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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2001

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 26
  4. 30
  5. 44
  6. 45
  7. 40

Jackpot£3,733,417

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 603 of 2,065 under them

← 2001-09-29All recent draws2001-10-06 →

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 feed2 14 26 30 44 45 + 4029 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 602 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 3 October 2001 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd5th
  • low20th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

283times
1480times
2667times
3073times
4484times
4578times

Every number was expected about that many times after 602 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 (2, 14, 44) with the draw of 29 September 2001 — its closest relative in 602 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2001): 2, 14, 44 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 16 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2001-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 24Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£7.4Mto 423k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 58lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 1.7

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball15%£1.1M
  • Match 421%£1.6M
  • Match 354%£4M
  • 1 other tier10%£717.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 1.7 by chance£3,733,417
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball5≈ 10 by chance£229,748
  3. Match 5363≈ 441 by chance£1,977
  4. Match 420,800≈ 24k by chance£75.00
  5. Match 3401,509≈ 432k by chance£10.00
  6. Match 20≈ 3.2M by chance£2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈24M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 3.2M 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 3401,509£10.00
Match 420,800£75.00
Match 5363£1,977
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball5£229,748
Match 60£3,733,417