How to play Eurojackpot?
Eurojackpot is a lottery for people residing in the EU. The game premiered in 2012 and is now available in 16 different countries. The jackpot is between 10 million and 90 million euros.
Where can you play Eurojackpot?
You can choose to play Eurojackpot online or in the shop of your gaming agent at Svenska spel when you want to play, there are different game forms to choose from. For example, you can play single lines, System games or multi-week games. Another possibility is that you can subscribe to games. Depending on where you play, different operators may offer some extra features, such as DoubleJackpot, which gives you as a player the chance to double your winnings.
How does Eurojackpot work?
In this number game you should be able to dot five numbers out of 50, but you also need to dot two out of ten Star numbers. When there is a draw, five numbers and two Star numbers will be drawn to bring up the winning line. If you are the only winner of 5+2, you will win at least 10 million euros. Since the game also has a growing jackpot, the winning amount can be higher.
In the game you can win on 12 different levels. Most win at levels 2, 3 and 12. The winning amount varies depending on how many numbers you dot. The probability of winning the jackpot is 1 in 95,344,200, while the probability of winning in the lower levels of the game starts at 1 in 35.
A line of five numbers + two Star numbers costs 25 SEK and it is possible to play on up to 12 single lines in one game. The draw takes place live on TV and if you are one of the winners, You Must Claim your prize within 180 days. If you have played online, however, you will receive your winnings directly to your gaming account. If multiple players win, they get to share the jackpot. Some operators offer NumberShield, which is a feature that protects your numbers to ensure that you get the full win, no matter how many people win.
Draws
The draw takes place every Friday with a jackpot of at least 10 million euros. If no winner takes home the jackpot, it means that the prize money is transferred to the next draw, which in turn contributes to an even bigger jackpot.
Profits and profit levels
There are 12 different Win levels in Eurojackpot and these are, from highest to lowest win:
- Jackpot: when you dot in 5 correct + 2 Star numbers
- Get the one who has 5 right + 1 star number
- Get the winner with 5 right
- To the one with 4 correct + 2 Star numbers
- At 4 correct + 1 Star numbers
- 4 right
- 3 correct + 2 Star numbers
- 3 correct + 1 star number
- 2 correct + 2 Star numbers
- 3 right
- 1 correct + 2 star number
- Finally, winning level 12 gets the one who has 2 right + 1 star number
Past gains
The jackpot has gone to New Zealand five times in 2018, 2019, twice in 2020 and once in 2021. In 2019, the biggest gambling win in New Zealand went to a couple in Örebro, who won a whopping SEK 561 million.
Since the game's inception in 2012, the jackpot has been paid out a whopping 86 times. Most of the time it has been to Germany, followed by Finland. The top five wins for 2021 so far look like this:
- 912 million, Germany (twice)
- 646.7 million, Germany
- 501.5 million, Denmark
- 488.6 million, Germany
- 139.3 million, New Zealand
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