Let’s chat about EuroMillions! This is Europe’s answer to “Hey, want to be ridiculously rich?” It’s one of the big ones, famous for pumping out jackpots that could make your eyes water.
What Are the Prizes for EuroMillions?
Naturally, everyone’s aiming for the top dog: the EuroMillions jackpot. This one starts at a cool €20 million and just keeps climbing if nobody snags it. It’s like a financial Everest! The record peak? A mind-boggling €220 million. Yeah, that’s enough to buy a small country, probably. But hey, even if you don’t hit the absolute prize, EuroMillions isn’t a one-trick pony. There are tons of other prize tiers. Basically, the more numbers you match, the fatter your wallet gets.
Want to know what the prizes for EuroMillions are?
- Match 5 main + 2 Lucky Stars: Congrats, you just won the Jackpot! Go buy that island.
- Match 5 main + 1 Lucky Star: Around €250,000. Enough for a swanky new car… or several.
- Match 5 main: Roughly €10,000. Hello, fancy holiday!
- Match 4 main + 2 Lucky Stars: About €3,000. Treat yourself to something nice. Or thirty-something nice things from a discount store.
- Match 4 main + 1 Lucky Star: Roughly €1,000. Rent paid! (Maybe).
- Match 4 main: Around €50. Dinner out?
- Match 3 main + 2 Lucky Stars: Roughly €100. Groceries for a week?
- Match 3 main + 1 Lucky Star: About €50. See “Match 4 main” above.
- Match 3 main: Around €25. Enough for a few lottery tickets for the next draw!
- Match 2 main + 2 Lucky Stars: Roughly €10. Coffee money!
- Match 1 main + 2 Lucky Stars: About €5. Still coffee money!
- Match 2 main + 1 Lucky Star: Around €5. You get the idea.
- Match 2 main: Roughly €5. Hey, you won something!
Quick heads-up: These are just estimates. If fifty other people matched 5 main numbers, too, you’ve got to share that prize pool. Sharing is caring, I guess, even when it involves lottery winnings.
The Odds
So, what are your chances of becoming an instant multi-millionaire by matching all seven numbers? Drumroll please… It’s about 1 in 139,838,160. To put that in perspective, it’s slightly less likely than me voluntarily getting up before 7 AM on a Saturday. But hey, someone has to win, right?
Here’s a peek at the odds for the other tiers, just in case you’re a glutton for statistical punishment:
- Jackpot (7 numbers): 1 in 139,838,160
- Second Prize (5+1): 1 in 6,991,908
- Third Prize (5 main): 1 in 3,107,515
- Fourth Prize (4+2): 1 in 621,503
- Fifth Prize (4+1): 1 in 31,075
- Sixth Prize (4 main): 1 in 13,811
- Seventh Prize (3+2): 1 in 14,125
- Eighth Prize (3+1): 1 in 706
- Ninth Prize (3 main): 1 in 314
- Tenth Prize (2+2): 1 in 985
- Eleventh Prize (2+1): 1 in 49
- Twelfth Prize (2 main): 1 in 22
See? Even matching just a couple of numbers with one Lucky Star gives you a reasonable shot at getting your ticket money back, plus enough for a cheap celebratory snack.