EuroMillions Draw Tonight: £79 Million Jackpot Up for Grabs

Tonight's EuroMillions draw offers a £79 million jackpot, attracting many hopefuls with its large prize.

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EuroMillions Draw Tonight: £79 Million Jackpot Up for Grabs

EuroMillions draw planned tonight has attracted a lot of people’s interest as it will give £79 million to the winner of the lottery. People have purchased tickets in huge numbers, and they are expected to purchase more by 7.30 PM today. The draw is scheduled for 8.30 PM, and the Thunderball draw that will give around £500,000 as prize money will take place at 8 PM.

All five numbers plus two lucky star numbers are required for the participant of the EuroMillions draw to receive £79 million as prize money. Participants will receive a reduced amount of £130,000 if they match 5 numbers and 1 lucky star. Even if a participant matches just two numbers in his ticket, he will get back the money he has spent on purchasing the ticket, i.e. £2.50. The people, who have missed out playing tonight’s Euromillions draw, will have the opportunity to buy tickets for Tuesday’s draw as soon as tonight’s draw’s results are declared.

Natural tendency of the people to win huge money through such lotteries has ensured that increased number of people purchase tickets for today’s event. Increased sales benefit the retailers, as they get commissions of around 6% on the revenue they had generated through lottery ticket sales. Socially, people are questioning whether lotteries are promoting the evolution of a gambling friendly society and whether lotteries have ensured improved state of living conditions among the people in the region.

People across the globe have always actively participated in the lotteries as they prize money is huge. For example, the record-breaking three winners of the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot split the amount in the US in the year 2016. These winners have made written-off tax payments of around 40%, so they received $327.8 million. People across the globe get fascinated with lotteries because gazillions of dollars are shared as prize money and a considerable portion of that amount is offered to states as funds.

People are now purchasing lottery tickets through online sources and they are also tracking the draw results or they are checking their rewards through the newly launched innovative Apps. Natural tendency of the people to win huge prize money and technological advancement will ensure that such online ticket purchases will increase in the near future.

Ardent gamblers are always interested in gambling as the prize money is huge and such gambling activities will continue in the world. EuroMillions draw also falls in the category of huge prize money rewarding lottery activity. Careers of many retailers and the economic status of many of them will improve with the arrival of new innovative Apps and e-commerce activities. Lotteries will also ensure that many community projects will take place because governments across the globe use a substantial portion of the prize money for the development of states. However, there will be arguments over the societal impact of such huge gambling activities. Therefore, it is clear that gambling and lotteries similar to EuroMillions draw are here to stay.

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