The week
16 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
23 draws across 8 games · 3 jackpots won · 43 ended a 45-draw wait in EuroMillions. Across the twelve lotteries whose rules and history we check by hand — the only ones where “unusual” can be given a number.
The longest waits that ended
A number that has not appeared for a long time is not owed anything: its chance tonight is the same as every other number’s. What a long wait ending shows is how long the tail of an ordinary distribution is.
- Tuesday 20 October43 came up in EuroMillions after 45 draws away — a game where a number waits about 10 draws on average.
- Tuesday 20 October28 came up in Mega Millions after 59 draws away — a game where a number waits about 14 draws on average.
- Thursday 22 October13 came up in La Primitiva after 29 draws away — a game where a number waits about 8 draws on average.
- Saturday 17 October33 came up in Loto after 31 draws away — a game where a number waits about 10 draws on average.
- Friday 23 October83 came up in SuperEnalotto after 45 draws away — a game where a number waits about 15 draws on average.
Draws that echoed older ones
Every draw has a nearest twin somewhere in its game’s history, because there are thousands of draws to be near. The figure beside each is the chance that some earlier draw would share at least that many — which is usually most of the time.
- Saturday 17 OctoberSuperEnalotto shared 4 of 6 numbers (23, 25, 37, 86) with 1 Apr 2010 — chance of an echo that close somewhere in its history: 19%.
- Tuesday 20 OctoberSuperEnalotto shared 4 of 6 numbers (13, 25, 50, 72) with 16 Oct 2018 — chance of an echo that close somewhere in its history: 19%.
- Monday 19 OctoberLoto shared 4 of 5 numbers (3, 4, 28, 38) with 31 Mar 2025 — chance of an echo that close somewhere in its history: 28%.
- Saturday 17 OctoberLa Primitiva shared 4 of 6 numbers (8, 9, 14, 45) with 3 Apr 2025 — chance of an echo that close somewhere in its history: 80%.
- Monday 19 OctoberLa Primitiva shared 4 of 6 numbers (29, 43, 44, 49) with 13 Apr 2026 — chance of an echo that close somewhere in its history: 80%.
The week’s most and least played lines
Read from each draw’s prize table against the tickets it implies: how many people held those numbers, not how likely the numbers were. Every line has the same chance; a crowded one is simply shared further.
- Friday 23 OctoberEurojackpot was held 21% more often than an average line — 15, 20, 23, 29, 30
- Tuesday 20 OctoberEurojackpot was held 19% more often than an average line — 5, 16, 32, 34, 38
- Wednesday 21 OctoberPowerball was held 96% less often than an average line — 1, 21, 44, 50, 57
- Saturday 17 OctoberPowerball was held 94% less often than an average line — 12, 13, 24, 32, 35
- Saturday 17 OctoberLoto was held 74% less often than an average line — 4, 18, 26, 33, 40
Where each game finished the week
None of this says anything about next weekEvery item above is a fact about draws that have happened, put beside what chance predicted. A number that ended a long wait is not warm; a draw that echoed an old one is not a pattern; a game that has not paid a jackpot for months is not due. The machine keeps no memory of any of it, which is exactly why these figures are interesting rather than useful.