EuroMillions is known as the millionaire-maker lottery of Europe. It’s no wonder when the starting jackpot is a huge €17 million, making winning this lottery everyone’s dream. The biggest jackpot won on the EuroMillions lottery was a life-changing €190 million awarded to Adrian and Gillian Bayford from the UK in 2012.

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Pick the “best” numbers

It’s an odd coincidence when playing the lottery that certain numbers always seem to pop up.

The 10 most popular numbers include:

• 7
• 3
• 5
• 6
• 4
• 2
• 13
• 9
• 11
• 12

Many people have their own have their own unique ways of playing the lottery to increase their chances of winning the EuroMillions jackpot. Some people use numbers that have appeared to them in dreams while others use the pyramid method.

The pyramid method is when you assign numbers to letters according to what order they in the alphabet. Some people use the road they grew up on e.g. Elm Street which translates into:

• 5, 12, 13, 19, 20, 18, 5, 5, 20

Thereafter, you can group these numbers together to create a line of  EuroMillions main numbers.

E.g.

• 5, 12, 13, 19, 20, 18, 5, 5, 2,  or any variation you can think of.

The saying goes: “variety is the spice of life.” This can also be said of lottery numbers. No set of winning numbers ever included purely odd or even numbers. Statistics show that all odd numbers or all even numbers only win about 3 percent of the time. To increase your chances of winning, mix up your usual numbers with either 3/2 or 2/3 odd and even. These patterns have repeated themselves roughly 68 percent of the time in EuroMillions draws!

The easiest way to try out all of these strategies is to put them to the test and play online! Not only is playing online a simpler and more convenient way to access and play the EuroMillions, you can also ensure your entries are put into as many draws as you like.

Simply log into your Lotto247 account and you can enter the safely and easily, anytime, anywhere.

This article forms part of the EuroMillions Resource Centre.