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EuroMillions · draw

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 31
  5. 39
  6. 2
  7. 12

Jackpot£22,065,748

The crowdHeld 58% 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 171 of 1,049 under them

← 2018-05-11All recent draws2018-05-18 →

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 31 39 + 2 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

416times
1610times
2026times
3120times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£6.4Mto 1.2M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls10%£613.1K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball29%£1.8M
  • Match 235%£2.2M
  • 8 other tiers27%£1.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0≈ 0.08 by chance

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20times
Stars · a separate 1-of-12 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

233times
1225times

Every number was expected about that many times after 170 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 4 of 5 numbers (4, 16, 20, 39) and 1 of 2 stars with the draw of 23 December 2016 — its closest relative in 170 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 1.8% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2018): 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

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 29th 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

4 had not appeared for 17 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 →
£22,065,748
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.6 by chanceno winners
  • Match 510≈ 3.6 by chance£60,641
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls19≈ 18 by chance£2,949
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball532≈ 356 by chance£112
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,338≈ 783 by chance£35.30
  • Match 4803≈ 801 by chance£104
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls11,355≈ 11k by chance£19.10
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball20,991≈ 16k by chance£10.90
  • Match 356,334≈ 35k by chance£7.70
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls58,948≈ 59k by chance£10.40
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball300,911≈ 225k by chance£6.10
  • Match 2798,453≈ 505k by chance£2.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls — 1,338 winners, 71% more than the 783 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 2798,453£2.80
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball300,911£6.10
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls58,948£10.40
    Match 356,334£7.70
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls11,355£19.10
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball20,991£10.90
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,338£35.30
    Match 4803£104
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball532£112
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls19£2,949
    Match 510£60,641
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0£22,065,748