EuroJackpot Review

EuroJackpot Lottery Review

As the name suggests, EuroJackpot is a massive lottery that stretches across numerous European countries; these are: Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

After seeing the success of the EuroMillions lottery, a secondary competing European lottery was proposed in 2006, and finally launched March, 2012.

What differentiates EuroJackpot from other European lotteries is the fact that it is designed to have a higher probability of winning so that it pays out more frequently. It has a jackpot cap of €90 million, so if it continues to rollover and reach that cap, the difference will be awarded to the second prize winner.

The minimum jackpot is €10 million, and secondary prizes are worked out in percentages.

How Does EuroJackpot Work?

Players have to choose five numbers out of a possible 50, plus two numbers (Euro Numbers) out of a possible eight. The draws take place every Friday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern European Time in Helsinki, Finland.

Payouts and Odds

EuroJackpot does not have fixed secondary prize amounts; instead, the prizes are worked out in terms of percentages of the total prize pool.

The breakdown of the prizes and odds of winning them are as follows:

2 + 1EN = 22.95% (1:35)
1 + 2EN = 12% (1:80)
3 only = 3.6% (1:399)
2 + 2EN = 3.45% (1:418)
3 + 1EN = 4.1% (1:499)
3 + 2EN = 0.85% (1:5,992)
4 only = 0.6% (1:17,578)
4 + 1EN = 0.95% (1:21,972)
4 + 2EN = 1.2% (1:263,668)
5 only = 1.3% (1:3,955,019)
5 + 1EN = 5% (1:4,943,773)
5 + 2EN = 22% (1:59,325,280)

These percentages only add up to 78%, with the remaining 22% reserved in a Booster Fund. The reason for this is to ensure that regardless of ticket sales, the minimum jackpot prize will always be €10 million since it can be boosted if fewer tickets were sold for whatever reason.

The percentage for the lowest winning possibility may seem high at 22.95%, but that percentage is shared out among everyone who had chosen the correct two main numbers with one Euro Number.

The highest jackpot that EuroJackpot has ever seen was a total of approximately €57.3 million which was won not too long ago in April, 2014. The winning ticket was held by a lottery syndicate of 10 people, so the total was shared out among them.
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The EuroJackpot lottery has 12 different tiers of winnings with a minimum jackpot of €10 million; it’s popular for its high probability of producing winners.