Originally Posted by Rolo

That is not correct - EuroDNS is just showing "taken" for any domain that has had a application in the sunrise (no matter if the application has later expired) + those domains that have been pre registred via them (which just means that they cross them off in their internal ordering system - NOT the official whois.eu db). EuroDNS have no more edge than anyone else.

So if you saw a domain as "taken" yesterday in the EuroDNS system, then you should have checked the whois.eu, and if the appilication had expired, then you should just had found another registrar where the domain had not been pre registred/ordered.

Like polish_aristocrat said at this time its a lottery ticket system - that includes any domain you have pre ordered via EuroDNS.