Irish Lotto vs Euromillions

Trilla90

I'm going to start doing one of them each week for a year on a consistent basis and just wondering which do you think offers better value for money?

i'll be using my own numbers no quick picks i've worked out that if i do two lines of euromillions a week along with the plus it comes to around 6e a week but two lines of the irish lotto with the plus twice a week comes to 8e.

I'm no mathematician but if i did the irish lotto i'd have 12 chances of winning some money (two draws) a week than if i did euromillions (1 draw) i'd only have 4 chances to win but theirs something about euromillions the prizes seem fairer compared to the national lotto and you've more chance of winning actual money

any thoughts guys?

Warper

Value is not something you associate with Lotteries. Btw there is a second Euromillions draw starting on the 10th May and it will be a weekly Tuesday draw, same as Lotto has 2 draws.

Wudyaquit

Depends on the jackpot but the irish lotto is generally better - you're nearly ten times more likely to win (odds of 1 in 8 million versus 1 in 76 million for euromillions), and euromillions costs 33% more - even if the euromillions jackpot is 12 times the irish one as it often is, it's probably not 12 times as good to win imo

komodosp

76/8 = 9.5... Making the euro millions slightly better "value" if the jackpots are 12 times the Irish ones and the ticket price is less than 12/9.5 = 1.26 times the Irish one.

Edit: just saw post above that euromilliins cost 33% more so Irish is slightly better.

AstonMartin

The plus draw is worse value than the main draw.