 1 ball and 2 "Eurostars" (1 to 128);
  • 19,1% – guessed 2 ball and 1 "Eurostar" (1 to 42);
  • 3,1% – guessed 2 ball and 2 "Eurostars" (1 to 672);
  • 4,3% – guessed 3 event (1 to 344);
  • 3% – guessed 3 ball and 1 "Eurostar" (1 to 602);
  • 0,6% – guessed 3 ball and 2 "Eurostars" (1 to 9 631);
  • 0,7% – guessed 4 event (1 to 15 134);
  • 0,9% – guessed 4 ball and 1 "Eurostar" (1 to 26 485);
  • 1% – guessed 4 ball and 2 "Eurostars" (1 to 423 752);
  • 3% – guessed 5 balls (1 to 3 405 150);
  • 8,5% – guessed 5 balls and 1 "Eurostar" (1 to 5 959 013);
  • 36% – jackpot, guessed 5 balls and 2 "Eurostars" (1 to 95 344 200).

History reference: the Eurojackpot lottery was created largely thanks to and partly in opposition to the EuroMillions lottery. An example of the latter clearly showed, that players from several countries allow more tickets to be sold and guarantee a much larger grand prize, rather than local lotteries of a particular country. Therefore, after a cycle of meetings and agreements, potential participating countries, which took several years, in March 2012 of the year passed the first lottery draw. At this point, the drawing took place only in 7 countries: Germany, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Finland and Estonia. And literally two weeks later, Italy joined the drawing.

Initially, the lottery used, as it is today, 50 main balls, of which dropped out during the draw 5, but the "euro stars" was 8. And for the jackpot the rule was: he could grow no more 12 draws in a row. If none of the players succeeded in guessing the jackpot, then it was distributed among those, who guessed 5 balls and 1 "Eurostar".

In February 2013 of the year Iceland joins the Eurojackpot lottery, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Croatia. And then the limit on the number of jackpot transitions from one draw to another was removed., instead, a limit was introduced on the amount of the jackpot in the amount of 90 million euros. In this case, the jackpot remains at the top mark as desired number of draws exactly as long as, until it is played. All additional funds, collected from ticket sales, are no longer directed to the formation of the jackpot, and to increase the prize pool of the next level, when guessed 5 balls and 1 "Eurostar". The winning fund of this level will grow until (of course, on condition, that the jackpot will not be drawn), until the amount is 90 million euros. In this case, additional funds will be directed to the formation of a fund for those, who will only guess 5 balls. The filling ceiling of this fund – The same 90 million. In this case, the fund for those, who will guess 4 ball and 2 "Eurostars". Etc.

A brief history of the Veikkaus Lotto Finland

The first lotteries in Finland were organized in the 1940s. The Finnish government has since licensed all games and regulated the process of playing and receiving prizes.

Finland Lotto is also known as Veikkaus Lotto. It was launched in 1971 year, the first draw took place in January of the same year. With time, Veikkaus Lotto became the most popular in Finland, despite, that the inhabitants of the country can choose among more than 20 games.

Interesting to note, that the format of the game has remained unchanged from the very beginning of its existence. This format makes Veikkaus Lotto completely different from other national lotteries., and also increases the chances of winning.

Winnings

You don't have to guess all seven numbers, to win at EuroJackpot. Even those participants receive money, who guessed only three numbers - two in the first part of the ticket and one in the second part of the ticket.

Each prize tier has its own share of the prize pool:

Prize level Number of matching numbers The share of the prize fund in %
I 5 main numbers + 2 additional numbers 36.00%
II 5 main numbers + 1 additional number 8.50%
III 5 main numbers 3.00%
IV 4 main numbers + 2 additional numbers 1.00%
V 4 main numbers + 1 additional number 0.90%
WE 4 main numbers 0.70%
VII 3 main numbers + 2 additional numbers 0.60%
VIII 2 main numbers + 2 additional numbers 3.10%
IX 3 main numbers + 1 additional number 3.00%
X 3 main numbers 4.30%
XI 1 main number + 2 additional numbers 7.80%
XII 2 main numbers + 1 additional number 19.10%
Jackpot guarantee fund 12.00%

If the player managed to guess 3 main numbers (in the first part of the ticket) and 1 additional number (in the second part of the ticket), and with him there were more such lucky ones 999 man, then he gets 0,003% of the total prize fund of the lottery.

How to play other foreign lotteries?

Many foreign lottery organizers prohibit people from other countries from participating in the drawing. In this case, lottery dealers will help you.. Service employees buy real tickets and send scans to players.

Lotto Agent is considered one of the best lottery dealers in the Russian Federation. Service young enough, but boasts a collaboration with the popular PowerBall lotteries, EuroJackpot, EuroMillions, MegaMillions и SuperEnalotto.

It's very easy to buy a ticket at AgentLotto:

  • select a lottery from the service list
  • specify the number of tickets and mark the lucky numbers manually or via autoselect
  • specify the type of participation - once, subscription or multithreading
  • complete the operation by paying by cards of any bank, electronic money or using the account of a mobile operator

Finland Veikkaus Lotto: overview

Finland is a country, having a long history in organizing lotteries. In other words, people, living on the Scandinavian Peninsula, practicing and winning impressive jackpots for decades. Fortunately, we live in digital, globalized world. As a result, local opportunities are widely available around the world.

Thanks to these digital privileges, you can now experience the appeal of the Finnish Lotto. This game is worth trying? How should you play? What can you expect? So many questions, so little time, to find the answer! Relax, sit down and sip your coffee (or tea ... or any other drink, which you want to enjoy). We did all the hard work for you.

Incomplete systems

100% 2 – at 2 guessed:

Rooms: 16 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 17 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 18 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 19 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 20 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 21 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 22 – Tickets: 3

Rooms: 23 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 24 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 25 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 26 – Tickets: 5

Rooms: 27 – Tickets: 5

Rooms: 28 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 29 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 30 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 31 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 32 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 33 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 34 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 35 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 36 – Tickets: 9

Rooms: 37 – Tickets: 9

Rooms: 38 – Tickets: 10

Rooms: 39 – Tickets: 10

Rooms: 40 – Tickets: 11

Rooms: 41 – Tickets: 11

Rooms: 42 – Tickets: 12

Rooms: 43 – Tickets: 12

Rooms: 44 – Tickets: 12

Rooms: 45 – Tickets: 12

100% 3 – at 3 guessed:

Rooms: 16 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 17 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 18 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 19 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 20 – Tickets: 4

Rooms: 21 – Tickets: 5

Rooms: 22 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 23 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 24 – Tickets: 8

Rooms: 25 – Tickets: 10

Rooms: 26 – Tickets: 11

Rooms: 27 – Tickets: 11

Rooms: 28 – Tickets: 13

Rooms: 29 – Tickets: 14

Rooms: 30 – Tickets: 15

Rooms: 31 – Tickets: 15

Rooms: 32 – Tickets: 18

Rooms: 33 – Tickets: 20

Rooms: 34 – Tickets: 23

Rooms: 35 – Tickets: 25

Rooms: 36 – Tickets: 27

Rooms: 37 – Tickets: 28

Rooms: 38 – Tickets: 32

Rooms: 39 – Tickets: 34

Rooms: 40 – Tickets: 35

Rooms: 41 – Tickets: 37

Rooms: 42 – Tickets: 38

Rooms: 43 – Tickets: 40

Rooms: 44 – Tickets: 41

Rooms: 45 – Tickets: 42

100% 4 – at 4 guessed:

Rooms: 16 – Tickets: 5

Rooms: 17 – Tickets: 5

Rooms: 18 – Tickets: 5

Rooms: 19 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 20 – Tickets: 8

Rooms: 21 – Tickets: 9

Rooms: 22 – Tickets: 12

Rooms: 23 – Tickets: 15

Rooms: 24 – Tickets: 18

Rooms: 25 – Tickets: 21

Rooms: 26 – Tickets: 24

Rooms: 27 – Tickets: 26

Rooms: 28 – Tickets: 29

Rooms: 29 – Tickets: 31

Rooms: 30 – Tickets: 31

Rooms: 31 – Tickets: 31

Rooms: 32 – Tickets: 49

Rooms: 33 – Tickets: 57

Rooms: 34 – Tickets: 63

Rooms: 35 – Tickets: 70

Rooms: 36 – Tickets: 79

Rooms: 37 – Tickets: 101

Rooms: 38 – Tickets: 105

Rooms: 39 – Tickets: 113

Rooms: 40 – Tickets: 125

Rooms: 41 – Tickets: 131

Rooms: 42 – Tickets: 143

Rooms: 43 – Tickets: 156

Rooms: 44 – Tickets: 163

Rooms: 45 – Tickets: 167

100% 5 – at 5 guessed:

Rooms: 16 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 17 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 18 – Tickets: 6

Rooms: 19 – Tickets: 9

Rooms: 20 – Tickets: 12

Rooms: 21 – Tickets: 16

Rooms: 22 – Tickets: 22

Rooms: 23 – Tickets: 29

Rooms: 24 – Tickets: 36

Rooms: 25 – Tickets: 44

Rooms: 26 – Tickets: 52

Rooms: 27 – Tickets: 57

Rooms: 28 – Tickets: 62

Rooms: 29 – Tickets: 67

Rooms: 30 – Tickets: 94

Rooms: 31 – Tickets: 123

Rooms: 32 – Tickets: 154

Rooms: 33 – Tickets: 180

100% 6 – at 6 guessed:

Rooms: 16 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 17 – Tickets: 7

Rooms: 18 – Tickets: 10

Rooms: 19 – Tickets: 13

Rooms: 20 – Tickets: 19

Rooms: 21 – Tickets: 27

Rooms: 22 – Tickets: 46

Rooms: 23 – Tickets: 56

Rooms: 24 – Tickets: 78

Rooms: 25 – Tickets: 99

Rooms: 26 – Tickets: 111

Rooms: 27 – Tickets: 126

Rooms: 28 – Tickets: 193

Joker

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By paying extra 20 crown, can participate in the Joker draw. It can be played in conjunction with the main Norway Lotto and Vikinglotto draws or as a stand-alone game.

You get five random numbers, and to win a prize, you must match two, three, four or five digits in the exact order they appear. The more numbers match, the larger the prizes.

One player is selected at random in each draw - the Joker candidate, - who receives a prize with the ability to play the next game and increase the win. Norsk Tipping representative contacts Joker candidate by phone, to play the game.

Numbers guessed in the correct position Probability of winning
5 guessed 1 of 90 000
4 guessed 1 of 2 045
3 guessed 1 of 116
2 guessed 1 of 13

SuperLotto

SuperLotto - Special Draws, which take place at certain times of the year with an approximate prize pool 50 million crowns. Every player, who buys a line in a regular Lotto, participates in the next SuperLotto. The more lines you buy, the more tickets you will have. You do not need to purchase an additional ticket to play SuperLotto.

SuperLotto is held in the form of a draw, in which each winning ticket brings the owner 1 million crowns. for example, if in the prize pool 50 million crowns, is played out 50 winning tickets; if in the prize pool 45 million crowns, is played out 45 winning tickets, etc..

A portion of the ticket proceeds from each Lotto draw goes to the next SuperLotto prize pool.

System games and joint banks

System games allow you to cover a wide variety of lottery numbers. Pick eight or more numbers, to play the system game. All possible combinations of these numbers will become a separate line in the Lotto draw. for example, if you are playing an eight number system game, you fill eight lines in a draw, since there are eight distinct combinations of these numbers:

Selected numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18
Combination 1 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Combination 2 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18
Combination 3 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18
Combination 4 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18
Combination 5 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18
Combination 6 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18
Combination 7 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18
Combination 8 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18

The more numbers you select in the system game, the more lines you fill, however, the price will also rise. Systemic play with selected 12 numbers will create 792 separate lines and will cost 3 960 crown.

Joint banks work in a similar way, except that, that the cost is shared among several players. All prizes are divided equally among the group members. Joint banks provide an excellent opportunity to cover many numbers and at the same time not pay a large amount for the game.

Interesting fact

The first Lotto draw has passed 19 April 1986 r. Players had to pick seven numbers ranging from 1 to 34, also two balls were drawn at random. The jackpot was 52 281 € (500 000 crown) for guessing all seven main numbers.

The first millionaire of the lottery was a woman from Harstad, which won 143 024 € (1,3 million crowns) in the year of the lottery release. The ticket holder played a system game and matched the seven main numbers and an additional bonus number. She also won seven other prizes, and all her winnings were 1,3 million crowns.

The history of the formation of gambling in Finland

Gambling has been flourishing in this country since the reign of the Swedish king.. Then, in the XII century, Finns loved to play the lottery. Slot machines were brought to Finland from Germany at the beginning of the last century, and the first and only land-based casino Grand Casino Helsinki appeared in 1991 year. The second casino is planned to be built in Tampere.

Today the main document, regulating the gambling market in Finland, Is the Lottery Act from 1966 of the year. According to him, all games, where you can get money, treated like a lottery.

Finnish monopoly

The Finnish gambling market is divided by three main players:

  • Fintoto Oy is engaged in horse racing.
  • RAY is in charge of the casino, slot machines and table games (roulette, blackjack, etc.).
  • Oy Veikkaus AB controls lotteries and bets.

Another operator - PAF - is located in the Aland Islands, autonomous Swedish-speaking part of Finland.

These organizations do business under the direction of the Finnish government. All profits, gambling, goes to social projects: sport, art, science and education.

IN 2017 year, the Finnish authorities have united the first three gambling operators, forming a larger gambling monopoly.

Although the European Union has repeatedly demanded free trade for all market participants, the state gambling cartel continues to flourish in Finland.

Foreign operators in the gambling market in Finland

According to Finnish law, foreign online casinos are prohibited. But the mechanism, blocking foreign online casinos, never developed. In this way, Finnish players have open access to gambling sites all over the world.

Game rules in the Finnish gambling market

After reforms, entered into force in 2012 year, Finnish authorities adhere to their monopoly structure, based on opinion, that gambling is an "abnormal economic activity".

Also, the Finnish authorities are trying in every possible way to protect the rights of players: impose restrictions on rates, play time and age. All online casino customers must register in a special Population Information System - PIS, after providing information about the place of residence, enter social security number and age.

To play, clients should:

  • be older 18 years;
  • have a Finnish bank account;
  • state your social security number in Finland;
  • reside on the mainland.

How to get a gambling license in Finland

The Finnish government is not particularly interested in legalizing international companies. RAY and PAF are the only two organizations, which are allowed by the Finnish authorities to legally run interactive gambling sites.

IN 2010 year the popular game developer Playtech managed to sign a contract, which enabled him to provide his software solutions and gambling products to online casinos operated by RAY.

Since the gambling market in Finland is monopolized and owned by the state, getting a license in this jurisdiction is not so easy. Based on the experience of Playtech, she, to become a gambling operator in Finland, probably, it will be necessary to conduct lengthy negotiations with the authorities and the main pro-government players of the gambling industry.

Joker

There are two different Joker games in Latvia, both of which are played alongside Latloto 5 of 35. The standard game is played with six numbers, and there is another game, which is played with seven numbers.

Joker Latvia
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Latvian Joker 7
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For, to play, choose six or seven numbers (whichever, what game are you playing) ranging from 0 to 9. The same number can be selected multiple times. Joker winning number streak will be drawn alongside the Latloto draw 5 of 35. You win prizes, guessing the numbers, the last digits of which coincide with the Joker winning streak in exact sequence from the end.

for example, if the generated Joker number 7 — 2233567, selected number 1234567 will win, since three identical digits are in the same place from the end: ****567. The more numbers match, the bigger the prize.

The ticket price of both Joker games is 1,50 €. With an extra digit in the Joker 7 harder to win, but the prizes are higher here. Two Joker games are played separately with different winning numbers and prize pools. Below are the prizes and probabilities of winning in each game.

Matching numbers in the correct position (from the end) Probability of winning Prize
6 1 of 1 000 000 150 000 €
5 1 of 100 000 6 000 €
4 1 of 10 000 600 €
3 1 of 1 000 60 €
2 1 of 100 15 €

Joker 7:

Matching numbers in the correct position (from the end) Probability of winning Prize
7 1 of 10 000 000 750 000 €
6 1 of 1 000 000 75 000 €
5 1 of 100 000 6 000 €
4 1 of 10 000 600 €
3 1 of 1 000 60 €

System games

Latloto also plays system games. Choose from six to ten numbers, after which each combination of five numbers of your chosen set will participate in the drawing. The price rises with each additional combination, which you are kidding, however, the chances of winning also increase.

Selected numbers Combinations total cost
5 1 0,75 €
6 6 4,50 €
7 21 15,75 €
8 56 42 €
9 126 94,50 €
10 252 189 €

Interesting Facts

The first Latloto draw 5 of 35 took place in January 1993 r. Biggest jackpot registered in May 2014 g., when the player from Tukums won 175 942 €.

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