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EuroMillions · draw

Friday, 12 May 2017

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 44
  6. 3
  7. 9

Jackpot£76,813,392

The crowdHeld 27% 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 66 of 1,049 under them

← 2017-05-09All recent draws2017-05-16 →

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 feed2 20 28 29 44 + 3 929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd10th
  • low34th
  • widest gap59th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

29times
2011times
287times
296times
44

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 42Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£11.6Mto 2.5M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 17lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0 winnerschance said 0.30

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls10%£1.1M
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball28%£3.3M
  • Match 235%£4.1M
  • 8 other tiers27%£3.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0

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9times
Stars · a separate 1-of-12 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

312times
918times

Every number was expected about that many times after 65 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 3 of 5 numbers (2, 29, 44) and 1 of 2 stars with the draw of 10 January 2017 — its closest relative in 65 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2017): 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

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 16 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 0.30 by chance
£76,813,392
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 6.0 by chanceno winners
  • Match 510≈ 13 by chance£110,103
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls55≈ 67 by chance£1,850
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball923≈ 1.3k by chance£118
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls2,063≈ 3.0k by chance£41.60
  • Match 42,642≈ 3.0k by chance£57.30
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls40,239≈ 42k by chance£9.80
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball45,203≈ 59k by chance£9.20
  • Match 394,832≈ 133k by chance£8.30
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls223,008≈ 223k by chance£5.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball673,987≈ 850k by chance£4.90
  • Match 21,398,397≈ 1.9M by chance£2.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈42M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 plus Bonus Ball — 923 winners, 31% fewer than the 1.3k 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 21,398,397£2.90
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball673,987£4.90
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls223,008£5.00
    Match 394,832£8.30
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls40,239£9.80
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball45,203£9.20
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls2,063£41.60
    Match 42,642£57.30
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball923£118
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls55£1,850
    Match 510£110,103
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0£76,813,392