USA Lotteries Go Head-To-Head With Europe - Who Offers The Biggest Jackpot This Week?

The USA has always been the giant in lottery games boasting the $1.6 billion USA Powerball grand prize earlier this year. The current jackpots on offer from the United States are €84,300,000 for the USA Powerball and the Mega Millions stands at €53,863,000. However, at the very mention of a European lottery jackpot, one can be forgiven for immediately casting one's attention to that of the Euromillions. Where the Euro giant's jackpot is at €54,894,441, it is in the shadows of the Italian upstart, The SuperEna Lotto, in which the rest of the world's lotteries find themselves. The SuperEna Lotto jackpot is currently at €124,900,000!

This figure is very close, perhaps one rollover away from beating the game's previous record for the largest ever SuperEna Lotto jackpot won by a single ticket holder. That figure was €147 million which was won in 2009, however, the capped jackpot was reached in 2010 by a syndicate.

With all this cash up for grabs, it's worth mentioning, however, that it's not just money at stake. For many people, it's a means to turn around their lives. It's always a wonderful feeling being able to retire before you've planned. Elain Thompson is just such an example.

Elaine Thompson

58-year-old Elaine Thompson was a part-time mother of two grown-up children and working in a garage at the time of her £2,704,666 which came in December 1995. Her husband, Derek, aged 56, and her children all live in North Shields. The first thing the couple did was invest in a holiday complex in Dorset, later purchasing a restaurant on the seafront in Lyme Regis. The couple are now semi-retired and have moved back to the North East of England. Both children have since completed university and are the first members of the family to have done so.

“We’ve worked and played hard over the past 19 years. We’ve had some fantastic experiences, seen our children right and met some amazing people. Life has calmed down now but we still enjoy the odd trappings of the lottery winner lifestyle – for instance we are off to Las Vegas again next week!”

The USA Powerball lucky numbers:

The USA Powerball draws take place every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59pm Eastern Time

The Mega Millions lucky numbers:

The Mega Millions draws take place every Tuesday and Friday at 23:00 Eastern Time

The Euromillions lucky numbers:

The Euromillions draws take place every Tuesday and Friday at 20:45

The SuperEna Lotto lucky numbers:

The SuperEnaLotto draws take place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 20:00. Play SuperEnaLotto online and win big!