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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
EuroMillions · draw
ResultEuroMillions
Jackpot£42,258,877
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 1,024 of 1,048 under them
Sources2 independent sources agree, none of them official. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.
This draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 July 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each
Times drawn before — chance expected 171 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,023 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (21, 23, 40) and 0 of 2 stars with the draw of 29 August 2023 — its closest relative in 1,023 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (14 July 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 9 repeated (32% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 130 — the 52th 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 →21 had not appeared for 50 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 →A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈16M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 75,769 winners, 47% more than the 52k 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.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 2 | 1,065,262 | £2.60 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 442,664 | £3.90 |
| Match 1 plus 2 Bonus Balls | 86,415 | £6.40 |
| Match 3 | 75,769 | £6.00 |
| Match 2 plus 2 Bonus Balls | 16,279 | £13.50 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 31,505 | £7.70 |
| Match 3 plus 2 Bonus Balls | 1,149 | £54.50 |
| Match 4 | 1,679 | £26.20 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 726 | £81.60 |
| Match 4 plus 2 Bonus Balls | 21 | £1,533 |
| Match 5 | 7 | £77,954 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | £0.00 |
| Match 5 plus 2 Bonus Balls | 0 | £42,258,877 |