The most commonly drawn EuroMillions numbers have been revealed ahead of Friday night's €130 million jackpot.
And there's a new number at the top of the table.
Number 44 has overtaken 23 to become the most frequently drawn EuroMillions number since the lottery began in 2004.
An analysis of all 1,983 EuroMillions draws by online gaming experts at PlayCasino.com found that 44 has been drawn 226 times.
Number 42 is now second, having appeared 224 times, while 23 has been drawn 223 times.
The five most frequently drawn main numbers are:
44 – 226 times
42 – 224 times
23 – 223 times
19 – 220 times
29 – 219 times
At the other end of the table, 22 is the least frequently drawn number, appearing just 155 times.
Number 33 is the next least drawn, with 174 appearances.
Interestingly, Ireland's biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot included numbers from both ends of the table.
A family syndicate in Cork won €250 million in June last year with the numbers 13, 22, 23, 44 and 49.
That winning line included 44, which is now the most frequently drawn number, 23, the former leader, and 22, which remains the least frequently drawn.
This week also marks ten years since EuroMillions introduced a 12th Lucky Star. The change also saw the price of a line in Ireland increase from €2 to €2.50.
Looking at the 1,043 draws since the change, number 42 has appeared most often, with 124 appearances.
It is followed by 17 with 122 appearances and 29 with 119. Numbers 23 and 44 are joint fourth, having appeared 118 times each.
Number 22 is once again at the bottom of the table, with just 73 appearances over the past decade.
Among the Lucky Stars, number 2 has been drawn most often over the last ten years, appearing 203 times. It is followed by number 3 on 196 and number 6 on 186.
Number 32 has also gone the longest without appearing in a draw. It has not been drawn in the last 38 draws, dating back to May 12.
However, that doesn't mean 32 is any more likely to appear on Friday.
Every number has exactly the same chance of being selected in each draw, regardless of how often it has appeared in the past or how long it has been missing.
The jackpot odds remain 1 in 139,838,160 for a single line to match all five main numbers and both Lucky Stars.
The figures were compiled by PlayCasino.com using the published results from every EuroMillions draw between February 2004 and September 22, 2026.
So while 44 may now be the most frequently drawn number in EuroMillions history, there's no way of knowing which numbers will come out on Friday night.
