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EuroMillions · draw

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 23
  3. 31
  4. 34
  5. 46
  6. 3
  7. 12

Jackpot£54,434,216

The crowdHeld 42% 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 137 of 1,049 under them

← 2018-01-12All recent draws2018-01-19 →

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 feed20 23 31 34 46 + 3 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

2022times
2316times
3115times
348times
46

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£6.9Mto 1.4M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls10%£709.9K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball31%£2.1M
  • Match 238%£2.6M
  • 8 other tiers21%£1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0≈ 0.10 by chance

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8times
Stars · a separate 1-of-12 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

330times
1217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 136 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 (20, 23) and 0 of 2 stars with the draw of 14 April 2017 — its closest relative in 136 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 January 2018): 23 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (32% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 79th 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

34 had not appeared for 11 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£54,434,216
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball4≈ 2.0 by chance—
  • Match 55≈ 4.5 by chance£26,617
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls19≈ 23 by chance£3,426
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball554≈ 451 by chance£125
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,297≈ 993 by chance£42.30
  • Match 41,007≈ 1.0k by chance£96.20
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls13,688≈ 14k by chance£18.40
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball24,410≈ 20k by chance£10.90
  • Match 360,992≈ 45k by chance£8.30
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls74,728≈ 75k by chance£9.50
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball362,340≈ 285k by chance£5.90
  • Match 2907,204≈ 641k by chance£2.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 907,204 winners, 42% more than the 641k 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 2907,204£2.90
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball362,340£5.90
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls74,728£9.50
    Match 360,992£8.30
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls13,688£18.40
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball24,410£10.90
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,297£42.30
    Match 41,007£96.20
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball554£125
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls19£3,426
    Match 55£26,617
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball4£0.00
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0£54,434,216