LotteryPowerball and Mega Millions dominate lottery headlines in the U.S., but plenty of other countries run their own large-scale, well-established lottery games — some with jackpots that rival or exceed what American players see. This is a look at a representative selection of the biggest ones, with links to each game's actual official operator, not a third-party ticket reseller.
EuroMillions (Europe)
EuroMillions is the larger of Europe's two major transnational lotteries, currently sold in nine countries: France, Spain, the UK, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Switzerland. Players pick 5 main numbers from 1–50 plus 2 "Lucky Star" numbers from 1–12. The jackpot starts at €17 million and can climb as high as €250 million before rolling down to the next prize tier. Draws are held every Tuesday and Friday. Overall odds of winning any prize are about 1 in 13.
EuroJackpot (Europe)
EuroJackpot uses the exact same 5-from-50-plus-2-from-12 number format as EuroMillions and has identical jackpot odds (1 in 139,838,160) — but it's a separate game, sold in a different (and larger) set of 17–18 European countries including Germany, Italy, Poland, and several Nordic and Baltic nations that don't sell EuroMillions. Its jackpot starts smaller (€10 million) and caps lower (€120 million) than EuroMillions, but the overall odds of winning some prize are notably better, at about 1 in 32. Draws are also held Tuesdays and Fridays.
The National Lottery: Lotto (UK)
Lotto is the UK's original, longest-running national lottery game, operated by Allwyn under license from the UK Gambling Commission. Players pick 6 numbers from 1–59; a bonus ball is also drawn. As of mid-2026, each ticket now gets two independent chances to win on every draw night, after a rules change doubled the number of draws per ticket. Draws are held Wednesdays and Saturdays, with jackpots starting around £2–3.8 million. The UK is also where EuroMillions tickets are sold locally, and (as of July 2026) is the first market outside the U.S. to offer a licensed version of Powerball.
Oz Lotto & Powerball (Australia)
The Lott is the officially licensed operator for lottery games across Australia's states and territories. Its two biggest games are Oz Lotto (7 numbers from a pool of 47, drawn Tuesdays, with jackpots that have exceeded AU$100 million) and the separate Australian version of Powerball (7 numbers from 1–35 plus a Powerball from 1–20, drawn Thursdays) — note this is a completely different game from the U.S. Powerball, sharing only a name and general format, not a combined prize pool or shared drawing.
Lotto 6/49 & Lotto Max (Canada)
Canada doesn't have one single national lottery operator the way the UK or Australia does — games are jointly run by an alliance of regional lottery corporations (Ontario's OLG, Loto-Québec, the Atlantic Lottery, and others) under the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation. Lotto 6/49, launched in 1982, was Canada's first game to let players choose their own numbers: pick 6 from 1–49, plus a separate 10-digit "Gold Ball" draw for a second jackpot. Lotto Max is the newer, bigger-jackpot game: 7 numbers from 1–52, with jackpots that have reached over CA$70 million and additional $1-million "MaxMillions" prizes drawn once the jackpot passes a threshold.
What This Means If You're Comparing Games
Number pool size, how many numbers you need to match, and how many other games share the same prize pool all affect the odds — not the country, and not how "famous" a game is. EuroJackpot's better overall odds (1 in 32) compared to EuroMillions (1 in 13 for any prize, but a similarly astronomical 1 in 139.8 million jackpot) is a good example of how two very similar-looking games can have meaningfully different practical odds once you look past the jackpot number. If you want to compare a specific figure against something else familiar, our own odds comparison tool works for any 1-in-X figure, not just U.S. games. To compare the U.S. games covered on this site side by side, see our game comparison page.
Official Operator Links
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