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- Maths reviewed by Josh Miller
- Tested by Diana Westfield
This EuroMillions prize calculator puts the whole pay table on one screen: 13 tiers, the odds of each and what it typically pays. Match 3 main numbers and 1 Lucky Star and you’re looking at about £8, odds 1 in 706. Pick your match in the free CasinoCalcs calculator above to see your prize, or edit the table with the amounts from a real draw.
EuroMillions payouts chart
| Match | Odds | Typical prize |
|---|---|---|
| 5 + 2 stars | 1 in 139,838,160 | Jackpot, from about £17 million |
| 5 + 1 star | 1 in 6,991,908 | about £130,000 |
| 5 | 1 in 3,107,515 | about £25,000 |
| 4 + 2 stars | 1 in 621,503 | about £1,000 |
| 4 + 1 star | 1 in 31,075 | about £90 |
| 3 + 2 stars | 1 in 14,125 | about £45 |
| 4 | 1 in 13,811 | about £35 |
| 2 + 2 stars | 1 in 985 | about £11 |
| 3 + 1 star | 1 in 706 | about £8 |
| 3 | 1 in 314 | about £7 |
| 1 + 2 stars | 1 in 188 | about £6 |
| 2 + 1 star | 1 in 49 | about £4 |
| 2 | 1 in 22 | about £3 |
The odds are exact. The prizes are rough recent averages and they move every draw, because each tier is a slice of a pool shared by everyone who wins it. A tier with lots of winners pays less per head. A tier that nobody wins usually rolls its money down or into the next draw.
Odd things the table shows
4 main numbers alone (1 in 13,811) often pays less than 3 numbers with both stars (1 in 14,125), even though it’s slightly easier to hit. That’s because more players match four mains, so the pool gets split more ways. And 1 number with 2 stars wins something while 1 number with 1 star doesn’t, a quirk of how the tiers are set.
Put the typical prizes together and a £2.50 line returns about 33p below the jackpot, roughly 13%. The jackpot adds the rest: about 36p per line at £50 million, 72p at £100 million. Even at £200 million the average return is about 70%, so there’s no jackpot size where the ticket becomes a good bet. Most of the prize money is concentrated in that one 1-in-140-million tier.
More EuroMillions maths
For the odds of every match with different numbers of balls, use the EuroMillions odds calculator; to play years of draws in seconds, the EuroMillions simulator; and for what a line is worth at any jackpot, the lottery expected value calculator. If you play with friends, the lottery syndicate calculator splits any prize.
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