Dependable Expectations — The Probability of Succeeding on the Euro Lotto and Does Any Player Stand a True Chance of Winning

The probability of scooping up the euromillions jack-pot is a distant one : seventy-six million but the chances of winning a money prize is a fairly decent 1 : 24. When the jackpot is not won on a given lottery draw, it is carried over to the following lottery draw that will result in an ever increasing jack-pot prize. Recent rules brought in on the 09 February 2007 define the amount of successive rollovers to eleven, with the jackpot rolling out to smaller prize levels on the 11th lottery draw when the prize is not won.

The Euro millions lotto or the Euro lotto, as it is usually acknowledged, gathers the lotto ticket revenues of the 9 partaking European countries giving a whopping Euro Lottery jackpot. With the number of countries joining the EU on the increase, that will without question will lead to even more states partaking in the EuroMillions lottery. An increase in the number of people partaking in the Euro millions lotto will lead to a continuing increase of the already tremendous EuroMillions jackpots.

The new rules also initiated Euro Lottery Super Draw which happen twice annually plus they offer jack-pots in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with Super Draws is that the jack-pot has to be collected during the week of the lotto draw; this means, if there is no lotto ticket matching, all the numbers drawn and top prize will then be distributed to the lottery ticket holder(s) on the succeeding winning prize level.

Every player must select 5 primary numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the lottery draw, 5 primary plus two lucky star numbers are then selected at random from two lotto draw machines containing numbered lottery balls.