How many times is the National Lottery and EuroMillions allowed to rollover?
Punters can win a colossal £168 MILLION on the Euro draw this Friday - but will it rollover forever?
EUROMILLIONS is set for another bumper jackpot this Friday worth a staggering £168 MILLION.
No ticket-holder scooped the £167 million jackpot in Tuesday's draw - so the jackpot remains the biggest EVER for UK players.
It's the NINTH time the draw has rolledover - no player has scooped the top prize since September 1.
It's a similar story with the main Lotto - Saturday's estimated jackpot is a cool £18million - but no one has won matched all six balls since September 9 - eight draws ago.
What are the rules about Lotto rollovers?
Punters have complained about the number of rollovers since Camelot introduced a raft of changes to the main National Lottery draw in October 2015.
Bosses changed the number of times the jackpot could be rolled-over.
Previously, the rules were the jackpot could be rolled-over four times before it was split up whereas now it can keep growing until it reaches £22 million.
After this limit has been reached or exceeded, it can only rollover once more before it is won.
If no-one matches all six numbers in the next draw, then the jackpot amount will drop to the next prize tier.
What about EuroMillions?
In 2016, Camelot increased the price of a Euromillions ticket from £2 to £2.50 and increased the number of lucky stars you can choose from.
The EuroMillions jackpot has now reached its maximum limit of 190million Euros (£168 million).
It will stay at this limit for a further four draws until it must be won on the fifth.
In the final draw if no ticket matches all five numbers and two lucky stars, the entire jackpot prize will roll-down to the lower prize-tier where there is at least one winner.
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What are my odds of winning the jackpot?
As well as the rollover rules, Camelot increased the number of balls you can choose from 49 to 59.
This means your chances of matching all six balls - and hitting the jackpot - reduced from one in 14 million to one in 45 million.
For EuroMillions, the changes mean your chances of winning the life-changing cash rose from around one in 117 million to a tiny one in 140 million.
A spokeswoman for Camelot told the Sun Online while there had been more rollovers in Lotto since the changes, rolling jackpots was always part of the idea behind EuroMillions.
She said: "It has always been designed as a game with big rolling jackpots, big winners and lots of millionaires.
"The changes to the game in 2016 were devised by all 10 operators across the nine participating countries – and were designed to create player excitement, drive sales and boosts returns to society.
"During this current roll series alone, EuroMillions in the UK has generated over £55 million in vital money for good causes."
If there is a single UK winner on Friday, they will beat Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in North Ayreshire in Scotland, who are the current record holders after scooping £161 million in 2011.
You've got until 7.30pm on Friday to pick up a EuroMillions ticket.
Who are the biggest UK EuroMillions winners?
Since it began in 2004, 91 ticket holders have won the EuroMilllions jackpot or a share of the jackpot prize. Here are the top five biggest UK scoops:
- £161m - Colin and Christine Weir, Largs, North Ayrshire - July 12th, 2011
- £148m - Gillian and Adrian Bayford, Havervill, Suffolk - August 10th, 2012
- £113m - Anonymous - October 8th, 2010
- £107m - Neil Trotter, London - March 14th, 2014
- £93m - Anonymous - June 12th, 2015
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