Since Monday, the family of drawing games in France has grown. Almost ninety years after the first drawing of the National Lottery, on November 7, 1933, Française des jeux, of which it is the heir, launched EuroDreams, a new lottery whose winnings are paid out in the form of an annuity. This can reach €20,000 per month for thirty years, or €7.2 million in total. The opportunity to survey our readers about their gaming habits (or not) and their craziest winnings.
It is clear that some Internet users are regular players. Marc very often tries his luck at EuroMillions, Loto and Super Loto. “Minimum bets don’t cost more than a snack or pocket money that I pay to my children, so why not on a stroke of luck,” he explains. Not to mention that, depending on the conditions, you can get your stake back. » The new FDJ draw and its two draws per week appealed to him: “I’m going to try EuroDreams but, thinking about it, it’s less interesting, especially since you have less chance of getting your money back there. bet. »
Up to €50 lottery per week
Other readers are even more diligent, like Christelle, who has made the game a habit: “I play Goal when I buy my cigarettes. I only take two, and I only rarely win €1 and even more rarely €10. I think you have to play a larger amount than €2 from time to time to win a little more. » For Steve, trying your luck is even “a leisure activity”. He plays one grid per Loto draw, five grids per EuroMillions draw and now one grid per EuroDreams draw, for a total of €49 per week. “Rare are the weeks when I earn nothing at all,” he exclaims. Two weeks ago, I had €90 in earnings, and last week, €50. » He even says he has already won €800 in the Loto and €280 in EuroMillions, as well as €1,000 in the Black Jack scratch game. His relatives also won large sums, up to 250,000 francs (around €53,500) in 2000. “That’s why I believe in it and play my grids every week,” he says.
Our high rollers have a very clear idea of what they would do if they hit the jackpot. For Christelle, “no bling-bling, no palace or designer clothes, nor Porsche”. Her objective is very clear: “I’m buying myself a place to live and another one for my mother’s old age. I put the rest for my child and part for me. I take a trip from time to time and, if I can, I help my loved ones. » Steve’s project, in addition to sheltering his family and friends, is very different: “Saving old abandoned homes, renovating them, bringing them back to life by offering them for rental to generate a sort of self-financing for other real estate purchases and continue to save our real estate assets. I would also like to visit each region of France and discover as many things as possible that represent each region of our beautiful country. »
“We spend more than we earn”
Some of our readers are more reasonable and only play, like Sébastien, “when the sums become astronomical.” I don’t play often and, if I’m lucky enough one day to win the jackpot, it’s for an amount that would change my life and that of my family over, why not, several generations.” Others are downright skeptical: “I hate playing these kinds of games, because we spend more than we earn,” Sandrine adds. If she plays twice a year and she prefers to put money aside and have fun with it, she considers “that you can’t spend a fortune saying to yourself: ‘maybe one day it will be me ”, there are so few chances of winning. I think we can quickly become addicted, people around me have been playing for more than €20 per week for twenty years and no winnings! »
Steve is aware of addiction: “I know what it means from experience, with my dad who plays a lot. I know you have to set boundaries, and that’s what I did. »