Eurojackpot balance 2021: record year with 19 hits

Record number of jackpots hit

There have never been so many: in 2021, the Eurojackpot lottery had the highest number of jackpots in a year-on-year comparison. There were 19 winners in 17 drawings and the jackpot was split twice. This corresponds to an average of one hit every three weeks in prize class 1.

Extraordinary because it was unique: on November 5th, the starting jackpot was hit by several players for the first time. Two players from Saxony-Anhalt and Spain shared the jackpot with 5.1 million euros each. This has never happened before in the 511 draws so far.

Two new German 90 million prizes

In 2021, two German players proved that you can become a 90-time millionaire in the first prize class. In January, the record sum went to North Rhine-Westphalia, more precisely to East Westphalia, for the second time. This had already been achieved in 2020. At the end of May, Hesse celebrated the largest possible lottery win in Germany for the first time. The winner came from the Wiesbaden area.

Since the lottery was founded, there are now eight 90-fold multi-millionaires at Eurojackpot. Five of them come from Germany.

There was another 90 million jackpot in 2021, but this was hit by two players. Tipper from Finland and Poland were happy about 45 million euros each in August.

The profit of 73.7 million euros shortly before Christmas in North Rhine-Westphalia was also particularly noteworthy. Even on Christmas Eve, the Eurojackpot lottery was able to put around 12.7 million euros under the Christmas tree for a German tipster. The profit was paid out in Rhineland-Palatinate – Christmas presents XXL.

100th jackpot winner and 500th drawing

Last year there were two special anniversaries at Eurojackpot: On March 12th, not only 63.6 million euros went to Baden-Württemberg – the lucky jackpot winner was also the 100th of the lottery.

Another event was celebrated on October 15th. The 500th drawing took place on that day. As luck would have it, another German participant was able to look forward to a jackpot win on that day: A Lower Saxon celebrated over 33.2 million euros.

In the Eurojackpot lottery in 2021, a total of 38 players were delighted with their million dollar fortune in the form of eight or seven-digit amounts.

In the past year, the total number of millionaires since the lottery started in March 2012 rose to 349, 189 of them from Germany.

Chronicle of jackpot winnings 2021

High profits in the six-figure range

Of a total of 458 high winnings (previous year 2020: 371) between 100,000 and 90 million euros, 232 were transferred to game participants in Germany alone. The total number of big wins since the lottery started in 2012 rises to 2,748. With 511 draws so far, this means an average of five high winners per week.

10th birthday and product change in 2022

This year there is a very special anniversary coming up: Eurojackpot is celebrating its 10th birthday! On March 23, 2012, the first drawing took place in Helsinki, Finland. In addition to Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Slovenia and the Netherlands were there at the start. Over the years Spain, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland were added. Eurojackpot is subject to the European idea of ​​a transnational community. 18 countries are now participating in the lottery with a total of 33 state lottery companies.

A product change will also take place at the same time as the anniversary. At Eurojackpot, winnings of up to 120 million euros are possible in the future (chance 1: 140 million). In addition, the number of drawings will be increased to two per week. In addition to the Friday draw, players will soon have the chance to fulfill a life-changing dream on Tuesdays. The first drawing according to the new rules of the game will take place on Friday, March 25th.

Europe comparison 2021

In a comparison of the participating countries, Germany is once again on the podium in the national ranking with 232 prizes from 100,000 euros. Finland (41) and Denmark (34) follow in second and third place.

Germany comparison 2021

If you look at the German winners’ balance sheet in detail, North Rhine-Westphalia will also be the state with the most winnings in 2021. 53 game participants were delighted with hits in the millions or high winnings in the six-figure range. Bavaria (33) and Baden-Württemberg follow in second and third place with 32 wins.

Wanted for the first millionaire in the new year

Also this year Eurojackpot will turn numerous game participants into multi-millionaires, millionaires and big winners. The next chance is already waiting for tomorrow, Friday, January 7th, when it comes to the current jackpot of around 24 million euros. You can participate in the lottery ticket offices and under www.eurojackpot.de possible.

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