On Friday 28 November 2025, EuroMillions offered a prize of €178.0 million — won by a single ticket. The draw 5–29–33–39–42, stars 3 and 9 earned his only great winner the sum of 178,656,733. Note: in the previous draw, the jackpot had dropped to €17 million, which shows that this high sum was not the result of a long series of deferrals but of a betting mechanism which, exceptionally, produced a large amount for an isolated draw. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of players received small wins, an essential detail to measure the collective impact of the evening.

Analysis of numbers The draw combines "hot" and "cold" numbers. Of the last 50 prints studied, 42 is the most common (10 apparitions); follow the 5 and 39 (8 times each) then the 29 (6 times). On the 33rd, he appears only 3 times in this window — a "cold" that surprised many players by coming up again.

The even/unfair distribution is marked: only one equal number for four odds. The combinatorial probability of getting exactly four odds out of five numbers (out of 1–50) is about 15%, making it an uncommon but not rare configuration. Similarly, the high/low ventilation (>25 / ≤25) has four digits greater than 25 for a single lower, a configuration which is also around 15%. The assembly of these two profiles gives the drawing a clear signature: the upper part of the grid, rather odd, was favored.

Of the five most frequent numbers out of 50 draws (45, 42, 8, 13, 24), only 42 is in the winning combination. The draw therefore combines a very "hot" and a rather "cold" number, recalling that the statistical history of a number does not alter its individual probability but feeds the stories of players and analysts. Stars 3 and 9, both odd, reinforce the mostly odd profile of the combination.

Distribution of earnings Most of the amounts distributed were concentrated on the top. Key figures:

• Rank 1 (5+2): 1 winner — 178 656 733 €.
• Rank 2 (5+1): 1 winner — 205 348.80 €.
• Rank 3 (5+0): 0 winner(s) — while the historical average is about 6, the absence of category 5+0 is notable.

At the bottom of the scale, thousands and hundreds of thousands of small winners: 230 people reached €130.60 (4+1), 471 won €46 (4+0) and 322,957 players won €4.20 (2+0). In total, this draw made about 576,942 winners in all categories. The total amount distributed is estimated at around €181.9 million, slightly higher than the amount of the announced jackpot as it includes all sub-row allocations. The arithmetic average per winning ticket is around €315, but it is strongly biased by the colossal gain of the first row.

Two elements deserve attention: the relative rarity of a winner in row 1 (the historical average given is about 0.10 winner per draw) — here a single ticket was enough to take away a sum capable of upsetting the life of a home — and the absence of a winner in 5+0, which helped to concentrate most of the "cake" in the hands of the 5+2 holder.

Looking to the next draw The next draw will take place on December 2, 2025, with a jackpot estimated at €17.0 million. For observers, some trends to follow: the 42 remains "hot" but its success may just as well precede a withdrawal period; 33 shows that the "cold" can bounce; and the profiles with a majority of odd and more than 25 digits recall that net shifts to certain areas of the grid are possible, without constituting a rule.

In watermark, this draw illustrates two complementary truths: the lottery remains fundamentally random — each draw resets uncertainty — and statistics (hot/cold, even/impair, high/low) provide useful narratives to understand the dynamics of the draws. On 28 November, a player turned a ticket into €178.6 million, while around 577 000 others won smaller wins: the story of an evening when chance chose a single destiny and digital trends offered some legible signs.