How to play Euro Millions

The Euro Millions Lottery is a numbers game, and to play the Euro Millions, you will need to first choose your lucky numbers for the draw. When filling in your payslip, you need to choose five lucky numbers and two lucky stars, to win the Euro Millions Lottery jackpot you must match all seven balls to the ones drawn in the Euro Millions draw.

Whether you play the Euro Millions online, or buy lottery tickets in store, the essence of the draw is the same. Follow the instructions below to play the Euro Millions Lottery correctly:

• First choose your five main balls. These numbers can be any five numbers between 1 and 50 inclusive.

• Next you need your lucky stars, these are drawn from a separate ball pool, which means they may be repeated from the main draw. Lucky stars run from 1 to 11 inclusive.

• When you have chosen all of your seven numbers, now it’s time to buy your Euro Millions tickets and then tune in for the Euro Millions results.

• To win the jackpot you must match all five main balls and the two lucky stars to those drawn in the Euro Millions draw.

• If you haven’t won the jackpot, don’t throw away your lottery tickets as the Euro Millions offers thirteen prize tiers, which means even if you only match two main balls you could win a prize.

• The Euro Millions draw takes place twice weekly, every Tuesday and Friday evening so you have two chances to win every week. Euro Millions winners have 180 days to claim their winnings so do make sure you check the Euro Millions results after every single draw.

• Odds of winning the Euro Millions jackpot are long, but certainly appealing. The chances of winning the Euro Millions jackpot is set at around 116 million to one, but overall odds of winning a prize are far more generous at 1 in 10, so even if you don’t win the jackpot, there is a great chance of walking away with at least a consolation prize when you play the Euro Millions Lottery.

In addition to the main draw, if you play the Euro Millions Lottery in Britain, Portugal or Ireland then you might have the chance at playing for an extra prize, just in your country alone. In the UK this draw is called the Millionaire Raffle and in Portugal and Ireland it’s the Euro Millions Plus, giving lottery players a chance to win an extra prize (£1 million in the UK, €500,000 in Portugal and Ireland) alongside their main Euro Millions tickets.