A staggering jackpot of £199million is up for grabs in tonight’s (Tuesday’s) EuroMillions draw after the bumper jackpot rolled over yet again – and now Brits are being told the most and least likely numbers to win based on previous prizes.
Last year, 383 people in the UK became millionaires on the National Lottery, with the single biggest win being a staggering £177million given to one person in November. Today, the jackpot is back up to £199million and Brits up and down the country will probably be having a flutter to try to grab the truly life-altering lump sum. According to data analysts at OLBG, there are some numbers more and less likely to win than others. They looked at the data on tickets from February 2004 all the way to March 25, 2025, to find out the most common 10 numbers which have been drawn.
To win the Euromillions, you must match five balls plus the two lucky stars. This is far harder than it sounds – your chance is just 1 in 139,838,160. That’s nearly 1 in 140 million.
The chance of matching five balls and one lucky star is still 1 in 6.9 million, but the jackpot for this is far lower – just £130,554. Overall, the chances of winning any prize at all is 1 in 13, but the lowest prizes pay out £2.50.
The research by OLBG found that the most common ball number in the EuroMillions is 23, with 209 draws, followed by 44, with 205, 19, with 204, and 21, with 203.
The top ten most common numbers drawn were: 23, 44, 19, 21, 42, 50, 29, 10, 17 and 20.
Conversely, the least common 10 numbers were: 22, 46, 33, 41, 18, 40, 47, 43, 8, 9 and 32.
The number 22 has been drawn just 146 times, more than 50 fewer than 23.
When it comes to Lucky Stars, since 2024, the study found that the number 3 “had over 20% chances of being drawn as a Lucky Star” while the number 2 was second most likely. Conversely, the number 12 has the lowest percentage of draws in the last 21 years with only 8% of appearances.
So the best chances would be a set of numbers: 23, 44, 19, 21, 42 with Lucky Stars 3 and 2.
OLBG also surveyed 1,500 people to ask what they would do if they won.
When it comes to fears around winning, 42% of respondents admitted they would feel overwhelmed by unwanted attention if they won a large sum of money, whilst one in four (25%) thought it would damage their family relationships.
Almost two in five (39%) would be scared of being hit by scams and 32% fear they would become a target of theft, highlighting that it would complicate their life more than anything.
Finally, Brits are also scared about the thought of having to manage such large sums of money (16%), and nearly one in five (19%) are scared they would make poor investment or spending decisions.
