Euromillions jackpot

EuroMillions jackpot - €132 mln won

The €132 mln EuroMillions jackpot was raffled on Friday night of 29 January 2016. There were two grand-prize winning tickets reported, one bought in France another in Ireland. Each EuroMillions winner was lucky to hit the jackpot winning numbers. The corresponding EuroMillions results are as follows: 1, 5, 23, 29, 32 and the two Star numbers 1 and 7.

The two players hit the full EuroMillions jackpot winning combination including the above-mentioned 5 main and 2 additional numbers. The main prize will be split and each EuroMillions winner will get €66,188,316. The lottery operator also reported 6 2nd and 5 3rd prize winners which will get respectively €408,296.6 and €163,317.4 each.

EuroMillions winner claimed €66.19 mln

EuroMillions jackpot winner from Ireland has already contacted UK National Lottery company operating the game in Great Britain. The second winning ticket was purchased in France. The huge prize will be split. Each EuroMillions winner will get €66,190,000. According to the rules in force in Great Britain, EuroMillions winners have to claim the money personally in 90 days after the draw. However, all the Irish EuroMillions winner has done already was just the phone call.

This is the fourth largest EuroMillions jackpot won in Ireland after €86,700,000 received in September 2014 by the lottery syndicate from Dublin; €94 mln claimed in July 2013 by the anonymous player and €115 mln scooped in 2005 by Dolores McNamara from Limerick county.

EuroMillions winners

This European lottery is hosted in nine countries: France, Great Britain, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Ireland, and Austria. The biggest EuroMillions jackpot of €190 mln was hit in Spain in 2014 and earlier in 2012 by the British couple. Notable, the sum is the capped maximal value of this jackpot.

The biggest EuroMillions jackpot in France accounted for €169 mln and was won in November 2012. France also boasts the biggest number of EuroMillions winners. Up to date 92 of EuroMillions winners receiving the jackpot come from France. Check out EuroMillions France review.

The biggest EuroMillions jackpot

Over the last 6 years, EuroMillions jackpots reached the impressive values but still they are too far from the world's largest jackpot of $1.6 bn won in American Powerball lottery several weeks ago. The biggest EuroMillions jackpot of €190 mln is also Europe's largest lottery grand prize. This lottery's average jackpot value accounts for €37 mln so that the €131 mln winning as of 29 January 2016 is, in fact, a common event for this game. Being offered on the web by the numerous online lottery agents it can be accessed from almost any point on the globe. You can be the next to scoop EuroMillions jackpots, can't you?