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EuroMillions · draw

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

ResultEuroMillions

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. 29
  4. 37
  5. 45
  6. 3
  7. 11

Jackpot£144,603,632

The crowdHeld 16% 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 211 of 1,049 under them

← 2018-09-28All recent draws2018-10-05 →

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 feed7 17 29 37 45 + 3 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd99th
  • low34th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

721times
1731times
2922times
3717times
45

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-02

  • Lines in play≈ 32Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£156.6Mto 2.9M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls1 winnerchance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls92%£144.6M
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2.2%£3.4M
  • Match 22.7%£4.2M
  • 10 other tiers2.8%£4.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100M1BPrize 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 35 of each

343times
1134times

Every number was expected about that many times after 210 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 (29, 37, 45) and 1 of 2 stars with the draw of 13 October 2017 — its closest relative in 210 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 September 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

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 59th 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

17 had not appeared for 19 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 0.23 by chance
£144,603,632
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 4.6 by chance£53,895
  • Match 530≈ 10 by chance£7,113
  • Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls67≈ 52 by chance£1,558
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball1,786≈ 1.0k by chance£62.30
  • Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls3,920≈ 2.3k by chance£22.40
  • Match 42,737≈ 2.3k by chance£56.70
  • Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls34,237≈ 33k by chance£11.80
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball60,548≈ 45k by chance£7.00
  • Match 3136,208≈ 102k by chance£5.90
  • Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls170,803≈ 171k by chance£6.70
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball758,397≈ 651k by chance£4.50
  • Match 21,692,420≈ 1.5M by chance£2.50
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈32M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 plus Bonus Ball — 1,786 winners, 73% more than the 1.0k 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 21,692,420£2.50
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball758,397£4.50
    Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls170,803£6.70
    Match 3136,208£5.90
    Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls34,237£11.80
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball60,548£7.00
    Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls3,920£22.40
    Match 42,737£56.70
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball1,786£62.30
    Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls67£1,558
    Match 530£7,113
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball17£53,895
    Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls1£144,603,632