FRIDAY 13. The exceptional Loto and Euromillions draws taken by storm on Friday May 13, 2022 are proof of a deep-rooted superstition among the French. Which numbers have most often fallen in Loto and Euromillions draws?
[Mis à jour le 13 mai 2022 à 14h00] It’s Friday the 13th, the one and only of the year 2022! Notice to those who consider that this day is marked by an inexplicable mystical aura: beware, being superstitious brings bad luck! If it is impossible for you to affirm that this day brings luck or bad luck, the info of the day for the most convinced that it is necessary to provoke destiny is this: the Loto today is endowed with an exceptional sum . It is therefore a good opportunity to test your luck, even if, remember, the odds of winning are exactly the same today as in any draw. What changes is the amount to get.
You hesitate to play, do not know which numbers to tick on your grid? Know that statistically, all numbers have the same chance of falling. “There is no magic formula and for a simple reason: each of the forty-nine numbers has exactly the same chance of coming out with each draw, that is to say one in 49”, explained to TF1 the researcher Pierre Del Moral, head of a research unit at the Toulouse Mathematics Institute (IMT). Nevertheless, statistics enthusiasts rely on previous draws to try to learn from them:
La Française des Jeux (JDF) did not miss the opportunity to offer players a particularly large prize pool for this unique day. 13 million euros are up for grabs on the occasion of the Super Loto draw this Friday, May 13, 2022. As with each draw, you can register the grid that you think is likely to win the jackpot, by going to an approved point of sale Lotery (FDJ) or by betting on the right numbers directly on their website. You have until 8 p.m. to make your choice, after which it will be too late!
According to the FDJ, for the Loto, be aware that number 22 has been drawn 52 times since 2019 and comes first over a period when ball no. 1 has only been drawn 30 times. As a reminder, the Lotto like the Euromillions are two games of chance. As recalled by the FDJ, “they do not really lend themselves to making predictions on the outgoing numbers in the next draws: it is impossible to give reliable forecasts”.
But what are your chances of winning? At each Loto draw, the chances of finding the 5 correct numbers as well as the “lucky” number are 0.000 005%, which means that each grid has a chance in 19,068,840 of winning the 13 million in the draw tonight. .. The chances of being reimbursed for his 2 euros bet are much higher: they exceed 9%, since it suffices to tick the good lucky number, or a good number and the good lucky number, so that this be the case. The player having in his possession a grid with 5 correct numbers, but who has not ticked the correct lucky number, wins on average only a little more than 100,000 euros. The probabilities for this to happen are however very low, of the order of 0.00005%.
The Loto is not the only opportunity to play this Friday, May 13. The traditional Friday Euromillions is also in the game, with 17 million euros to be won. The FDJ website lists the numbers that have been drawn the most since the creation of the Euromillions game in 2004: 19 has been drawn 173 times. Be careful, the differences are in fact small since the least output ball is number 22 and has still been drawn 126 times.
It’s not just Lotto or Euromillions. La Française des Jeux has revealed the best scratch games that offer the most chances of winning, including the Astro (30% chance of winning) The special game Friday 13″, a new scratch ticket at 2 euros, the Cash game at 5 euros (26% chance of winning) or the Mega Crossword (34% chance of winning) at 10 euros.In addition, this Friday 13 only, the FDJ is marketing the scratch ticket “Golden chance”!
Friday the 13th generated its own phobia and it has an amazing name: the paraskevidekatriaphobia, a form of triskaidekaphobia or irrational fear of the number 13. Certain practices such as weddings, births or navigation are avoided in the West on the 13th of the month. In many cities, there are no dwellings bearing the number 13. Large buildings also avoid naming the 13th floor (which becomes 12 bis or 14 a) and some hotels do not have rooms 13 to avoid accommodating a superstitious client there.
On Friday the 13th, the paraskevidékatriaphobes do not go to work, do not go on a trip, do not do their shopping, in short, do not leave their homes. An American economist has also noted the economic impact of Friday the 13th: these days indeed experience a significant drop in consumption. Formula 1 pilots in particular have been afraid of the number 13 since the death of 2 pilots bearing this number in 1926. This number is never worn in this discipline unless the pilot requests it. Stephen King also confessed to this phobia which prevents him from reading pages 13 of the books… And yet, did you know that Friday the 13th is a godsend to pay less for his plane ticket?
The price comparator kayak.fr compared the prices of flights that fall on a Friday on searches carried out in the last 67 days on flights between January 1 and December 31, 2022. Result: it appeared that flights cost around 108 euros cheaper this Friday the 13th (i.e. 33% reduction) compared to the average price of all other flights on a Friday in 2022.
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As Friday January 13, 2017 approached, the Lastminute.com site had fun probing the superstitions of Europeans. Result: they were 15% to fear on this particular day on the Old Continent. Almost as much as those who feared “breaking a mirror” (21%), “passing under a ladder” (20%) or “opening an umbrella indoors” (17%). And more than the fearful of the salt shaker, since Europeans are still 15% to be superstitious about spilling salt. However, the French remain a little less superstitious than the European average, established at 55%: 52% of us attach importance to superstitions, against 60% for the Spaniards or 58% for the Italians. .
This superstition, sometimes ridiculed, has its origins in the Bible: according to the set of texts considered sacred by believers, Christ was crucified on Good Friday, after a last meal, the Last Supper, taken at 13 around the table. with his apostles… including the traitor Judas. In Greco-Roman and Nordic mythologies, the number 13 was also already frowned upon, but it is the Catholic tradition that associated the number 13 with Good Friday, the day of penance and the Stations of the Cross. Some legends even suggest that Eve bit into the apple from the Garden of Eden on a Friday…
Nothing special has happened on Friday the 13th in the past. The association that connects the day of Friday, the number 13 and misfortune would draw its source from the Bible. According to the New Testament, during the Last Supper (Christ’s last meal), 13 participants sat around the table: Jesus Christ and his 12 apostles. The Gospel of Matthew quotes all those present: “Simon, called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew, the publican; James, son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Zealot (or the Cananite), and Judas the Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus”. Judas is often presented as the 13th guest, the one who changed everything. Judas the traitor and Friday the 13th are therefore inseparable. The fear of Friday the 13th is also based on the fact that Christ was crucified on a Friday, which will become “Good Friday” during Easter week.
The fear of Friday the 13th would also have its origins in ancient Norse myths. As with the episode of the death of the God Balder. Odin, god of warriors, had once, according to legend, gathered eleven of his god friends for a dinner party at his home in Valhalla. Loki, god of war and evil, annoyed at not being part of the party, decided to invite himself anyway. Only, this thirteenth surprise guest was not welcome. Odin’s son, the handsome Balder, god of love and light, tried to chase the intruder away. A battle broke out between the two gods who had always hated each other. Loki, jealous and malevolent god, fired a poisoned arrow at him in the heart, killing Balder the “beloved”. Since this legend, in Scandinavian countries, the number 13 is considered cursed and being 13 at the table would bring bad luck.
Frigga, or the demonization of pagan beliefs, is another precursor to the fear of Friday the 13th. In Norse mythology, Frigga (or Freya) was the queen of the gods, goddess of love and fertility. She was celebrated by her worshipers on Fridays. Word “Friday”, Friday in English, would come from elsewhere of this celebration and would mean “Freya’s Day”. But in the 10th and 11th centuries, the northern countries were gradually converted to Christianity. We then start to tell that Frigga is actually a witch and that she has been banished to the top of a mountain. In revenge, she would invite, every Friday, the devil and 11 witches to curse men and cast bad spells on them.
Is 13 a destroyer of harmony? The Greeks and Romans also give this number a negative connotation in the Greco-Roman mythologies of Friday the 13th. These two mythologies, which have great similarities, both associate the number 12 with regularity and perfection. Thus, there are 12 Olympian gods, 12 constellations, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 hours of day and night. The number 13, which involves adding one unit to the perfect 12, breaks this regular cycle and introduces disorder. Destroying harmony, it is synonymous with misfortune. As for Friday, it is associated with unfortunate events since it is on this day, in ancient Rome, that the executions of those sentenced to death generally take place.
The year 2022 has only one Friday the 13th, this month of may. Not all years have a “double Friday the 13th”, as will be the case for example in 2023 (which will have two “black cat days”, one in January and one in October).
The year 2023 has two Friday the 13th: Friday January 13 and Friday October 13, 2022. Each year between one and three Friday the 13th are observed. In 2024, same thing, there will be a double Friday the 13th: Friday September 13 and December 13, 2024.