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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 5 October 2002

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 49
  7. 28

Jackpot£6,693,924

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 708 of 2,065 under them

← 2002-10-02All recent draws2002-10-09 →

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 feed15 16 18 36 37 49 + 2829 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 707 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 5 October 2002 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

1581times
1675times
1883times
3687times
3776times
4979times

Every number was expected about that many times after 707 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 (15, 16, 18, 36) with the draw of 8 June 2002 — its closest relative in 707 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 October 2002): 15 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 36–37. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 26 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 58% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2002-10-05

  • Lines in play≈ 31Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£11.2Mto 529k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 58lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball18%£2.1M
  • Match 425%£2.8M
  • Match 345%£5.1M
  • 1 other tier11%£1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 2.2 by chance£6,693,924
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball17≈ 13 by chance£121,157
  3. Match 5371≈ 556 by chance£3,469
  4. Match 422,563≈ 30k by chance£125
  5. Match 3506,193≈ 544k by chance£10.00
  6. Match 20≈ 4.1M by chance£2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈31M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 4.1M 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 3506,193£10.00
Match 422,563£125
Match 5371£3,469
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball17£121,157
Match 60£6,693,924