EuroMillions runners Allwyn have said people could be within a better chance of winning the coveted grand prize if they get in on the ground floor after a rollover
EuroMillions players have their best chances of winning the multi-million-pound jackpot ever for one key reason, the lotto organisers have revealed.
The grand prize – which grew to an incredible £208 million (€250 million) this week before it was claimed by one ultra-lucky Irish winner – has reset, and returns tonight with a much reduced but still sizeable £14 million fortune up for grabs. Potentially hundreds of millions of people will be buying EuroMillions tickets as they jostle for an opportunity to scoop up the life-changing cash, despite the generally slim chances of a possible win. According to organisers Allwyn, people who play for the unajusted base amount have a better chance of winning.
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A spokesperson for the firm said that fewer people tend to play when the prize is “just” £14 million, with more players crawling out of the woodwork when the sum reaches eye-popping nine-figures.
They told The Sun “excitement grows” as the jackpot multiplies, with more groups and “syndicates” joining the fray as it continues to gather steam. They said: “EuroMillions is designed to be a huge, rolling jackpot game. So, we always have more people enter as the jackpot rises and excitement grows.
“We also see more syndicates and groups playing the game as the jackpot climbs. However, every draw, the odds of winning the jackpot remain the same no matter what the jackpot amount.”
The spokesperson added it could be argued that, when fewer people participate in a EuroMillions draw, they are “less likely to share” their winnings with others. They concluded: “You could possibly argue that, if fewer people play, then you are potentially less likely to share the jackpot with other winners.”
The odds of winning at all, however, remain vanishingly slim at roughly one in 139,838,160, a rate that remains unchanged regardless of the number of people who buy tickets.
The chances of winning any one of the smallest totals is also quite low, with one in 621,503 people winning the lowest four-figure amount of £1,405.23. The chances of winning just over a tenner in the draw are nearly one in 1,000, and only one in 22 players stand a chance of picking up just £2.72.
The last EuroMillions jackpot winner was a player who purchased their ticket at a shop in County Cork, Ireland, who came forward to claim their prize on June 19.
Little else is known about the mysterious jackpot winner, who is the 18th person from Ireland to claim the prize, which is the largest to be received in the country. The last person to win the EuroMillions jackpot came forward in February 2022, when they claimed a quick pick ticket worth £25.6 million (€30.9 million).