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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2001

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 23
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 40
  7. 37

Jackpot£7,558,324

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 526 of 2,065 under them

← 2001-01-03All recent draws2001-01-10 →

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 feed6 16 23 34 35 40 + 3729 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 525 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 6 January 2001 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

663times
1657times
2375times
3453times
3564times
4070times

Every number was expected about that many times after 525 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 3 of 6 numbers (23, 34, 35) with the draw of 11 November 2000 — its closest relative in 525 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2001): 6, 16 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 24 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2001-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 42Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£21.4Mto 727k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 58lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 3.0

Where the money went

  • Match 635%£7.6M
  • Match 415%£3.2M
  • Match 332%£6.9M
  • 2 other tiers18%£3.8M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 3.0 by chance£3,779,162
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball13≈ 18 by chance£178,895
  3. Match 5639≈ 759 by chance£2,274
  4. Match 435,307≈ 41k by chance£90.00
  5. Match 3691,158≈ 743k by chance£10.00
  6. Match 20≈ 5.6M by chance£2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈42M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 5.6M 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 3691,158£10.00
Match 435,307£90.00
Match 5639£2,274
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball13£178,895
Match 62£3,779,162