Punters fancy their chances for Friday’s Euromillions

Posted in Press Releases on February 8, 2010 @ 5:06 pm by Richard Hutchinson

This week’s Euromillions Mega Jackpot is heading for a whopping €129million. There were no winners of last week’s €100million prize sending punters into a betting frenzy ahead of this Friday’s massive rollover!

At 75,275,360/1, the odds on winning the Euromillions are stacked against us according to bookies Paddy Power. In fact there’s more chance of a meteorite hitting your house at odds of 50,000,000/1 (slashed from 500,000,000/1 following the recent meteorite landing in Cavan!) than there is of bagging the cash, but that hasn’t stopped punters fancying their chances!

However, Paddy Power are giving their punters a slightly easier way to make a few bob on this week’s giveaway. As well as offering odds on whether or not the jackpot will be scooped this week, Paddy Power are betting on which country the winning ticket holder will come from. It’s 2/1 the jackpot winner hails from France, 11/4 they come from Spain while it’s 25/1 that an Irish man or woman hits the big time!

The good news for lotto lovers is there’s a good chance that the jackpot will be shared with Paddy Power betting 13/8 that two people will share the prize compared to 4/6 odds that one person will walk away with the lot.

Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power said: “Ever since Dolores McNamara scooped a whopping €115million back in 2005, the Irish have gone crazy for the Euromillions lotto. Queues for the lotto stand in shops will be out the door come Friday but it will take more than a little Irish luck to beat the odds!”