On 22 November , 2 German and 1 Hungarian player won 90,, Each player won 30,, The Eurojackpot lottery was proposed in , [10] to compete with the EuroMillions lottery.

By virtue of a large number of participating countries, the EuroMillions is able to offer considerably larger jackpots than those offered in a single national lottery.

After seeing the success of EuroMillions, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Slovenia, Italy and the Netherlands met in Amsterdam in November to complete the negotiations for the Eurojackpot lottery and to begin the roll out in After the negotiations, Estonia also decided to participate in the lottery.

The first ticket sales began on March 17, while the first ever draw took place on March 23, In comparison, the Eurojackpot has a wider reach of potential players with an audience in local countries of million, compared to the Euromillions of million.

The gameplay changed on Friday October 10, with the number of the smaller set, the "Euronumbers", in the Perle machine increasing from 8 to The odds of winning the jackpot decreased from ,, to 1 in 95,, Eurojackpot is available to the residents of the countries participating in the official draw i.

Czech Republic and Hungary joined in October Slovakia joined in October and Poland in September The organisers also provide official websites to support retail sales, where it is possible to view the results of the draws shortly after they are recorded.

Spain is only country to participate in both EuroMillions and Eurojackpot lottery games. A number of non-official online lottery sites provide tickets or bets on the Eurojackpot lottery.

Some of these operators are state-licensed, while others are not. Generally, lottery tickets are restricted to purchase by adults, according to the Age of majority in a particular country.

Countries such as Slovenia , Iceland and Italy restrict most private operators from offering lotteries.

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April 5, June 8, The Finnish lottery operator Veikkaus is to join with fellow gambling companies in seven other European countries to run a lottery scheme offering jackpots of up to 90 million euros.

The so-called Eurojackpot draw will start next spring. January 25, Archived from the original on February 2, Retrieved February 4, Archived from the original on June 9, Retrieved June 10, August 25, Retrieved August 25, January 18, Eurojackpot is drawn on a Friday night in Helsinki, Finland with the winning numbers and prize breakdown appearing on the Eurojackpot results page soon afterwards.

Players from across the world can take part by choosing Eurojackpot numbers online and potentially winning an eight-figure jackpot.

The odds of winning any cash prize in Eurojackpot stand at 1 in 26, whereas the odds of matching all five main numbers and two Euro numbers and winning the jackpot are 1 in 95,, This means that players are more likely to win the Eurojackpot top prize than EuroMillions, which carries a 1 in ,, chance of winning the jackpot.

Home Eurojackpot Eurojackpot Eurojackpot is a pan-European lottery that was launched in March as a counterpart to EuroMillions , which is only offered in select countries.