The new year has just begun with the chance of winning big by participating in national lottery games. In several European countries, January is the month of the national lottery, but some new changes may also occur in the lottery organization all through the year 2024. The game jackpots or secondary prizes are subjects to implementation.
An ever-evolving game for millionaire jackpots
Although lotteries first appeared in Europe, they are today worldwide diffused to the point that it is even hard not to find a country without a lottery game. Everyone already knows that American people love lotteries more than other games. But probably it is not as a popular piece of news that Arab people go crazy about all games based on money: lotteries usually deserve position number one in the top list of the most played money games in the Arab world.
The world of lottery games is an ever-evolving industry that tends to follow the public’s demand. When a jackpot reaches its highest amount, millions of people rush to get the tickets online or at local shops: when it comes to lotteries, the chance to win a fortune overnight is always a dream that appears to come true for everyone.
We think you are curious enough to know what lottery games you can play from your country or what lotteries are the world’s most-played games.
Lottery 49 in the Middle East
If you are already familiar with the world of lottery games, you do not need too many words about Lottery 6/49. This lottery game is one of the three national lotteries of Canada and the first game of its genre in the country to allow the players to pick their favorite numbers freely.
Although Lottery 49 was released for the Canadian market, it has today one of the world’s most known and played lottery overseas. Are you ready for a big piece of news?
Lottery 49 is one of the most popular lottery games in the Arab world. We all know Arabs have a traditional connection with lucrative businesses, and lottery games are just part of such businesses.
Arab people who want to participate in this lottery can buy tickets online and follow the lottery drawing, either live or catch-up on specialized sites. Why is this lottery game so popular among Arabs in the Middle East? Without a doubt, it is because of its high-level jackpots.
Consider that the biggest Lottery 49 jackpot was $64 million worth, and even the second-largest jackpot was no bad: it was a $63.4 million prize. It is useless to say that such brilliant jackpots give the players a special reason to choose to play this lottery game.
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US – Mega Millions
American players have quite a wide range of different lottery games to choose from, of which Mega Millions (originally, The Big Game) is for sure one of the two most popular national games. The other giant of the American lottery industry is Powerball.
Back to Mega Millions – this lottery game has recently released its second-largest prize, worth $648 million, won on two tickets. Another fact that you should know about Mega Millions is that this lottery can boast a world record jackpot of $656 million, won on three tickets in 2012.
Currently, this lottery runs a jackpot of $201 million as of the end of 2021. If you want to try your luck, Mega Millions is available in 45 states plus the US Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia; everyone outside the US can also buy tickets online.
The year 2010 was a milestone in the history of both Mega Millions and Powerball when the two games became one only game under the name of Mega Power Lottery.
Europe – Euro Millions
As one of the top leader lotteries in the European Continent, Euro Millions reunites different lottery companies under the same flag. Euro Millions is a multinational game (similar to Mega Millions in the US, being a multistate game) that encompasses different lotteries from Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. Some of the highest first prizes of this lottery reached €185.5 million, won in France in 2021.
The game consists in choosing five main numbers from 1 to 50 and two lucky star numbers from a pool of 12 given numbers. Euro Millions lottery inspired the UK version of the game that includes a code to match one of the respective draws to be a winner.
An important fact to mention is that this lottery organization does not impose any restrictions on the nationality of the players, so you can freely buy Euro Millions of tickets from anywhere in the world according to your country’s laws.
Conclusion on lottery games
Playing a lottery game is probably the simplest way to make old hidden dreams come true. Every lotto player’s hopes accompany the draw show rising ideas of what to do with the jackpot. The emotional experience of participating in a lottery drawing is always a memorable lifetime to share with friends and relatives. Apart from super high jackpot prizes, what makes lotteries the world’s most loved games is their cultural role in people’s traditions.
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