How to Beat the Odds of the EuroMillions Game
Of course, you cannot beat the odds of EuroMillions. But thankfully, math can help. There’s a way to increase your chances of winning the game.
The only way to increase your chances of winning is to buy more tickets.
But buying more tickets is useless if you’re making the wrong choices. It’s not OK to choose 1-2-3-4-5, and 2-3-4-5-6, and 46-47-48-49-50.
I will explain why.
But first of all, I must ask you to forget about hot or cold numbers. For the longest time, people mistakenly believe that if a number frequently occurs in the past, the same number is bound to be drawn more often in the future. This belief must be corrected.
Now, let’s proceed.
All combinations in EuroMillions 5/50 have the same probability.
It means that 1-2-3-4-5 is equally likely.
Play 2-4-6-8-10, and that is equally likely too.
Perhaps your combination is 5-10-15-20-25, this combination has the same probability as any other in the universe of Euromillions’ possible combinations.
The truth, all combinations have equal chances.
But think about this. Consider more tickets where all numbers are picked in the form of straight combinations:
- 1-2-3-4-5
- 2-3-4-5-6
- 3-4-5-6-7
- …
- 46-47-48-49-50
If I ask lotto players to spend their money on the above combinations, the surest response I will get is “no way.”
And why not?
That’s because people don’t trust their understanding of probability.
“Gut feeling” dominates the logic
You see, if you are confident that all combinations have the same probability, why be afraid to play all those combinations.
In other words, while you believe that all combinations have the same probability, there’s part of you that says buying “multiple tickets where all combinations are straight numbers” cannot be right.
But gut feeling shouldn’t be superior to mathematics.
If you want to win the EuroMillions game, you have to have a strong mathematical foundation.
And mathematics says:
There’s a big difference between having lots of wrong combinations and having the right combinations.
But how do we explain this mathematically?
Number Frequency Table
See how many times each ball has been drawn. The main numbers are shown in blue and the Lucky Stars in yellow.
1
Drawn:40 times
2
Drawn:35 times
3
Drawn:39 times
4
Drawn:47 times
5
Drawn:36 times
6
Drawn:39 times
7
Drawn:39 times
8
Drawn:38 times
9
Drawn:45 times
10
Drawn:31 times
11
Drawn:44 times
12
Drawn:45 times
13
Drawn:35 times
14
Drawn:41 times
15
Drawn:40 times
16
Drawn:38 times
17
Drawn:36 times
18
Drawn:33 times
19
Drawn:46 times
20
Drawn:34 times
21
Drawn:47 times
22
Drawn:35 times
23
Drawn:37 times
24
Drawn:37 times
25
Drawn:38 times
26
Drawn:38 times
27
Drawn:30 times
28
Drawn:26 times
29
Drawn:42 times
30
Drawn:36 times
31
Drawn:35 times
32
Drawn:32 times
33
Drawn:32 times
34
Drawn:31 times
35
Drawn:38 times
36
Drawn:44 times
37
Drawn:44 times
38
Drawn:43 times
39
Drawn:31 times
40
Drawn:36 times
41
Drawn:38 times
42
Drawn:38 times
43
Drawn:34 times
44
Drawn:38 times
45
Drawn:39 times
46
Drawn:31 times
47
Drawn:36 times
48
Drawn:29 times
49
Drawn:40 times
50
Drawn:54 times
Knowing the Best and the Worst Combination Should Help
Getting the right composition will surely give you the best shot possible at winning the EuroMillions. Of course, you don’t win any money by matching the pattern. But as a lotto player, you want to play with a sensible strategy and get closer to the winning numbers.
Lotterycodex has no power to change the underlying probability. But Lotterycodex can calculate all the possible choices so you can make the right choice.
The lottery should be fun. But at least be sensible when choosing your combinations and don’t waste your money on worthless combinations.
You don’t increase your chance of winning by choosing the right composition. But when you play the Euromillions, you want to play with the best ratio of success to failure. So don’t waste your money on useless combinations. Lotterycodex patterns are here to guide you on that aspect. (Check out the Lotterycodex Calculators)
I encourage you to check the free guide to learn more about how we calculate everything. Lotterycodex is the only lottery calculator that combines combinatorics and probability calculation in one system.
If you are playing blindly, there’s no guarantee you are not falling into one of these worst patterns in EuroMillions. So I propose that you should incorporate the use of probability theory in your playing strategy.
The benefits are apparent. First, you are confident that you are not wasting your money, and second, you get the best shot at winning the game.
The difference between the best and the worst is so huge. You don’t want to take it for granted.
We don’t say that those combinations under the worst group will not occur. We say that those combinations have the worst ratio of success to failure.
Predicting the Outcome of the EuroMillions Draw
You have to understand that probability theory is simply a reliable guide. Naturally, the expected frequency and the actual frequency will not always match exactly.
You use probability to predict the future outcome of the game to guide you on how to play your game.
For example, if we want to know in advance the outcome of EuroMillions after 2000 draws, we use the same formula for expected frequency:
If we are to predict the outcome of all the odd-even patterns, we will come up with the following prediction table below:
| Pattern | Probability | Estimated Occurrence in 2000 draws |
|---|---|---|
| 3-odd-2-even | 0.3256621797655230 | 651 times |
| 2-odd-3-even | 0.3256621797655230 | 651 times |
| 4-odd-1-even | 0.1492618323925310 | 299 times |
| 4-even-1-odd | 0.1492618323925310 | 299 times |
| All-odd | 0.0250759878419453 | 50 times |
| All-even | 0.0250759878419453 | 50 times |
As a smart EuroMillions player, you don’t want to waste your money on patterns with low probability. That is the power of probability calculation as we apply it in EuroMillions.
As a lotto player, you want to win the jackpot. Therefore, you should stick with either 3-odd-2-even or 2-odd-3-even and forget about the rest of the patterns.
You get the same idea when it comes to low-high patterns. You don’t want to pick a combination whose composition is purely low numbers or strictly high numbers.
However, EuroMillions is not only about low-high or odd-even patterns.
We discuss low-high and odd-even patterns to show that the lottery can be predicted to an extent. But the low-high and odd-even patterns don’t provide the whole picture of the EuroMillions game.
You must understand the EuroMillions game as a whole if you want to win the game. For you to achieve that, you have to understand intricate combinatorial patterns, which is the real key to EuroMillions’ success.
Let’s proceed to discuss what advanced patterns can do to level up your lotto playing strategy.
