Plenty of picks for a small stake

Even better chances of winning with the new EuroMillions share ticket thanks to a wider spread of picks

The EuroMillions Europot offers draw after draw with at least 17 million euros, but most of the time the prize is considerably more, reaching into the tens of millions. For those who are satisfied with a part of the big prize, but who want to increase their chances of sharing in the big pile of money, Austrian Lotteries has been offering share tickets since 2014.

The idea behind the share ticket is to participate in a variety of picks with a small stake. On the one hand, this increases your chance of winning and, on the other hand, you only have a certain share in any prize. There are three different chances with the share ticket, L, XL and XXL, each of which is based on a specific system for having the computer generate the picks. 

These systems have now been changed for all three chances, resulting in a wider spread of picks and thus a significant increase in the odds of a win. The number of shares remains unchanged for all three chances. The number of picks and thus the price per share remains the same for two chances (L and XL). Only in the case of the XXL chance does the number of picks increase, and with it the price per share.

With “Chance L”, a player enters the draw with 63 picks at a price of 7.70 euros per share (there are 21 shares). In “Chance XL” there are 168 picks at a price of 10.20 euros for each of the 42 shares, and in “Chance XXL” there are 378 picks at 15.20 euros per share; in this case there are 63 shares.