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EuroMillions · draw

Tuesday, 21 August 2018

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 23
  3. 42
  4. 43
  5. 49
  6. 10
  7. 12

Jackpot£96,785,704

The crowdHeld 44% 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 199 of 1,049 under them

← 2018-08-17All recent draws2018-08-24 →

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 feed16 23 42 43 49 + 10 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

1614times
2327times
4215times
4321times
49

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 19Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£106.3Mto 1.9M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls1 winnerchance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls91%£96.8M
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2.6%£2.7M
  • Match 23.1%£3.3M
  • 10 other tiers3.3%£3.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

1027times
1232times

Every number was expected about that many times after 198 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 (16, 23, 43) and 0 of 2 stars with the draw of 28 October 2016 — its closest relative in 198 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2018): 43 carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 12 repeated (32% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

173

The numbers add up to 173 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 0.13 by chance
£96,785,704
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball6≈ 2.7 by chance£121,961
  • Match 55≈ 6.0 by chance£34,087
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls16≈ 30 by chance£5,210
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball539≈ 599 by chance£165
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,719≈ 1.3k by chance£40.90
  • Match 41,262≈ 1.3k by chance£98.30
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls18,482≈ 19k by chance£17.50
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball28,354≈ 26k by chance£12.00
  • Match 379,546≈ 59k by chance£8.10
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls99,132≈ 99k by chance£9.20
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball422,529≈ 378k by chance£6.50
  • Match 21,223,764≈ 850k by chance£2.70
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈19M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,223,764 winners, 44% more than the 850k 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 21,223,764£2.70
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball422,529£6.50
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls99,132£9.20
    Match 379,546£8.10
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls18,482£17.50
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball28,354£12.00
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls1,719£40.90
    Match 41,262£98.30
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball539£165
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls16£5,210
    Match 55£34,087
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball6£121,961
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls1£96,785,704