Eurolotto
New rules starting today for the Eurojackpot – maximum win increases, chances decrease
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There are eight betting fields on a Eurojackpot ticket, each with 50 numbers and 12 Euro numbers. In a betting field you have to tick 5 out of 50 numbers and 2 out of 12 Euro numbers. In order to hit the bull’s eye at the Euro Lotto, you have to have guessed the five drawn winning numbers between 1 and 50 and two Euro numbers between 1 and 12 correctly.
A betting field with 5 numbers and 2 euro numbers costs two euros plus the respective processing fee of the state lottery company per lottery ticket.
New Eurolotto rules
These are the new rules at Eurolotto:
- The jackpot increases to a maximum of 120 million euros (previously 90 million euros).
- There is a new drawing on Tuesday – the first on March 29, 2022.
- A new game formula applies: 5 out of 50 and 2 out of 12 (previously 5 out of 50 and 2 out of 10).
- There are new odds in all prize brackets.
Read more about the new rules here.
Odds of winning the Euro Lotto
The chance of winning the main prize at the Eurolotto is a tiny 1:140 million (according to the old rules 1:95,344,200). The fact that the Eurojackpot is still being cleared again and again is mainly due to the high number of participants. Players from Germany are also among the millions of winners again and again.
Which Eurolotto numbers are drawn particularly often, which rarely?
Particularly common the numbers 19, 49, 38, 20 and 35 have been drawn in Eurolotto in recent years. The numbers 48, 2 and 27 came up rather seldom.
When is the acceptance deadline for the Eurolotto?
The closing date for the Eurojackpot draw is every Friday at 7 p.m. In some federal states there may be an earlier acceptance deadline.
How often is the maximum prize of 90 million euros cleared?
In recent years, the maximum prize of 90 million euros has been won several times in the Euro Lotto draw.
- August 2021: Two players share the €90 million jackpot.
- May 2021: A player from Hesse wins the 90 million euro jackpot.
- January 2021: A winner from North Rhine-Westphalia wins the €90 million jackpot at Eurolotto.
- May 2020: A young man from Bayern clears the 90 million euro jackpot.
- February 2020: a Eurojackpot player from North Rhine-Westphalia wins the 90 million jackpot.
- November 2019: Three winners from Bavaria, Hesse and Hungary share the total of 90 million.
- August 2019: The 90 million goes to a syndicate from a small town in Finland.
- May 2019: Players from Germany and Poland win the main prize of 90 million euros.
- July 2018: The main prize goes to two players in Saxony-Anhalt and Hesse.
- February 2018: A syndicate from Finland wins the 90 million jackpot.
- Turn of the year 2016/17: Five Eurojackpot players shared the 90 million euros.
- October 2016: The money goes to a winner from Baden-Württemberg.
- May 2015: A player from the Czech Republic gets the 90 million euros.
How often do Lottery and Eurojackpot winnings go to Bavaria?
In 2020, 17 Bavarian lottery players landed a direct hit. A 25-year-old from Upper Franconia alone received 90 million euros at the Eurojackpot – more than ever before in Bavaria.
In 2021, a little more, namely 20 people in Bavaria, became new lottery millionaires. Across Germany, there were 181 lottery millionaires in all the games offered by the state lottery companies, 39 of whom were from Baden-Württemberg. The most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia came in second with 35 millionaires. According to the German Lotto and Totoblock, Lower Saxony came in third with 26 millionaires.
Eurolotto: When are winning numbers and odds known?
In contrast to the lottery, the numbers and odds of the Eurojackpot are known on the same evening.
Important note: Gambling, and this includes the Eurojackpot, can be addictive. Anyone who recognizes signs of gambling addiction in themselves or others can obtain information from experts at www.bzga.de.
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