Strategies tested: frequent combinations, guaranteed systems, avoiding the last draw

1Frequent combinations versus Quick Pick lines – three case studies

One line played in each of the 105 draws from 10.10.2025 to 09.10.2026. Stake per line: €2.00 (€2.00 per draw).

What the figures show: with hindsight, any line you pick looks good. As soon as the choice is made before the draws, the advantage disappears – results vary just as they do for any Quick Pick line and the balance stays negative on average (about half of the stakes is paid back).

2Guaranteed-win system (covering design)

A covering design from combinatorics: 240 lines chosen so that in EVERY draw at least one line has 2 matches + 1 Euro numbers. Principle: the numbers are split into 4 groups (13 + 13 + 12 + 12); by the pigeonhole principle, at least 2 drawn numbers fall in the same group, and in each group the system covers all combinations of 2.

Each of the 40 lines is played with all 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–12 pairs (Euro numbers); each line therefore necessarily hits one of them.

Checked against the 830 draws in the database: the guarantee has always held.

Balance if the system had been played in the 105 draws since 10.10.2025

All lines of the system (green: guarantee reached in the latest draw)

Latest draw 09.10.2026: 24 lines with at least 2 matches.

The guarantee is real – but expensive: it secures a small prize for €480 per draw. Over a year, €9,881 in winnings against €50,400 in stakes. Better-optimised systems need fewer lines, but the sum stays negative because every line has the same negative expected value.

3Avoiding the numbers of the last draw

A popular filter: play none of the numbers from the last draw. Without the 5 numbers from 09.10.2026, 1,221,759 combinations remain out of 2,118,760 – 57.7%.

In reality, the next draw shared at least one number with the previous one in 41.9% of cases (expected: 42.3%, 992 pairs of draws).

A complete winning combination has been never repeated in the database (993 draws).

The filter does not change the odds: every remaining combination is exactly as likely as every excluded one. That no line has ever repeated is normal with 2,118,760 possibilities – for any given line, even the last one drawn, the chance is identical at every draw.