EuroMillions cost to rise by 50p a line – and it’ll be harder to win as you have to choose an extra lucky star
The new changes will also mean more £50m plus mega jackpot prizes
THE cost of playing the EuroMillions lottery game is to increase by 50p to £2.50 a line in a bid to create more UK jackpot winners.
In new changes announced today, players must pick an extra number which will decrease the odds of winning the jackpot but promise bigger prizes and DOUBLE the number of UK millionaires.
Camelot announced the price will go up from September to "reflect all of the community-wide and UK-only enhancements" and up to Euros 2.50 elsewhere.
Players will still pick five main numbers from one to 50 and two lucky stars, now from one to 12 rather than 11.
The extra lucky star will lessen the chance of winning the jackpot from approximately one in 117 million - it's currently one in 140 million.
Camelot said the overall odds of winning any prize on Euromillions stayed at 1 in 13.
It said the changes would lead to more mega jackpot wins starting at around £14 million and more than twice as many jackpots of more than £50 million a year.
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There would also be bigger promotional draws offering jackpots of around £100 million and new "must-be-won" 'European Millionaire Maker' events.
The first of these new draws is expected to take place at the end of October with the creation of 25 extra millionaires, reports the.
UK "enhancements" will include at least two guaranteed UK millionaires in every draw through the UK Millionaire Maker, making double the current number of guaranteed UK millionaires a year at 208.
Camelot consumer and retail director Sally Cowdry said: "Euromillions has always captured the UK public's imagination with its exhilarating jackpots and numerous multimillion-pound winners - boosting returns to Good Causes in the process.
"It's now time to re-energise the game and take it to the next level and these fantastic enhancements will do just that, helping us to deliver even more for our players and UK Good Causes in the years to come."
Tickets for the first new Euromillions draw on September 27 will go on sale on September 24.
