Number 10

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

118times drawn · chance expected 105 +1.36σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

57longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

10 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +1.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 10, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 2 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 10 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest54 · chance 50.9
2nd smallest49 · chance 49.5
3rd smallest13 · chance 15.6
4th smallest2 · chance 1.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 13 8 45 6 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 10 is picked about 1.41× as often as an indifferent choice — 5th most popular of 50. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10
Round numbers (multiples of 10) ×1.05

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 10 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-02	5	3rd	7 8 10 22 35
2026-09-15	4	1st	10 16 18 22 28
2026-09-01	3	2nd	2 10 23 37 47
2026-08-21	6	1st	10 14 15

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 10 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-24	1	2nd	6 10 16 23 24
2024-12-20	8	1st	10 14 21 33 50
2024-11-22	3	1st	10 11 12 29 31
2024-11-12	17	1st	10 11 12 22 50
2024-09-13	7	1st	10 15 17 31 42
2024-08-20	8	2nd	7 10 13 18 26
2024-07-23	7	3rd	4 8 10 16 34
2024-06-28	16	1st	10 16 18 22 35
2024-05-03	4	3rd	6 9 10 30 49
2024-04-19	23	1st	10 20 40 44 46
2024-01-30	4	2nd	5 10 19 27 30
2024-01-16	8	1st	10 18 21 33 45
2023-12-19	5	1st	10 20 41 43 45
2023-12-01	6	2nd	4 10 14 38 50
2023-11-10	1	1st	10 21 30 38 42
2023-11-07	6	2nd	8 10 11 30 39
2023-10-17	8	1st	10 17 20 35 40
2023-09-19	3	1st	10 15 31 41 42
2023-09-08	8	1st	10 20 21 26 33
2023-08-11	26	3rd	4 6 10 13 34
2023-05-12	5	2nd	9 10 13 39 44
2023-04-25	4	1st	10 29 30 40 45
2023-04-11	2	1st	10 14 16 19 29
2023-04-04	57	1st	10 16 31 33 50
2022-09-16	3	1st	10 27 36 45 49
2022-09-06	2	2nd	7 10 22 29 44
2022-08-30	4	3rd	4 6 10 15 19
2022-08-16	12	1st	10 14 25 32 39
2022-07-05	2	2nd	7 10 25 45 48
2022-06-28	1	1st	10 35 42 47 48
2022-06-24	7	1st	10 17 28 44 50
2022-05-31	2	2nd	3 10 13 42 49
2022-05-24	7	1st	10 13 27 36 37
2022-04-29	10	1st	10 11 20 36 37
2022-03-25	8	2nd	6 10 24 27 29
2022-02-25	8	1st	10 13 24 30 42
2022-01-28	26	1st	10 25 29 34 45
2021-10-29	6	1st	10 15 28 32 49
2021-10-08	6	2nd	1 10 23 42 46
2021-09-17	14	4th	5 7 8 10 34
2021-07-30	17	1st	10 23 33 35 37
2021-06-01	8	2nd	3 10 26 35 44
2021-05-04	11	2nd	3 10 13 28 46
2021-03-26	13	1st	10 12 37 49 50
2021-02-09	7	2nd	5 10 24 31 37
2021-01-15	1	2nd	4 10 27 38 40
2021-01-12	6	2nd	2 10 18 34 35
2020-12-22	17	2nd	2 10 16 42 50
2020-10-23	10	1st	10 15 19 21 23
2020-09-18	5	2nd	2 10 19 25 45
2020-09-01	3	3rd	4 8 10 33 46
2020-08-21	2	1st	10 15 35 44 50
2020-08-14	14	2nd	9 10 19 42 49
2020-06-26	7	2nd	1 10 12 21 26
2020-06-02	8	1st	10 12 22 26 49
2020-05-05	4	2nd	2 10 22 27 41
2020-04-21	3	1st	10 11 14 23 28
2020-04-10	23	2nd	3 10 17 33 39
2020-01-21	12	1st	10 11 24 36 46
2019-12-10	6	2nd	2 10 19 21 47
2019-11-19	12	2nd	8 10 15 30 42
2019-10-08	9	2nd	7 10 15 44 49
2019-09-06	6	1st	10 13 22 40 48
2019-08-16	27	2nd	9 10 27 37 42
2019-05-14	11	1st	10 14 17 25 50
2019-04-05	9	3rd	1 7 10 29 45
2019-03-05	27	2nd	6 10 16 39 46
2018-11-30	4	2nd	3 10 12 23 26
2018-11-16	1	2nd	9 10 13 28 41
2018-11-13	16	3rd	2 7 10 13 42
2018-09-18	35	3rd	3 8 10 32 45
2018-05-18	24	3rd	5 8 10 13 31
2018-02-23	2	1st	10 17 18 28 47
2018-02-16	1	1st	10 12 23 32 50
2018-02-13	12	1st	10 13 17 21 44
2018-01-02	12	1st	10 20 21 28 48
2017-11-21	20	2nd	2 10 14 28 31
2017-09-12	6	1st	10 17 27 29 35
2017-08-22	2	2nd	3 10 12 17 27
2017-08-15	12	1st	10 14 30 35 46
2017-07-04	9	1st	10 22 25 37 49
2017-06-02	16	2nd	8 10 24 33 42
2017-04-07	6	2nd	2 10 19 35 50
2017-03-17	5	2nd	6 10 19 29 36
2017-02-28	4	1st	10 20 31 35 42
2017-02-14	2	2nd	2 10 24 40 44
2017-02-07	5	2nd	4 10 31 38 44
2017-01-20	4	1st	10 17 27 31 49
2017-01-06	2	1st	10 14 18 21 49
2016-12-30	4	2nd	8 10 22 29 47
2016-12-16	7	2nd	6 10 30 41 45
2016-11-22	6	2nd	5 10 33 34 47
2016-11-01	1	2nd	6 10 20 29 37
2016-10-28	—	1st	10 16 19 23 43