All High Numbers

All High Numbers: lottery balance

The counterpart to birthdays. Six numbers from the upper range that hardly anyone tips. This is how the combination would have played out since 1955.

LOTTO 6aus49
38 41 44 46 48 49 8

Your result after 72 years

You would have lost 1.938 €
In 4.997 draws from 1955 to 2026
Total stake
3.845 €
Gross winnings
1.908 €
Net balance
− 1.938 €
On a long-run average, 1.649 € would have come back.

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:

657.776 €

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

Looking back
The draw from this exact day, years ago
Draw from 29.05.2021 (Saturday)
44 16 9 45 10 46 8
2 matches No prize
Looking ahead
If you keep playing, over the years
Keep playing Lotto
-267 €
Expected net loss
Stake under the pillow
417 €
Remaining purchasing power
Savings account (2%)
591 €
ETF (7%)
770 €
Assumptions: 2.5% inflation, 2% savings, 7% ETF (historical averages, no guarantee). Lottery expected value based on actual payout ratio.
The Lottoeule in a thinking pose, one wing on its forehead, looking sideways in thought.
The owl shows you the maths. The choice is yours. More in the FAQ →

About the combination "All High Numbers"

If almost everyone picks birthdays and therefore stays in the range of 1 to 31, then the upper range from 32 to 49 stays surprisingly empty. Anyone who deliberately picks only high numbers, such as 38, 41, 44, 46, 48, 49, lands in a more sparsely populated zone. The mathematical statisticians at the University of Stuttgart have a rule of thumb for this: the sum of the picked numbers should be at least 164, and high numbers help with that.

But beware of the fallacy. This combination is not drawn more often, its probability of winning is exactly as low as any other. The only effect: if these numbers are actually drawn, you share the prize with fewer people. This is a real but practically almost meaningless advantage.