The EuroMillions game
How EuroMillions works in the UK: choosing your 5 numbers and 2 Lucky Stars, where to buy your ticket, the rules that decide what you win, how the jackpot grows from €17 million to €250 million and what each of the 13 prize tiers pays.
How to play EuroMillions
Pick 5 numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Stars from 1 to 12, choose your draws and pay £2.50 a line. Everything you need to know before your first ticket.
Where to play EuroMillions
The National Lottery website and app or a National Lottery shop: the official ways to play EuroMillions in the UK and what each one offers.
EuroMillions rules
Who can play, when sales close, how the prize fund is shared, what happens at the €250 million cap and how long you have to claim: the rules in plain English.
The EuroMillions ticket
Filling in a play slip, choosing a Lucky Dip, reading your ticket and UK Millionaire Maker code, and what to do if a ticket is lost, stolen or damaged.
The EuroMillions jackpot
It starts at €17 million, rolls over until someone wins and stops growing at €250 million. How the jackpot builds up, what a Superdraw is and why it's in euros.
EuroMillions prizes
Thirteen prize tiers, from the jackpot to matching just two numbers: what each one typically pays in the UK and how the prize fund is shared between them.
What EuroMillions is
EuroMillions is a lottery shared by nine European countries. For each line you choose 5 main numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Stars from 1 to 12, and draws take place every Tuesday and Friday. In the UK it's part of The National Lottery, run by Allwyn, and a line costs £2.50, which includes an entry into the UK Millionaire Maker.
There are 13 prize tiers, from the jackpot for 5 numbers and 2 Lucky Stars down to a cash prize for matching just 2 numbers. The jackpot starts at €17 million and rolls over until someone wins it, up to a cap of €250 million, and UK winners are paid in pounds, tax-free. The detail is in EuroMillions prizes and the EuroMillions jackpot.
This section takes each part in turn: how to play, where to play, the rules and the ticket. After the draw, check your numbers in the ticket checker and find the winning numbers and prize breakdown in results.