Free Random Number Generator for Major Lottery Betting Online

Quick reviews of four major lotteries including Mega Millions, Powerball, Euro Millions, and UK National Lottery for US and European players. A free lucky number picker is also introduced.
1. Mega Millions
Mega Millions is a very popular multi-state (CA, GA , IL, MD, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OH, TX, VA, WA) lottery in the United States. The tickets cost $1.00 per play (game). Players need to pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 56 and one number from 1 to 46. The jackpot winner needs to match all six winning numbers in a drawing. The winning chance of Mega Millions is 1 in 175,711,536. The smallest winning prize is $2 when player picks the sixth number matching Mega Ball number but none of the other five matches. The world’s highest lottery jackpot winner is a player who won $390 Millions in a Mega Millions draw on 6 March 2007.

2. Powerball
Powerball is an American combined multi-million jackpot lottery game coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by its 32 member lotteries. Powerball draws weekly on Wednesday and Saturday nights at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time: 6 balls drawn five white balls out of a drum with 59 balls and one red ball out of a drum with 39 red balls. The probability of Powerball jackpot winning is 1 in 195,249,054. Players win by matching one of the 9 ways to win game (5W+R, 5W, 4W+R, 4W, 3W+R, 3W, 2W+R, 1W+R, and R). Each ticket costs $1. The biggest Powerball jackpot $365 millions was won on 18 Feb 2006 by 8 co-workers sharing one lottery ticket.

3. Euro Millions
Euro Millions is launched by France, Spain and United Kingdom on 7 February 2004. It has become a pan-European lottery after lotteries from Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland subsequently joined the game on 8 October 2004. Euro Millions draws once a week in Paris on Friday evening. 7 numbers need to be selected, in which the five main numbers are integers from 1 to 50 and two lucky star numbers are integers from 1 to 9. A standard Euro Millions ticket costs €2.00, £1.50 or CHF3.20 per line played, or €3.00 if one plays with the "Plus" option (only available in the Republic of Ireland). The jackpot winning probability for EuroMillions is 1 in 76,275,360. The largest jackpot (€183 million) was won on 17 Nov 2006 by 20 shares.

4. UK National Lottery
The National Lottery is the largest lottery game in the United Kingdom that regulated by The National Lottery Commission. Since 2002 the main game is renamed Lotto (also known as The National Lottery). All prizes are paid as a lump sum and are tax-free. Players must be over 16 years of age to participate in gambling. There are currently 44 games operated under the National Lottery brand: Instant Wins, Lottery Draw Games, Lotto, EuroMillions, Thunderball, Lotto Hotpicks, Dream Numbers, Daily Play, Play by Text, Play by Direct Debit, Scratchcards etc. For Lotto game, six numbers and a bonus ball are drawn from 49 balls numbered from 1 to 49. The chance of winning jackpot prize is 1 in 13,983,816. The largest winning prize of National Lottery is £42 millions drawn on 6 Jan 1996.

Free Lottery Number Picker
It is a free random number generator which can be used for picking numbers for different lottery tickets. Players can pick up to 10 numbers (such as 6 numbers) from 1 to 90 using this free tool. The default setting is for picking 6 numbers from 1~49, which can be used for Canada 6/49 Lotto.
Online Lottery Betting
Major lottery betting sites where internet players can buy lottery tickets to win Jackpts online.

By Xinguang Wang
Published: 5/19/2009
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