Ireland's lottery players are angry at the organiser for increasing the number of balls in the main draw by 2. There will now be 47 numbers instead of 45 meaning that the odds of selecting all six numbers goes from 8. million to one to almost 11 million to one. This will result in an average of around 14 jackpot winners a year, 3 less than now. 

On top of that, next month customers will be charged an extra 50c per line – a price hike of 30%. Players will now have to pay a minimum of €4 per ticket, for two lines with no plus, previously this would only cost €3. If players add in the extra Lotto Plus draw, two-lines will cost €5.

Lottery organisers have defended this changes saying that the changes will also mean larger jackpots, with the average jackpot win increasing to €6.3 million from €4.5 million.

The overall odds of winning a prize have changed too, going from one in 42 to one in 28, due to additional smaller prizes, including increasing the match 5 and bonus ball to €100,000.

The changes come into effect on September 5

The Euro Millions results for Tuesday 20th of August are: 05,11,42,49,50. The two lucky stars are 08,11.

After a record breaking couple of months in the US lottery scene, things have relatively calmed down a little. 3 people shared the $640 million Mega Millions Jackpot in March, the largest jackpot in lottery history. The Mega Millions results were watched by millions of hopeful U.S. lottery players as they dreamed of beating the 1 in 176 million odds.

The Mega Millions Lottery draw had no jackpot winner for 18 draws before it hit the $640 million mark. Experts say that the Mega Millions could reach a staggering $1 Billion dollars once every 10 years! Now there's a jackpot I wouldn't mind sharing!