Lotteries are famous gambling varieties. There are quite a few biggest lotteries and the jackpot amount can change the fate a winner. Lotteries are played as legal games in some nations while some countries consider it as illegal.

In the beginning of the 20th century, most of the types of gambling were illegal in various countries. Lotteries were also not considered as legal in Europe and U.S.A until the period when the World War II was over. It was in the 1960s, the casinos and lotteries were started to be made legal as it was recognized that they are good medium to raise national revenue.

The impact of these lotteries was so huge that few governments even started organizing national lotteries. Nations that feature national lottery are Europe, Americas, Africa, Australasia and Asia. Some of the major lotteries in Europe are EuroMillions, Lotto 6/49, Lott, Super 6, Joker 5/45, etc.

EuroMillions is the most popular lottery played in the European countries. The EuroMillions lottery is also known as the Euro lotto and it includes the stakes of all nine European nations. Thus, the prize money of EuroMillions is huge. As the number of countries in the European Union is increasing, it means more nations will include stakes in the EuroMillions lottery.

Big number of players takes part in the EuroMillions already and with new countries adding up to the list, popularity of EuroMillions will grow even bigger.

EuroMillions is a weekly lottery. It is not mandatory that there will be winners every week. There are weeks when the number of winners is more than one and there are some weeks without any winner also. If there is no winner in a week, then the amount of jackpot is rolled over for the next game.

Till date the biggest amount of lottery in Europe is 125 million pounds. It was February 3rd, 2006 when this jackpot of EuroMillions took place. The amount became so big after getting rolled over for eleven times. There were three winners- one from Portugal and other two from France.

EuroMillions lottery has several rules and knowing the rules properly before playing is very important. Some of the common rules of EuroMillions are mentioned here.

One of the most essential rules is that the prize amount is given to the nation from where the winning ticket was purchased. One has to be 18 or above to participate in the lottery game. In U.K. the age restriction is 16.

Keep the ticket of the lottery safely. If the ticket is stolen or lost and if that ticket happens to be the winning ticket, then the person who has the ticket will get the amount. In no case the agent or the contractor can be held liable. It is the responsibility of the person who is purchasing the ticket to keep it safely.