Practically every major country in Europe runs its own national lottery.

• UK (The UK National Lottery)

• France (La Francaise des Jeux)

• Spain (Loterias y Apuestas del Estado)

• Austria (Austrian State Lottery)

• Belgium (Loterie Nationale de Belgique)

• Ireland (Irish Lotto)

• Luxembourg (Loterie Nationale of Luxembourg)

• Portugal (Portuguese Lottery – Campiao)

• Switzerland (Swiss Lotto)

Therefore it is not surprising that they should get together to form a Euro wide weekly lottery. Initially only 3 countries were involved but it was not too long before it grew to its present size of 9 participating countries. Tickets were priced at 2 Euros or £1.50 in the UK.

The very first European Millions Lottery or Euro Lottery as many people call it took place on Friday the 13th of February2004. In some countries Friday the 13th is considered a very unlucky date but it wasn’t for the winners of that first Euro lottery.

A week earlier on the 7th February the lottery had been launched by the 3 original participating countries, UK, France and Spain. Just over 6 months later the number of participating countries grew to 9 when Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland joined.

The prize fund starts at 15 million Euros (£12 million). If the lottery jackpot is not won the prize rolls over to the next draw. There have been many of these rollovers and the jackpot has grown to as much as 170 million Euros. This prize was shared between 3 individual winners.

In most countries you have to be 18 years of age to purchase a Euro Millions Lottery ticket. One exception is the UK where the age limit is set at 16 years old. Wining tickets can only be paid out in the country where they were purchased and in the currency of that country.

When you actually purchase your lottery ticket no record of the actual purchaser is kept. The money goes to the person presenting the winning ticket. If you lose your wining ticket and someone else finds and presents it the money is theirs. So it is important that you take good care of your Euro Lottery tickets.

Some concern had been expressed about the size of some of the mega rollover jackpots. In response to these concerns the organisers decided that they would limit rollovers to a maximum of 11. If the jackpot had not been won by then the jackpot would be rolled down and shared by all those who had 5 main Euro Lottery numbers and one start number.

The Euro lottery has proved highly successful and is played not only in the 9 Euro Lottery countries but almost world wide by members of e-lottery syndicates. the odds of winning the top Euro Millions prize are incredibly poor at 76,275,360 to 1.

However, the global e-Lottery multi-win syndicate system narrows these odds considerably, bringing you a whole lot closer to that dream jackpot. This system has been designed in such a way that guarantees both luck star numbers in every single draw; you therefore only need to match the five main numbers to hit the jackpot. In other words, you receive a 3600% advantage in picking up a cash prize from the Euro Millions with e-Lottery when compared to the ticket buying population.

Check out the many advantages of playing the Euromillions as a member of an e-Lottery syndicate and you could very well find yourself on the winners list.