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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 30
  3. 40
  4. 50
  5. 54
  6. 57
  7. 13

Jackpot£52,964,701

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015draw 26 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-01-02All recent draws2016-01-09 →

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 feed8 30 40 50 54 57 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd5th
  • low20th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

83times
302times
403times
504times
54

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 18Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.8Mto 187k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.41

Where the money went

  • Match 52.7%£157.6K
  • Match 417%£1.0M
  • Match 377%£4.5M
  • 1 other tier2.6%£149.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.41 by chance

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2times
574times

Every number was expected about that many times after 25 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 (8, 30, 40, 50) with the draw of 17 October 2015 — its closest relative in 25 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 1.2% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2016): 40 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

239

The numbers add up to 239 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

54 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 10 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 80% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£52,964,701
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 2.4 by chance£74,900
  • Match 5128≈ 127 by chance£1,231
  • Match 47,583≈ 8.4k by chance£134
  • Match 3179,547≈ 190k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.8M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈18M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.8M 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 3179,547£25.00
    Match 47,583£134
    Match 5128£1,231
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£74,900
    Match 60£52,964,701