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EuroMillions · draw

Friday, 16 December 2016

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 10
  3. 30
  4. 41
  5. 45
  6. 4
  7. 11

Jackpot£43,003,168

The crowdHeld 23% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016draw 24 of 1,049 under them

← 2016-12-13All recent draws2016-12-20 →

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 feed6 10 30 41 45 + 4 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread68th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

64times
103times
301time
411time
45

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 22Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£10.8Mto 2.0M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls10%£1.0M
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball29%£3.1M
  • Match 235%£3.7M
  • 9 other tiers27%£2.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0

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1time
Stars · a separate 1-of-12 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

43times
116times

Every number was expected about that many times after 23 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (6, 10) and 0 of 2 stars with the draw of 1 November 2016 — its closest relative in 23 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (32% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 55th 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

41 had not appeared for 23 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 0.16 by chance
£43,003,168
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball6≈ 3.2 by chance£137,679
  • Match 510≈ 7.1 by chance£19,240
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls31≈ 36 by chance£3,036
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball824≈ 713 by chance£122
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,963≈ 1.6k by chance£40.40
  • Match 41,448≈ 1.6k by chance£96.70
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls21,497≈ 22k by chance£17.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball33,566≈ 31k by chance£11.50
  • Match 383,757≈ 71k by chance£8.70
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls118,116≈ 118k by chance£8.70
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball498,493≈ 450k by chance£6.20
  • Match 21,249,755≈ 1.0M by chance£3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls — 1,963 winners, 25% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,249,755£3.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball498,493£6.20
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls118,116£8.70
    Match 383,757£8.70
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls21,497£17.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball33,566£11.50
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,963£40.40
    Match 41,448£96.70
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball824£122
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls31£3,036
    Match 510£19,240
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball6£137,679
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0£43,003,168