Wheres the Euromillions Jackpot gone?

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So lasts night jackpot was £140 million and on the site it says there were 0 winners for the jackpot yet this fridays jackpot is only 12 million. How come there is no rollover?
 
I'm not sure as I haven't been following, but I recall last time it rolled over too many times and they just capped it? I maybe talking complete BS but I was reading a news report over here about it once.

edit - too slow, and, wrong.
 
there is a cap once that is reached and no one gets all the numbers it reduces down to normal numers + 1 lucky star if no one win that then its same amount the next draw
 
nshire said:
there is a cap once that is reached and no one gets all the numbers it reduces down to normal numers + 1 lucky star if no one win that then its same amount the next draw
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not quite, the additional bit gets filtered down to the next teir, the jackpot can only be won with 5+2 unless it's a special "must be won this week" affair
 
I have an old battered euromillions ticket with an £8.50 win but it's quite battered, forgot it was in my jeans pocket. Do they have to put it through a machine or can they type the number from the top in?
 
Yes it does once the jackpot reaches roughly 160 million the takings from ticket sales is no longer added to the jackpot and is instead added to the next tier down.

check this page 5+1 star prize pool was circa 6 million the jackpot was 161,653,000

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/...zeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=397&drawSequence=0

2 draws previous before it reached the cap the prize pool was only 1 million yet the jackpot was 159 million

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/...zeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=395&drawSequence=0


It's just the way they have to do it by law as a certain percentage has to go back into the winnings, once the cap is reached they have to drop this to the next tier if that tier reaches it's cap then it goes to the next tier again and so on.

usually tho on a capped jackpot all tiers have some increase on winnings but 5+1 is the most significant
 
bigjimmyauk said:
Yes it does once the jackpot reaches roughly 160 million the takings from ticket sales is no longer added to the jackpot and is instead added to the next tier down.

check this page 5+1 star prize pool was circa 6 million the jackpot was 161,653,000

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/...zeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=397&drawSequence=0

2 draws previous before it reached the cap the prize pool was only 1 million yet the jackpot was 159 million

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/...zeBreakdown.ftl?drawNumber=395&drawSequence=0


It's just the way they have to do it by law as a certain percentage has to go back into the winnings, once the cap is reached they have to drop this to the next tier if that tier reaches it's cap then it goes to the next tier again and so on.

usually tho on a capped jackpot all tiers have some increase on winnings but 5+1 is the most significant
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Yes, but some people still believe that if no one wins the 160 million once capped, that the 160 million is split amongst the next tier of winners.
 
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