National Lottery: 40 new millionaires in 2025
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27 Jan 2026 •
Reading time: 3 minutes In 2025, the National Lottery produced 295 major winners, including 40 millionaires.
Forty lives fall into the millionaire category
In 2025, the National Lottery produced 40 new millionaires, from a wide variety of games, sometimes discovered on waking, sometimes just from a hastily scratched ticket.
These winners do not share the same age, region or background. More than half of them learned the news at home, in the privacy of their daily lives. Some took the time to realise it, while others carried on with their day as if nothing had happened.
‘They still went to work,’ says the National Lottery of the winners, many of whom discovered their fortune as soon as they got out of bed.
The EuroMillions produced seven millionaires. Almost all of them learned of their win when they woke up, before returning to their apparently normal lives. A reaction that speaks volumes about the emotional shock of such an event.
The Lotto has established itself as the leading provider of millionaires, with 29 new winners. The practical consequences of these winnings quickly became apparent: 21 winners went on long holidays, while eight took the decisive step of moving into the house of their dreams thanks to Lucky Code.
The year was also marked by other games. Cash had 29 big winners, one of whom scratched his ticket with a simple spoon, proof that luck doesn’t care about ritual or context. Subito, for its part, saw 17 new big winners, at least two of whom discovered their winning ticket in the car park of their local press shop.
Some games do not offer an immediate jackpot, but long-term security. This is the case with Win for Life, which has profoundly changed the daily lives of 23 new big winners in 2025. Here, the gain is measured not just in millions, but in new-found freedom, in choices made possible, in financial anxieties lifted.
EuroDreams follows the same logic, with five big winners, three of whom played online. Digital technology is now a fully integrated part of gambling habits, without altering the emotion of winning.
295 big winners and millions of happy moments
In addition to the millionaires, 2025 saw the emergence of 295 major winners. But the real impact of the National Lottery can also be measured on another scale. With 117.2 million winning entries, the year was punctuated by millions of moments of joy, sometimes modest, sometimes decisive.
Taken together, these winnings represent a record amount of €1,266,200,000. A considerable sum, divided between winners scattered across the four corners of the country.
Solidarity at the heart of the National Lottery model
The National Lottery does more than just redistribute winnings. In 2025, more than €345 million was donated to organisations and projects committed to creating a warmer, more inclusive and more cohesive society.
This mechanism is based on a simple principle: not all bets are redistributed in the form of individual winnings. A significant proportion goes to initiatives of general interest, thanks to the collective participation of players. Sport, culture, social action: the beneficiaries are numerous and contribute to the social fabric of the country.
A record year that raises questions about the future
With unprecedented figures, 2025 is set to become a benchmark year. A record number of winnings distributed, a high number of big winners, greater solidarity: all the indicators are in the green.
In 2025, the National Lottery not only created 40 millionaires. It distributed more than €1.26 billion in winnings, supported hundreds of projects with €345 million in redistributions and provided millions of moments of joy across the country. It was an exceptional year, marked by strong human stories and a model of solidarity that confirms that, behind chance, lies an organisation with a very real impact.