The EuroMillions draw
Everything about the EuroMillions draw: when and where it takes place, the nine countries that share it, the UK Millionaire Maker and European Millionaire Maker, the biggest wins in its history, how the game has changed since 2004 and how it compares with Lotto.
EuroMillions draw time and place
Drawn in Paris every Tuesday and Friday and shown in the UK at 8.45pm, with sales closing at 7.30pm. How the balls are drawn and when the results come out.
EuroMillions countries and history
Nine countries, one jackpot: how EuroMillions began in 2004, who runs it in each country, what a line costs and which add-on games each country plays.
The biggest EuroMillions wins
The €250 million cap has been won three times, all in 2025. The UK record is £195.7 million, from July 2022. Europe's and the UK's biggest wins, with dates.
UK Millionaire Maker and European Millionaire Maker
Every UK EuroMillions line comes with a Millionaire Maker code, and one code wins £1 million every draw. How it works, the odds and the European events.
EuroMillions history: how the game has changed
Three countries in 2004, nine by October. A Tuesday draw in 2011, twelve Lucky Stars in 2016, a €250 million cap from December 2023 and a new UK operator, Allwyn, in February 2024: the changes, with dates.
EuroMillions vs Lotto and other UK lottery games
Price, draw days, top prize and odds: how EuroMillions compares with Lotto, Thunderball, Set For Life, EuroMillions HotPicks and Powerball in the UK.
How the EuroMillions draw works
The draw takes place every Tuesday and Friday. The National Lottery gives 8.45pm (UK time) as the draw time; ticket sales close at 7.30pm and full results follow from around 9.30pm. The balls are drawn in Paris: five main numbers from a machine of 50 and two Lucky Stars from a machine of 12. The details are in draw time and place.
It's one draw for nine countries, which is why the jackpot can reach sums no single national lottery could offer. Who plays, who runs the game in each country and what a line costs are in EuroMillions countries and history. In the UK, every line also enters the UK Millionaire Maker, with a guaranteed £1 million winner in every draw.
The game has changed a great deal since 2004, from the Tuesday draw to the 12th Lucky Star, as EuroMillions history explains, and it has produced some of Europe's biggest prizes: see the biggest EuroMillions wins. Past draws, with their prize breakdowns, are in results.