Euromillions is celebrating it's third birthday with a guaranteed superdraw payout of a staggering £66,000,000 this Friday 9 February.

Whereas jackpot prize funds are normally rolled over to the next draw if they aren't won, this week the €100 million (which equates to around $128,000,000 or €100 million) is certain to be paid out as part of the birthday celebrations.

The Euromillions lottery is one of the biggest success stories in global lottery history. Launched on 13 February, 2004, the lottery was originally played in just three countries, and was operated by the national lottery operators of each participating nation -- Camelot in the UK, the Francaise des Jeux in France and the Loterias y Apuestas des Estad in Spain. Today Euromillions is played in nine European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

The biggest Euromillions jackpot so far stands at €183,573,077. This was shared between three jackpot winners in February 2006. The biggest individual winner so far is Dolores McNamara from Ireland. She won €115,000,000 in July 1995 and traded her modest bungalow in for a mansion -- we like her style.

To win the jackpot, players need to match 5 main numbers from 50 and 2 "Lucky Star" numbers from 9. The odds of doing this are 1 in 76,275,360. If you don't win the jackpot, 11 other tiers of lesser prizes are available, and the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.

The Euromillions third birthday celebration superdraw is a great excuse for throwing yourself a party. Buy your tickets, get your friends round, have a bottle of bubble on ice just in case (you can always use it as a consolation prize if your numbers don't come up) and join us in shouting "happy birthday" to Euromillions, one of the world's most popular lottery games.