2025 was a record year for Belgium’s National Lottery. Players spent 1.666 billion euro on lottery tickets and scratch card. According to figures released on Friday, there were a total of 117.2 million wins on either lottery games or scratch cards in 2025.
A total of 1.266 billion euro was paid out in prizes by the National Lottery last year, an increase of 17% on 2024. The average amount paid out in prize money rose to 10.80 euro last year. Forty players became (multi)millionaires in 2025.
While more than 70% of National Lottery products are still sold through retail outlets, online purchases, through the National Lottery's app or its website account for an ever-growing percentage of sales.
EuroMillions was an important factor in driving the growth. Last year was marked by long EuroMillions jackpot runs and a record jackpot. EuroMIllions was the National Lottery's most popular game and was played no fewer than 67.3 million times last year. A new monthly Lotto prize, offring a “dream home” woth 750,000 euro, also proved successful. This served to digital sales of Lotto tickets on the last Saturday of the month when the "dream home" draw is made, by 47%.
Last year, the National Lottery gave 362.5 million euro of its profits to worthy causes across Belgium. This year it expects this figure to rise to 370 million euro.