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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 31 July 1999

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 26
  3. 27
  4. 32
  5. 46
  6. 49
  7. 42

Jackpot£8,054,456

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015draw 376 of 2,065 under them

← 1999-07-28All recent draws1999-08-04 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 26 27 32 46 49 + 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

UK Lotto was a 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 375 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 July 1999 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

1250times
2648times
2754times
3247times
4642times
4946times

Every number was expected about that many times after 375 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (12, 26, 32, 46) with the draw of 21 July 1999 — its closest relative in 375 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 July 1999): 32, 46, 49 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

192

The numbers add up to 192 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 1999-07-31

  • Lines in play≈ 43Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£22.6Mto 743k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 58lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 3.1

Where the money went

  • Match 636%£8.1M
  • Match 415%£3.4M
  • Match 331%£7.1M
  • 2 other tiers18%£4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 3.1 by chance£4,027,228
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball11≈ 19 by chance£225,299
  3. Match 5527≈ 778 by chance£2,939
  4. Match 433,797≈ 42k by chance£100
  5. Match 3708,879≈ 762k by chance£10.00
  6. Match 20≈ 5.7M by chance£2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈43M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 5.7M an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 20£2.00
Match 3708,879£10.00
Match 433,797£100
Match 5527£2,939
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball11£225,299
Match 62£4,027,228