EuroMillions ticket cost rises to £2.50 today -Game News

The cost of playing EuroMillions increases to £2.50 a line today.

In addition, players must choose from an extra number of changes that decrease the odds of winning the jackpot but promise bigger prizes and double the number of UK millionaires.

It means the chances of winning the jackpot are now 1:140 million rather than 1:117 million - but Camelot said the overall odds of winning any prize on EuroMillions remain at one in 13.

According to bookies Ladbrokes, there’s more likelihood of England skipper Wayne Rooney becoming the next Prime Minister than scooping the big money prize Camelot, one of the 10 operators of the European-wide game, said the price of a line is going up by 50p to "reflect all of the community-wide and UK-only enhancements" and up to 2.50 euro elsewhere.

Players still pick five main numbers from one to 50 and two lucky stars, now from one to 12 rather than 11.The Local UK "enhancements" include at least two guaranteed UK millionaires in every draw through the UK Millionaire Maker, doubling the current number of guaranteed UK millionaires a year at 208.

Changes to the National Lottery Lotto draw last year saw the number of balls increase from 49 to 59 and the chance of winning the jackpot decrease from one in 14 million to one in 45 million.