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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 February 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 34
  5. 52
  6. 56
  7. 50

Jackpot£26,744,925

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 35 of 1,189 under them

← 2016-02-03All recent draws2016-02-10 →

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 feed10 12 18 34 52 56 + 5029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd1th
  • low48th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread58th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

104times
125times
183times
344times
52

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-06

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.4Mto 144k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 52.6%£116.9K
  • Match 417%£754.1K
  • Match 378%£3.5M
  • 1 other tier2.5%£111.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.31 by chance

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7times
562times

Every number was expected about that many times after 34 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 (12, 34, 52) with the draw of 28 November 2015 — its closest relative in 34 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 February 2016): 34 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 51th 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

56 had not appeared for 10 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 75% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£26,744,925
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.9 by chance£111,072
  • Match 585≈ 98 by chance£1,375
  • Match 45,425≈ 6.5k by chance£139
  • Match 3138,613≈ 147k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.4M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.4M 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 3138,613£25.00
    Match 45,425£139
    Match 585£1,375
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£111,072
    Match 60£26,744,925