Diagonal on the Ticket: lottery balance
The slanted line across the play field, from top left to bottom right. This is how the combination would have played out since 1955.
Your result after 72 years
Mathematical average across all prize tiers and draws in the selected period. Playing the same numbers hundreds of times, this is roughly what you'd get back on average. Your actual result depends on whether the right numbers were drawn.
Breakdown of your matches
What if you had invested in an ETF instead…
The same weekly amount, invested monthly into an S&P 500 ETF, would be worth today:
Gain: +654.006 € (+17,350% over 4.997 draws)
We use the S&P 500 with dividend reinvestment. The MSCI World is very comparable in the long run.
A look back and a look ahead
The owl has something more for you, in both directions
About the combination "Diagonal on the Ticket"
On the lottery ticket, the numbers 1 to 49 are arranged in a grid, seven columns and seven rows. If you go diagonally from the 1 at the top left down to the bottom right, you land on 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41. A clean diagonal, visually satisfying, easy to mark.
That very visual satisfaction is the problem. Patterns on the ticket, whether diagonal, cross or row, are picked by many people at the same time because they feel good. But the drawing drum does not see the ticket. In terms of probability, the diagonal is a combination like any other, but in the event of a win, one you share with the many other pattern players.
