EuroJackpot from Asia: Draw Time in SGT, Odds, €120M Cap & How to Play (2026)

EuroJackpot draw time in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines

EuroJackpot is drawn in Helsinki, Finland, every Tuesday and Friday at 8:00pm German time, according to Lotto Baden-Württemberg. English Wikipedia lists Tuesday’s draw at 8:15pm, so Tuesday’s result may come 15 minutes later. Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines all use UTC+8, which puts the draw in the middle of the night on Wednesday and Saturday.

Worked example: Friday 23 October’s draw lands at 2:00am SGT on Saturday 24 October. Europe’s clocks go back on Sunday 25 October, so Tuesday 27 October’s draw lands at 3:00am SGT on Wednesday 28 October (or 3:15am if Tuesday’s later slot applies). Either way, it’s a check-it-at-breakfast lottery in Asia.

Want every lottery on one timetable? See our lottery draw times in Asia.

How EuroJackpot works

• Pick 5 main numbers from 1–50 and 2 Euro numbers from 1–12. This has been the format since March 2022.
• A line costs €2 in Germany. Lotto Baden-Württemberg adds a €0.20 fee per ticket, so 10 lines on one ticket cost €20.20 there.
• There are 12 prize tiers, from the jackpot down to 2 numbers plus 1 Euro number.
• Draws are twice a week, Tuesday and Friday, in Helsinki.

The €10M floor, the €120M cap and where the extra goes

EuroJackpot’s jackpot starts at €10 million and is capped at €120 million. Once it hits the cap, any money that would have grown it further rolls into the 2nd prize tier (5 numbers plus 1 Euro number) instead. That’s why second prizes can get unusually big when the jackpot has been stuck at the cap.

The cap is no rare event. It has been hit and won 8 times: first on 22 July 2022 in Denmark, most recently on 26 May 2026 in Czechia.

Worked example: say the jackpot sits at €120M for three draws and nobody wins. The jackpot stays at €120M; the extra money from those three draws lifts the 2nd prize, which you win with odds of 1 in 6,991,908, about 20 times likelier than the jackpot.

EuroJackpot odds compared

The jackpot odds are 1 in 139,838,160, exactly the same as EuroMillions because the formats match: 2,118,760 ways to pick five numbers from 50, times 66 ways to pick two from 12. Any prize comes along about once every 32 lines, less often than EuroMillions, because EuroJackpot has no prize for 2 numbers on their own.

The choice is mostly about jackpot size: EuroMillions has the higher ceiling, while EuroJackpot hits its cap and pays it out more often than you’d guess.

Worked example on a budget of about €20 at official European prices: you get 10 EuroJackpot lines (€20.20 in Germany, with Lotto BW’s €0.20 ticket fee) or 8 EuroMillions lines (€20 at €2.50 each in France). Because the jackpot odds per line are identical, the EuroJackpot budget buys you 25% more jackpot chances. The EuroMillions budget buys you a bigger possible jackpot and more frequent small prizes. Online prices from Asia differ from these face values, but the ratio between the two draws is what matters when you decide where to put your money.

Why players in Asia like EuroJackpot

Three things make it a good fit for Southeast Asian players. First, the timing: it draws while you sleep, so the result is waiting when you wake up, with no late-night waiting. Second, the cap: a €120M ceiling means the jackpot gets won and resets regularly, so you see fresh jackpots instead of one ticket chasing a record for months. Third, the second prize: when the cap is reached, the money that can’t go into the jackpot boosts the 5 + 1 tier, so there’s a second big target in the same draw. If you already play EuroMillions on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, EuroJackpot fits into exactly the same routine.

How to play EuroJackpot online from Singapore, Malaysia or the Philippines

There are no official EuroJackpot sellers in Southeast Asia, so players use an online service:

1. theLotter, a ticket messenger, buys an official EuroJackpot ticket for you and scans it to your account before the draw.
2. Lottoland, lottery betting, takes your bet on the official result and pays prizes itself, with jackpots insured. It holds Gibraltar and UK Gambling Commission licences.

Step by step:

1. Register and check your country is accepted at sign-up. We couldn’t confirm acceptance for every Southeast Asian country.
2. Compare the price per line at checkout, including the operator’s fee or margin.
3. Pick 5 + 2 numbers or take a quick pick.
4. Buy by Tuesday or Friday evening in Asia, before the cut-off.
5. Check results on Wednesday or Saturday morning.

Durian tip: Watch the jackpot counter. When EuroJackpot is sitting at the €120M cap, the 2nd prize grows instead, so a capped draw gives you two big prizes to aim for with the same €2 line.

Picking numbers

Every EuroJackpot draw is random. No pattern, “hot” number or system changes the 1-in-139.8M odds, and yesterday’s results don’t affect tomorrow’s. The one thing your picks can change is how many people share a win: birthday numbers (1–31) are crowded, so quick picks or higher numbers make a split less likely. Syndicates let you play more lines for the same budget and share whatever comes in.

EuroJackpot should stay fun money. Set a limit per draw and keep to it, and visit our responsible gambling page if it ever stops being fun.