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EuroMillions · draw

Friday, 17 October 2008

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 42
  5. 50
  6. 1
  7. 5

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/50 + 2/9 · Feb 2004 – May 2011draw 245 of 378 under them

← 2008-10-10All recent draws2008-10-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 10 12 42 50 + 1 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

EuroMillions was a 5/50 + 2/9 · Feb 2004 – May 2011 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 244 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2008 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd10th
  • low66th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

329times
1025times
1230times
4220times
50

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39times
Stars · a separate 1-of-9 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

160times
558times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (3, 50) and 1 of 2 stars with the draw of 18 April 2008 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 October 2008): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (42% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. No two numbers side by side. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 26 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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