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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 38
  3. 41
  4. 42
  5. 50
  6. 58
  7. 24

Jackpot£16,556,227

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 32 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-01-23All recent draws2016-01-30 →

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 38 41 42 50 58 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd5th
  • low5th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

86times
384times
415times
422times
50

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-27

  • Lines in play≈ 7.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.3Mto 72k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 53.0%£67.9K
  • Match 419%£437.7K
  • Match 375%£1.7M
  • 1 other tier2.8%£64.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance

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5times
583times

Every number was expected about that many times after 31 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 2 of 6 numbers (8, 41) with the draw of 23 January 2016 — its closest relative in 31 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 January 2016): 8, 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

237

The numbers add up to 237 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 16 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 86% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£16,556,227
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.93 by chance£64,523
  • Match 540≈ 49 by chance£1,697
  • Match 42,685≈ 3.2k by chance£163
  • Match 368,829≈ 73k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 684k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 684k 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 368,829£25.00
    Match 42,685£163
    Match 540£1,697
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£64,523
    Match 60£16,556,227