Talk:EuroMillions/Archives/2012

Cons

There are several reports in Swedish news papers on bluff invoices from a company called Euro Millions.It is worth mentioning here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.233.101.159 (talk) 08:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

False Information Appearing In Article Over And Over Again!

You do not have to reside in a participating country to play. That would be against EU regulations, cause all EU citizens must have the same status as citizens of the particular country, as well as lotteries, services or ticket prices are concerned. It's often in the news that people from neighbouring countries come to play when there is a large sum (like at the moment in Italy's lottery). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.238.67.149 (talk) 21:06, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Citizenship or nationality is different to residency and again to domicile. Each term is defined by national laws. Euromillions is not one lottery it is an arrangement between a number of individual nationally licensed lotteries. Your entry is with the nationally licensed lottery from whom you buy. EU countries may not be able to dicriminate based on nationality but they are able to discriminate based on residency. e.g Non residents not allowed to enter (or more accurately, collect their winnings). Some non residents may even be excluded by restrictive laws of the country of their residence e.g USA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.138.186 (talk) 00:00, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

As I was selling these tickets in the UK and had to learn the terms of Camelot (UKs National lottery licence holder), I know that it is possible to buy a ticket in the UK even if you don't live there. I don't know about the other participating countries though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.209.106.136 (talk) 18:41, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Dates

The article says that Ireland joined the Euromillions in 2007 but later states that a lady from Ireland won 113m in 2005?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.150.80 (talk) 17:26, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

12th Week

Can someone clear up my confusion please... is this week (draw on 3rd Feb) the week that the jackpot will go to the 2nd level if noone wins, or is it next week?... also did anyone win tonight(3rd Feb)? Just wondering - Aled D 22:30, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Next week (see link under prize structure about max rollovers) Today was the 11th rollover, if not won, where will be a 12th rollover, but no more are allowed. Remember 12 rollovers means 13 weeks. No info on winners or lack therof yet. MartinRe 22:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

note to self, 12 rollovers=13 weeks means that my article footnote note is phrased incorrectly, as I seem to have mixed up rollover and weeks running too. Anyone else want to phrase this better, as every way I thought of was untidy. MartinRe 23:00, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

correction - latest is that three french tickets shared the €183,573,077 win. MartinRe 22:42, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, now not so confused... by the way according to the BBC it is two french winners and one portugal winner. - Aled D 22:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I stand to correct myself again. (regarding the rollover rules) see new section as it's more complicated that I first thought! MartinRe 23:34, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Rollover rules

I've now found the actual terms and conditions about the "rolldown procedure" [1] which can be summerised as follows:

• Prior to the change, there was no Jackpot cap.
• A jackpot cap was introduced that would "roll down" the jackpot, if not won on the twelfth draw (i.e. 11 rollovers)
• This rule does not apply on Feb 3rd. (i.e. if it wasn't won last friday it would have rolled over)
• A special Jackpot rolldown rule applies on Feb 10th, if not won, if it is the thirteenth draw (i.e. 12 rollovers)

Confused? Me too. Anyone know why the change made an exception for Feb 3rd, and just didn't switch to 12 draws straight away? MartinRe 23:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Because on these rules were changed just prior to this draw (ie after the draw on the week before Feb 3rd, but before the Feb 3rd draw) and im sure someone would have sued them for changing the jackpot from £100million to £10million, probably not allowed after they have advertised it. Rob.derosa 08:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

New Rollover rules

The rollover rules have changed and need to be replaced:

Effective 7th November 2009 new rules were put in place regarding rollovers. See: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/help/abouteuromillions/gameprocedures.ftl

• Prior to this date the Jackpot could rollover up to 11 times. If there were no jackpot winner(s) in this rollover, then the jackpot would be distributed to the next prize level with winners.
• The new rules introduce the Jackpot Pool Cap. When the Jackpot reaches or exceeds €185,000,000, the Jackpot will be €185,000,000 and any additional prize money rolled over will be added to the jackpot pool for the next lower prize level (5 main numbers + 1 Lucky Star).

It's unnecessary to discuss the old rules any more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.187.178 (talk) 11:48, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

• If the €185,000,000 is not won, the jackpot will remain €185,000,000 for the next drawing and continue until it's won, any additional prize money rolled over will be added to the jackpot pool for the next lower prize level with winners.

Redirect

As you can see from the edit history, my personal preference would be to have this article redirecting to the National Lottery article, which already included a detailed paragraph about EuroMillions. Since User:Gerbon689 would not appear to agree with me about this (and I take the point that this is not a UK-only draw) i have now moved the info from the National Lottery article, to this one. Anyone else's comments welcome... UkPaolo 17:30, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

It's not just that it was in the National Lottery article (although that was part of it). It also just seems to need a page of it's own anyway. No matter what the article was, I wouldn't have really been happy with it in another article. (Part of that is because I think it draws more attention for additions when it's on its own and has a stub tag) - Gerbon689 11:16, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Fair point... feel free to change the current version of the article as you see fit. UkPaolo 18:02, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Dolores McNamara's winnings

In the Dolores McNamara article, she is said to have won €113 million. In the Limerick and List of Limerick people articles, she is said to have won €116 million. In this article, she is said to have won €115,436,126 (so €115 million to the nearest million). Which figure is correct?

Odds, restructuring, how to play

I have expanded this article, the main new feature is a table of odds. I have also structured the article to bring order to the extended content, I've also added a section on how to play, although very simple I believe it to be quite useful, but would appreciate any improvements. As well as they I would love to see this article expand and grow under the new organisation I have given it (and no doubts all my numerous errors will be corrected). Thnaks --Sclaydonuk 20:30, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Nice enhancements, I've wikified your changes and formatting slightly. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 20:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm having difficulty understanding how the expected returns add up to a prize fund of 50% of the money entered. If the prize fund was 50% of the money paid, the expected return in Euro should be the reciprocal of the odds of that prize, so for example you should be getting E77,005 instead of E77. And that's just to get a 50% return. None of the prizes even comes close to giving that kind of expected return. It's not adding up for me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.129.85.131 (talk) 22:55, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Estimated winnings

I'm unsure about the GBP figures that were recently changed. The original figures were official estimates, as per the back of the payslip, the latest results appear to be simply last weeks results, which aren't a valid indication of long term trends. (Query raised on user talk page, directed here for response) I don't think once off figures are a good basis for an estimate, especially when official estimates are available. Are the EUR and CHF figures also based off one set of results, or does anyone have a EUR/CHF payslip with the odds/estimates on it? (Aside, are the estimate prizes in EUR the same for all countries?) MartinRe 17:55, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

In other words, are these just offical figures for a particular week, rather than offical estimates? MartinRe 18:01, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah they were just the latest figures i found online... I will change it back and update it with the figures on the back of the ticket that are estimates!Ablaze 18:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Cool. As you can imagine figures taken from any one week are unreliable as estimates - especially now as sales are running several times normal! I guess you have access to an Irsh EUR payslip, which would make the GBP and EUR figures offically correct. Don't know what best to do with CHF figures. Remove them? Estimate the estimate by using the current figures and converting to CHF? Either way, I think if they're left in, there should be a note to say there aren't official estimates, so if someone has access to a CHF ticket they know it needs doing. MartinRe 18:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

The estimated prize can vary from country to country (I think). If Wikipedia mentions these figures, they should be some kind of average over the different countries, and certainly in euro (rather than GBP or CHF), with a disclaimer about their accuracy. – Adhemar 11:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

The estimates prize does indeed vary from country to country, as the prize depends on participation. However, it appear that only the UK has published offical estimates that we are aware of. And as the the verifiable source for this info quotes the figures in GBP, we should do also. Comparasion to EUR wouldn't be a god idea, as these estimates are ongoing, and the exchange rate changes (as opposed to notable prizes where we can use the exchange rate on that day to fix the conversion). Regards, MartinRe 12:12, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I actually have access to an Irish and Swiss slip (when i played on holidays in Switzerland) but it doesnt say anything on the back of them. The Irish one only shows the odds of winning, which are nearly the same as what is on the page (1 off in about three of them). Strange... Ablaze 18:30, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I actually have access to a Belgian slip, but I don’t see any estimated prizes mentioned either. –Adhemar 11:12, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I know these numbers are out-dated estimates (following above discussion) but can someone explain how it is that as the odds go up, the % of prize doesn't go up the same? Example, 2 main numbers with 1 lucky star with odds of 1 in 39 wins 24.0%, yet 3 main numbers with 2 lucky stars with considerably more difficult odds of 1 in 7,705 earn's only 1.0%. I noticed a similar strangeness on another lotto's projections and didn't understand it there either.

Looks like there is some tier information that is missing. The % of prizes shown are of that particular tier (win combination). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Casemon hd (talk • contribs) 15:05, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

Draw location

The Irish EuroMillions broadcast says that the draw takes place in Paris, not Switzerland. Can someone confirm one way or the other? Stifle (talk) 22:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

UK web site also states Paris, as does several other sources (e.g http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4653154.stm) however, I can't find anything definitive saying that it was always the case, is it possible that the draw location rotates through the counties that are involved in it? MartinRe 22:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Where does the money go?

Do the takings merely go towards the prizes and Camelot's profits or are there any other benefactors? Pgr94 15:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes? Where do they go. I suspect that profits are distributed to national lottery bodies, which then distribute according to their normal policy, ie. a certain amount for expenses and the rest to charity.

By email correspondence with help@national-lottery.co.uk Pgr94 14:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The total Euromillion revenue is broken down as follows:
0.5% in profit to Camelot
4.5% in operating costs
5% in commission to the retailers. 
12% to the Government (Lottery Duty)
28% for the Good Causes
50% to winners

Limited rollovers

If the EuroMillions jackpot isn't won, why the number of rollovers are limited to 11? Why don't they increase the prize and held another drawing? A big time lottery in America has been rolled over 15 times without a jackpot winner. If still nobody wins, they'll bring it up roll over until someone wins it. 61.9.126.41

Because one of the reasons why they have limited to stop it rolling over so many times is to stop big syndicates buying up all of the possible combinations, and then making a huge profit. The lottery was dsigned for fun, not to be seen as a way of making money! The winners of the lottery usually deserve to win anyway, and so should they! Weavale

I guess that could be true. If the jackpot is at a record high, they would make all the combinations to secure their chances of winning. Thus they would win more than what they would spend in buying the tickets. Perhaps this is not the case in those big time lotteries in America since the odd of winning the jackpot are two times harder and the prices are taxable. 61.9.126.41

I'm confused at your statement "to stop it rolling over so many times is to stop big syndicates buying up all of the possible combinations".

Exactly how do they "buy" the lottery number combinations, if the syndicate can't exactly predict with over 76,275,360 combinations...

And "hey would win more than what they would spend in buying the tickets"...I mean, isn't the idea of buying the ticket is to actually gain more?

(Sorry, But I am struggling to read your English! ^_^;)

I think there should be about more than 12 rollovers, until someone wins. Because I want that someone to win a bigger jackpout while every other winners get a bigger share (or a lot more winners of other prizes) AND I want to be that someone =)

88.105.76.89 (talk) 23:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

If there are 10 combinations, the cost of one ticket is £1 and the jackpot is £11. You could buy all 10 combinations and be guarenteed a 10% profit, not bad on a 2 day investment. Of course, the reasoning falls down once you add in a second winner who splits the jackpot with you. Possible, but I doubt anyone with the 100billion or so euros available would risk it on such a scheme

What machines used?

I wonder what kind of lottery machines are used in EuroMillions? Is it those that blow the balls around with fans or the ones with containers that turn? -61.9.126.41-

They use the same machines as used in the UK. A three legged metal fan turns and then the balls are released into the machine. Balls are then dropped out one by one. UK residents can watch the draw at 22:30 (GMT) on UKTV Gold. There are seperate machines for the main number balls and the lucky star balls.

This is probably a bit old, but just to say, its not shown on UKTV Gold any more, nor does it seem to be at 22:30. The 8/2/08 superdraw is on BBC1 at 23:35. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.237.3 (talk) 23:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Please provide sterling amounts for all prizes

Some of the figures are converted into U.S. dollars, but not pounds. Since this lottery operates in the UK, but not in the US, this is hardly appropriate, or helpful to the users who are most likely to by interested in this article. Carina22 11:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Totally agree! That's why I've added sterling amounts, but they're at today's exchange rate, not the exchange rate of the date the various sums of money were won. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.178.182 (talk) 13:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Should all amounts be left at euro? The official currency is Euro and it is converted to sterling on that day's rate. It makes no sense to convert any of the amounts (especially these days where rates are changing) unless it's done at the rate of the specific dates. I'm all for leaving only Euro amounts and a note that conversion to sterling should be done at that day's exchange rate. Either this or someone fixing it all. As it's currently displayed the information is incorrect. --eduo (talk) 11:20, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Nationality

Is it required to be an EU national to play Euromillion. For example, can a foreigner living in France play it (online)?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.156.247.195 (talk) 22:27, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

This must be completely false. Switzerland are a participating country, and Swiss nationals are NOT EU citizens --Luke w (talk) 11:49, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

i'd imagine you have to be a national of one of the participating countries, i.e UK ex pat living in switzerland. i haven't read the rules but it cant be hard to find this out.--Numberwang (talk) 19:02, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I can not find on the rules any kind of restriction on the nationality or place of residence. If there would be one, it would beagainst the EU's Charter! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.156.29.161 (talk) 12:11, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

In the UK, new rules introduced on 13th December 2010 limiting access to the Interactive System (web site & mobile) to legal residents of the UK (and presumably Isle of Man, etc).

Germany

How come Germany ain't part of the EuroMillions participating countries?

Germany's got quite a big population, even Italy as well.

Perhaps Germany refused to join into the EuroMillions fad?

88.105.55.192 13:07, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

The decision to enter EuroMillions is not taken by any government, but rather by the individual lottery companies. Therefore, lottery companies in Germany, Italy and the other European Union nations, would have to join the EuroMillions individually on behalf of their nations. The UK, France and Spain (the original founder nations) each have a single, (privitised) national lottery. As I understand it, Germany has more regionalised lotteries (though I may be wrong on that). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.71.178.182 (talk) 13:59, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I want the Germans to join in, too! >.< (So the jackpot money gets bigger for me.) 88.105.76.89 (talk) 23:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Single winner

Afraid AP's wrong on this one; Jack Whittaker (lottery winner), with US$315m, is still in the lead. Jpatokal (talk) 11:40, 16 May 2009 (UTC) I am afraid you are wrong there. US$315m is just a load american hot air. He had a choice of a 20 year annuity totalling US$315m (US$15.75m per year) or a lump sum of US$170m. Few people take the annuity option - you would not get paid if the lottery went bankrupt or the monies held were misinvested or misappropriated. But even the lump sum figure is misleading because in the USA the prize is sized before federal and state governments take their taxes. In Europe the governments take their taxes before the prize is sized. The inconvenient truth is that Jack Whittaker received a cheque for only US$114m. Poor Jack! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.138.186 (talk) 14:20, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

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Correct. Actually the highest price for a single individual in the world AFTER TAXES are €146m, won by an italian in the Superenalotto last Summer! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.31.47.49 (talk) 17:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Superdraws

It might be worth adding a separate section for the Superdraws, moving what is already there out of the Prize structure section. The current information is dated and the following points can be made:

• The most recent Superdraw was February 5, 2010, the sixth anniversary for €100M.
• Prior to that there were Superdraws on
  • September 18 2009 (€100M);
  • March 6 2009 (€100M);
  • September 26 2008 (€130M);
  • February 8 2008(€130M);
  • September 28 2007(€130M);
  • February 9 2007(€100M).
• Under the old rules, if the jackpot was not won then the money was distributed between the winners of the next lower level. (As happened on September 28 2007)
• Under the new rules (as of November 7 2009), if no one wins the Superdraw jackpot it is now rolled over to the next week. (As happened with the February 5 2010 which rolled over to February 12 2010 when the €129 million prize was split by two winners.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.187.178 (talk) 12:27, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Why is this Superdraws paragraph mentioned all at a sudden? It is not mentioned earlier in the article (what is it?), and it certainly is not a part of Euromillions (at least not in Switzerland). Gulliveig (talk) 13:36, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Superdraws were originally embedded in the Prize structure section. And all countries participate. It's when the organisers set the jackpot to 100 Million. On January 29, 2010 the jackpot was €29M, if that had rolled over then the expected jackpot would have been €44M, not the €100M it was. The February Superdraws are around the birthday of Euromillions start, the September Superdraws might be the anniversary of Ireland, Spain etc joining. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.188.194 (talk) 20:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

When is the next Superdraw? I'm guessing February 10th, 2012 but it could be any draw in February or March. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.129.30 (talk) 13:13, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Participating countries websites

Missing from the page is a list of websites for every participating country. They were there at one point but then deleted when inappropiate links were added. I suggest that the official Euromillions sites in those countries be restored. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.235.38 (talk) 21:11, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Official page for Switzerland (from SwissLotto): http://www.swisslos.ch/euromillions/statistiken/currenteuromillionsnumberspagenext.do Gulliveig (talk) 13:42, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Removed incorrect statement

I removed from the lede: "Prizes, aside from the jackpot, are sized according to participation per country." That statement is not true. The participation per country is irrelevant when it comes to calculating the winning shares. For example, suppose on one draw all the winners were in Belgium, then the total prize fund would be used to pay those winners in Belgium even though players in other participating countries have contributed to that prize fund (50% of each ticket price if I remember correctly). Astronaut (talk) 06:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

That is incorrect! Apart from the jackpot, all other prizes in a territory (ie UK) come from the Territory Pools Fund. (https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/help/abouteuromillions/gameprocedures.ftl#int_prizefund Section J) 50% of the price of a ticket goes to the prize fund, ie £1. Of that £1, 33 pence (depending on exchange rates) goes to the match 5 + 2 star Jackpot, the other 67 pence goes into the Territory Pool Fund to pay any UK winners. So when you look at the camelot website (https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/euromillions/results/prizeBreakdown.ftl) it might tell you that there were 9 winners of Match 5 + 1 star, On April 22, 2011 any UK winners received £249,297.60, and the UK Prize Fund was £249,297.60, implying that there was one UK winner who received that. On the same draw, any Swiss winners would have received £399,143.22 for that match and in the Euro countries would have received prizes of about £319,080 using that days conversion rates.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.139.223 (talk) 19:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC) 

EuroMillions Ball Frequencies

How is the EuroMillions Ball Frequencies section relevant to the article, or to anything? I suggest removing it.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:56, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, it's an excuse for advertising a lottery web site. Then again, some might think it's somehow helpful which is why I was not ready to delete the information but ready to remove the citing commercial web site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.139.186 (talk) 14:04, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Jackpot Pool Cap

When the Jackpot Pool Cap come into effect, does the jackpot increase if not won?

There is conflicting information on the UK National Lottery website. In the definition of the Jackpot Pool Cap (http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/help/abouteuromillions/gameprocedures.ftl) it says the jackpot will increase by €5,000,000 each drawing when it is not won. Ie, if the jackpot this friday is capped at €185,000,000 and is not won, then the next jackpot will be €190,000,000. But elsewhere on the same page it does not mention the jackpot increasing. Furthermore, when you go to the page to buy a euromillions ticket (http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/lotterydrawgames/euromillions.ftl), it currently says that the jackpot limit will always be €185,000,000 / £167 million.

I sent a query to Camelot, the relevant part of the reply is:

The EuroMillions jackpot can grow to a maximum of €185 million – depending on the exchange rate, this is approximately £167 million.

Once the jackpot reaches €185 million it is frozen until a player matches all five main numbers and two Lucky Star numbers to win. Any money raised for the Jackpot prize fund above €185 million is then passed down to the next prize-winning level in each draw. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.143.152 (talk) 15:00, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

yes, that is correct BUT the next time (new cycle of drawings) the maximum jackpot is set to 190 mil. euro max; again it's stays (fixed) 190 mil. euro until won. Again the next cycle the jackpot goes to 195 mil. euro max (is every next cycle plus 5 mil. euro jackpot) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.22.180.183 (talk) 22:35, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Someone has edited the entry on the Jackpot pool cap, saying that it increases by €5M each time it is won - can someone place a citation in the entry to confirm this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.141.227 (talk) 08:48, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Tickets

How can it be fair that people in some participating states (as in, United Kingdom) contribute different amounts (£1.5) to the prize draw from what those in other countries (Eurozone) contribute (€2,00), yet receive (presumably) the same odds of winning with their ticket/s?

Also, I assume that when Camelot states that 12 per cent of proceeds are paid to the Exchequer, they are saying that Her Majesty's Treasury benefits, and not some bloated European institution?

LaFoiblesse 2009-06-03 15:28 (GMT)

Each of the participating national lotteries contribute the same per entry but each national government directs takes different amounts in taxes (good causes is a tax in disguise). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.124.196 (talk) 02:15, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't quite see how 'good causes' are a tax in disguise. Giving money to charities is the whole purpose of the Natlot (Although I do need some persuasion to believe that the Olympics were a 'good cause'). Calling the charity element a tax is like calling Camelot's profit a tax.

Tax is the bit taken out by governments who don't believe that anyone should make money if they don't get a cut of it, making money for "Good causes" is the reason we have a lottery, without them there'd be no lottery. --Deke42 (talk) 09:07, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

chances of winning the jackpot

The website reports that the chances of winning the jackpot are 1 in 3 (see table). This is not correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.6.155.83 (talk) 15:51, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

?? table: jackpot 1 to 116 mil is correct & text overall odds 1 to 13 is correct = there is no incorrect figure — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.22.178.171 (talk) 09:33, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't understand the 'Prize structure' section. It states that 18.0% of the prize money is €4 but 0.5% is €59, it also states that 0.7% is both €101 and €201.

If I'm misinterpreting this then it needs making clearer. --Deke42 (talk) 09:19, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

What it means is that 18% of the prize fund goes to all the tickets that have a €4 payout (2 main numbers & no lucky stars) and 0.7% of the prize fund goes to the €201 winner tickets (4 main numbers & 1 Lucky star). But there will be a lot of tickets with a €4 prize and far fewer with €201 so a smaller amount of the jackpot is required to pay these off. Camelot says there were 1,833,874 tickets that matched 2 main numbers and 2,035 tickets that matched 4 main numbers and 1 lucky star. So that 18% of the prize pool is split amongst 1,833,874 winners but 0.7% is split amongst 2,035. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.135.35 (talk) 11:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)