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EuroMillions · draw

Friday, 17 August 2018

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 43
  6. 8
  7. 12

Jackpot£89,766,680

The crowdHeld 47% 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 198 of 1,049 under them

← 2018-08-14All recent draws2018-08-21 →

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 15 18 24 43 + 8 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

216times
1525times
1811times
2417times
43

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 22Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£11.0Mto 2.3M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls10%£1.1M
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball29%£3.2M
  • Match 235%£3.8M
  • 9 other tiers27%£3.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

835times
1231times

Every number was expected about that many times after 197 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, 15, 43) and 0 of 2 stars with the draw of 20 July 2018 — its closest relative in 197 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2018): 15, 18 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (32% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 21th 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

24 had not appeared for 22 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 →
≈ 0.16 by chance
£89,766,680
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 3.1 by chance£423,295
  • Match 59≈ 7.1 by chance£21,909
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls37≈ 35 by chance£2,607
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball899≈ 706 by chance£114
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls2,270≈ 1.6k by chance£35.80
  • Match 41,509≈ 1.6k by chance£95.10
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls22,340≈ 22k by chance£16.70
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball39,024≈ 31k by chance£10.10
  • Match 3102,396≈ 70k by chance£7.30
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls116,950≈ 117k by chance£9.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball567,326≈ 446k by chance£5.60
  • Match 21,471,600≈ 1.0M by chance£2.60
    • 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 2 — 1,471,600 winners, 47% more than the 1.0M 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 21,471,600£2.60
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball567,326£5.60
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls116,950£9.00
    Match 3102,396£7.30
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls22,340£16.70
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball39,024£10.10
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls2,270£35.80
    Match 41,509£95.10
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball899£114
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls37£2,607
    Match 59£21,909
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£423,295
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls0£89,766,680