EuroMillions is like, the huge lottery everyone plays over in Europe. The prizes are a real thrill, and the jackpots are life-changing. If nobody wins, the jackpot keeps getting bigger and bigger, which means the prize pool can get absolutely massive. f you win the top EuroMillions prize, your life is never going to be the same again. It lets you make your dreams come true, make some big investments, and be financially secure.
Want to play EuroMillions?
The first step is to choose five main numbers, selecting each one from a range of 1 to 50. Next, choose two extra numbers, called Lucky Stars, from 1 to 12. EuroMillions has different prize levels based on your matching numbers. The more numbers you match, the more money you win. You can play EuroMillions every Tuesday and Friday. It’s all down to a random draw, and that’s what makes it so thrilling.
Biggest EuroMillions Jackpot Ever
Back when EuroMillions started in February 2004, there was no limit to how big the jackpot could get. Rather than having a cap, the jackpot would increase with each draw where there was no winner, for a maximum of 11 consecutive draws. Following the 11th draw without a jackpot winner, the accumulated funds would be allocated to the winning participants in the next highest prize tier. A change was made in November 2009, introducing a cap of €185 million on the EuroMillions jackpot. This cap was subsequently increased to €190 million. Get this: the massive €190 million prize has been won four times! The first time it happened was back in 2012, when Adrian and Gillian Bayford from Suffolk, UK, scooped it. The jackpots kept going up in the years after that. In December 2020, the EuroMillions jackpot went crazy and hit €200 million—everyone was going wild for it. The anticipation reached fever pitch in February 2021 when the EuroMillions jackpot soared to its then-record €210 million on the 23rd of the month. Surprisingly, just three days after, they raised the cap to an amazing €220 million because someone from Switzerland won. The massive jackpots just kept on coming. Big wins of €220 million (October 2021) and €215 million (May 2022) made the jackpot even more attractive. Finally, on July 8, 2022, the EuroMillions record was broken when someone won a huge €230 million with just one ticket, making news worldwide. As soon as they won, the lucky person claimed their prize. But the winner decided to keep their identity secret and didn’t tell anyone anything. Therefore, only a few details about them were made public. Had the jackpot not been won in this specific draw, the following draw would have been designated a ‘Must Be Won’ draw, meaning the jackpot would have been awarded regardless. These draws are super exciting because someone’s gotta win the jackpot—either one lucky person or it gets shared between other winners. Now, the EuroMillions jackpot can go up to an amazing €240 million, making everyone dream of winning.