Tonight's EuroMillions draw delivered its winning combination: 34, 25, 15, 46 and 9, supplemented by Stars 8 and 12. The pool at stake was approximately EUR 132 million. At the time of publishing these lines, it is not yet known whether the jackpot has found a taker or whether it will be put back into play on the next appointment. The organisers must confirm the final result in the next few hours, the time to complete the user checks and centralize the validations from the different participating countries.

This draw comes in the wake of a record gain recorded on Tuesday, when a ticket took away £157 million (€182 million), the most important of the year to date. This spectacular victory has revived the interest around the transnational game, while the question remains open tonight: is there a new lucky winner, and, if so, in which country has the winning newsletter been validated? As no winner has been announced at the end of the live broadcast, caution is required pending formal confirmation.

Another notable sequence of the evening: a separate draw, broadcast earlier, gave numbers 21, 3, 10, 17 and 27, with additional number 11. The two meetings were broadcast live: the first at 8 p.m., then the EuroMillions at 8:45 p.m. The take of games had been closed shortly before, in accordance with custom, in order to allow the processing of bets and the preparation of draw operations before bailiff.

Reminder of the rules for both casual and regular players: EuroMillions is held twice a week, every Tuesday and every Friday. On each grid, participants select five numbers out of 50 and two Stars out of 12. The combination can be chosen manually, or generated randomly via an automatic numbering grid. It is possible to fill in up to seven grids on the same bulletin, which allows for more chances without multiplying the supports. The mechanics are simple, identical in all member countries, and the single draw applies simultaneously to the entire community of players.

Launched on 7 February 2004, EuroMillions brings together nine European countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland. In more than 20 years of existence, the game has surpassed the heading of the 1,000 draws, marked with different pools depending on the periods and successive postponements. Its transnational dimension explains the coordination of timetables and the centralisation of results, which are disseminated throughout the evening, subject to final confirmations from national operators.

Signs that luck does not only smile at the records, several important gains have not yet been claimed. Organizers call for vigilance and invite players to check their tickets. These pending lots include:

• a batch of £10 million (€11.6 million)
• two lots of one million livres** (EUR 1.16 million** each)

These amounts, already at stake and officially allocated, have not yet found their declared beneficiaries. It is not uncommon for winners to delay manifesting themselves, by forgetting, unaware of the result, or simply for lack of control over their receipt. Hence the recurring insistence of operators to remind players to compare their numbers carefully, including when they do not believe they have won large prizes.

For tonight, the essentials are three points. First, the EuroMillions combination is now known: 34, 25, 15, 46 and 9, Stars 8 and 12. Then, the outcome of the jackpot — about EUR 132 million — remains suspended at the confirmation of the organizers, expected shortly. Finally, the other draws of the evening took place, according to the usual calendar, with a retransmission from 8 p.m. for the first, then at 8.45 p.m. for the EuroMillions, after the closing of the game shots.

Beyond the legitimate expectation of such large-scale pools, the reminder of the rules helps to measure the chances and understand the functioning of a game common to nine European countries. Two weekly rendezvous, numbers drawn among 50 and Stars among 12, a possibility to play up to seven grids per newsletter: the frame is clear and uniform. Now it remains to be seen whether the evening will have dedicated a new great winner, potentially in one of the nine participating countries, or whether the prize will be animating the next draw. In the meantime, ticket holders are invited to present their receipts, to thoroughly check their combinations and, for some, to discover that they hold one of the unclaimed earnings.