There are patterns behind all natures creations... The spiral of a pinecone's scales, the ripples created by wind moving grains of sand, and even the pattern in a lottery ball draw (more about lottery mathematics can be found here). In this article, we reveal which numbers are most commonly drawn together for five of the world's most popular, and richest, lottery draws: US Powerball, MegaMillions, Euromillions, UK National Lottery, EuroJackpot.
*The Powerball pool changed from 35 to 26 starting with the draw on Wednesday 7th October 2015.
9/23 – Drawn 34 times
15/27 – Drawn 34 times
20/42 – Drawn 34 times
32/41 – Drawn 34 times
15/26 – Drawn 33 times
15/43 – Drawn 33 times
5/22 – Drawn 32 times
13/19 – Drawn 32 times
22/32 – Drawn 32 times
23/42 – Drawn 32 times
10/45 – Drawn 31 times
13/27 – Drawn 31 times
14/22 – Drawn 31 times
15/16 – Drawn 31 times
17/45 – Drawn 31 times
10/18/45 – Drawn 8 times
15/18/26 – Drawn 7 times
1/5/21 – Drawn 6 times
1/19/37 – Drawn 6 times
1/25/29 – Drawn 6 times
2/13/35 – Drawn 6 times
2/24/28 – Drawn 6 times
3/15/27 – Drawn 6 times
3/16/34 – Drawn 6 times
4/12/38 – Drawn 6 times
5/10/24 – Drawn 6 times
5/22/36 – Drawn 6 times
6/9/22 – Drawn 6 times
6/43/48 – Drawn 6 times
7/17/29 – Drawn 6 times
2/9/19/28 – Drawn 3 times
7/20/26/27 – Drawn 3 times
1/3/13/15 – Drawn 2 times
1/4/16/38 – Drawn 2 times
1/6/10/20 – Drawn 2 times
1/7/36/49 – Drawn 2 times
1/11/23/26 – Drawn 2 times
1/11/37/40 – Drawn 2 times
1/13/16/43 – Drawn 2 times
1/13/27/41 – Drawn 2 times
1/14/26/34 – Drawn 2 times
1/15/35/41 – Drawn 2 times
1/16/37/41 – Drawn 2 times
1/19/35/37 – Drawn 2 times
*The Ball pool changed from 75 to 70 starting with the draw on Tuesday 31st October 2017.
1/22 – Drawn 28 times
29/32 – Drawn 28 times
14/47 – Drawn 25 times
16/36 – Drawn 25 times
26/39 – Drawn 25 times
2/5 – Drawn 24 times
4/38 – Drawn 24 times
5/26 – Drawn 24 times
10/26 – Drawn 24 times
10/38 – Drawn 24 times
12/22 – Drawn 24 times
19/24 – Drawn 24 times
2/26 – Drawn 23 times
14/50 – Drawn 23 times
16/39 – Drawn 23 times
6/10/26 – Drawn 7 time
6/26/39 – Drawn 6 times
2/4/36 – Drawn 5 times
2/5/40 – Drawn 5 times
2/7/18 – Drawn 5 times
2/10/26 – Drawn 5 times
2/26/39 – Drawn 5 times
2/44/51 – Drawn 5 times
3/42/46 – Drawn 5 times
4/20/29 – Drawn 5 times
4/27/38 – Drawn 5 times
5/14/47 – Drawn 5 times
6/13/46 – Drawn 5 times
7/16/36 – Drawn 5 times
9/17/34 – Drawn 5 times
2/44/46/51 – Drawn 3 times
1/2/12/37 – Drawn 2 times
1/3/37/42 – Drawn 2 times
1/7/16/36 – Drawn 2 times
1/8/9/22 – Drawn 2 times
1/12/19/20 – Drawn 2 times
1/15/32/45 – Drawn 2 times
1/22/33/43 – Drawn 2 times
1/23/25/39 – Drawn 2 times
1/27/28/35 – Drawn 2 times
1/28/38/47 – Drawn 2 times
2/4/13/17 – Drawn 2 times
2/6/10/26 – Drawn 2 times
2/6/26/39 – Drawn 2 times
*The Lucky Star pool changed from 11 to 12 starting with the draw on Tuesday 27th September 2016.
4/23 – Drawn 24 times
1/48 – Drawn 22 times
15/28 – Drawn 22 times
3/50 – Drawn 20 times
11/29 – Drawn 20 times
39/44 – Drawn 20 times
14/21 – Drawn 19 times
17/45 – Drawn 19 times
26/49 – Drawn 19 times
4/50 – Drawn 18 times
12/44 – Drawn 18 times
26/50 – Drawn 18 times
29/37 – Drawn 18 times
3/10 – Drawn 17 times
4/16 – Drawn 17 times
6/48/50 – Drawn 5 times
10/19/23 – Drawn 5 times
1/10/48 – Drawn 4 times
1/12/48 – Drawn 4 times
1/16//48 – Drawn 4 times
1/22/50 – Drawn 4 times
1/29/ 48 – Drawn 4 times
2/10/22 – Drawn 4 times
3/4/43 – Drawn 4 times
3/4/50 – Drawn 4 times
3/5/40 – Drawn 4 times
3/22/49 – Drawn 4 times
3/27/44 – Drawn 4 times
3/32/39 – Drawn 4 times
4/5/23 – Drawn 4 times
1/4/16/48 – Drawn 2 times
1/12/16/48 – Drawn 2 times
1/21/26/40 – Drawn 2 times
2/7/45/48 – Drawn 2 times
2/11/13/50 – Drawn 2 times
2/17/21/27 – Drawn 2 times
2/32/39/44 – Drawn 2 times
3/4/14/43 – Drawn 2 times
3/5/34/49 – Drawn 2 times
3/8/17/50 – Drawn 2 times
3/8/44/50 – Drawn 2 times
3/13/15/42 – Drawn 2 times
3/22/49/50 – Drawn 2 times
3/34/38/48 – Drawn 2 times
4/5/19/41 – Drawn 2 times
*The Ball pool changed from 49 to 59 starting with the draw on Saturday 10th October 2015.
8/10 – Drawn 48 times
33/40 – Drawn 46 times
17/40 – Drawn 45 times
35/39 – Drawn 45 times
2/23 – Drawn 44 times
7/44 – Drawn 44 times
9/40 – Drawn 44 times
25/32 – Drawn 44 times
33/45 – Drawn 44 times
1/38 – Drawn 42 times
9/27 – Drawn 42 times
10/31 – Drawn 42 times
23/30 – Drawn 42 times
23/49 – Drawn 42 times
25/45 – Drawn 42 times
2/23/40 – Drawn 4 time
10/34/48 – Drawn 10 times
17/22/38 – Drawn 10 times
19/44/45 – Drawn 10 times
1/3/37 – Drawn 9 times
6/12/19 – Drawn 9 times
6/20/29 – Drawn 9 times
9/27/42 – Drawn 9 times
11/17/40 – Drawn 9 times
14/46/49 – Drawn 9 times
1/2/49 – Drawn 8 times
1/7/38 – Drawn 8 times
1/27/45 – Drawn 8 times
1/38/43 – Drawn 8 times
2/28/47 – Drawn 8 times
2/3/23/40 – Drawn 4 times
5/9/14/38 – Drawn 4 times
10/12/46/48 – Drawn 4 times
18/20/30/43 – Drawn 3 times
1/2/38/43 – Drawn 3 times
1/9/10/12 – Draw 3 times
1/9/27/45 – Drawn 3 times
1/15/23/31 – Drawn 3 times
1/19/20/46 – Drawn 3 times
1/22/39/48 – Drawn 3 times
1/24/27/48 – Drawn 3 times
1/25/31/39 – Drawn 3 times
1/33/36/38 – Drawn 3 times
1/35/39/48 – Drawn 3 times
2/5/22/29 – Drawn 3 times
*The Euro pool changed from 8 to 10 starting with the draw on Friday 10th October 2014.
3/4 – Drawn 15 times
1/6 – Drawn 13 times
2/5 – Drawn 13 times
7/8 – Drawn 13 times
1/8 – Drawn 12 times
3/5 – Drawn 12 times
3/8 – Drawn 12 times
5/7 – Drawn 12 times
1/5 – Drawn 11 times
2/8 – Drawn 11 times
4/6 – Drawn 11 times
4/8 – Drawn 11 times
6/8 – Drawn 11 times
3/6 – Drawn 10 times
3/9 – Drawn 10 times
14/27/35 – Drawn 4 times
1/7/21 – Drawn 3 times
1/16/18 – Drawn 3 times
1/18/47 – Drawn 3 times
3/10/43 – Drawn 3 times
5/8/46 – Drawn 3 times
6/15/18 – Drawn 3 times
6/23/33 – Drawn 3 times
7/18/19 – Drawn 3 times
8/22/40 – Drawn 3 times
8/34/46 – Drawn 3 times
9/31/33 – Drawn 3 times
11/19/42 – Drawn 3 times
12/32/44 – Drawn 3 times
14/16/34 – Drawn 3 times
2/7/38/45 – Drawn 2 times
4/21/31/42 – Drawn 2 times
9/31/32/33 – Drawn 2 times
12/32/44/49 – Drawn 2 times
16/18/36/49 – Drawn 2 times
1/2/5/24 – Drawn 1 time
1/2/5/47 – Drawn 1 time
1/2/16/31 – Drawn 1 time
1/2/16/50 – Drawn 1 time
1/2/24/47 – Drawn 1 time
1/2/31/50 – Drawn 1 time
1/3/11/18 – Drawn 1 time
1/3/11/31 – Drawn 1 time
1/4/6/12 – Drawn 1 time
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