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EuroMillions · draw

Friday, 23 December 2016

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 39
  5. 46
  6. 2
  7. 5

Jackpot£14,487,400

The crowdHeld 28% less 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 26 of 1,049 under them

← 2016-12-20All recent draws2016-12-27 →

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 feed4 16 20 39 46 + 2 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd10th
  • low66th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

41time
161time
205times
391time
46

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 34Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£9.4Mto 2.0M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 17lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls10%£972.7K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball31%£2.9M
  • Match 238%£3.5M
  • 8 other tiers21%£2.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0

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0times
Stars · a separate 1-of-12 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

28times
52times

Every number was expected about that many times after 25 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 1 of 5 numbers (20) and 0 of 2 stars with the draw of 1 November 2016 — its closest relative in 25 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 repeated (32% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 46th 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

39 had not appeared for 25 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 0.25 by chance
£14,487,400
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 4.9 by chance—
  • Match 57≈ 11 by chance£25,928
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls49≈ 55 by chance£1,812
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball989≈ 1.1k by chance£95.70
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,962≈ 2.4k by chance£38.20
  • Match 42,297≈ 2.5k by chance£57.50
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls33,162≈ 35k by chance£10.40
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball39,591≈ 49k by chance£9.20
  • Match 380,841≈ 110k by chance£8.50
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls183,528≈ 184k by chance£5.30
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball571,233≈ 699k by chance£5.10
  • Match 21,134,414≈ 1.6M by chance£3.10
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈34M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,134,414 winners, 28% fewer than the 1.6M an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less 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 21,134,414£3.10
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball571,233£5.10
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls183,528£5.30
    Match 380,841£8.50
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls33,162£10.40
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball39,591£9.20
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,962£38.20
    Match 42,297£57.50
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball989£95.70
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls49£1,812
    Match 57£25,928
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£0.00
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0£14,487,400