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17/11/2006
Record ticket sales expected for Euromillions draw
Record ticket sales are expected ahead of Friday's Euromillions draw, which has an estimated jackpot of £120 million.
Camelot said that if the jackpot is won by a single person, it will be the world's largest every lottery payout.
Ticket sales were expected to rise by 650% for the game in the UK, after the jackpot rolled over for the eleventh time.
According to the rules of the game, if there are no jackpot winners tonight, the prize money will be split between the winners at the next level of the draw.
In order to win, players have to match all five main number and the two Lucky Star numbers.
The UK is one of nine countries, which participate in the Euromillions draw.
The others are: the Irish Republic, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The odds of winning the jackpot have been estimated at 76 million to one.
Bigger lottery payouts have been offered in the US, but the winners there chose to receive smaller amounts in one-off payments instead of receiving the full amount over time.
(KMcA/EF)
Camelot said that if the jackpot is won by a single person, it will be the world's largest every lottery payout.
Ticket sales were expected to rise by 650% for the game in the UK, after the jackpot rolled over for the eleventh time.
According to the rules of the game, if there are no jackpot winners tonight, the prize money will be split between the winners at the next level of the draw.
In order to win, players have to match all five main number and the two Lucky Star numbers.
The UK is one of nine countries, which participate in the Euromillions draw.
The others are: the Irish Republic, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
The odds of winning the jackpot have been estimated at 76 million to one.
Bigger lottery payouts have been offered in the US, but the winners there chose to receive smaller amounts in one-off payments instead of receiving the full amount over time.
(KMcA/EF)
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