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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 February 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 17
  3. 35
  4. 41
  5. 57
  6. 59
  7. 42

Jackpot£6,726,199

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 39 of 1,189 under them

← 2016-02-17All recent draws2016-02-24 →

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 17 35 41 57 59 + 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd94th
  • low20th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread98th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

27times
172times
351time
417times
57

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£10.1Mto 110k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 666%£6.7M
  • Match 46.5%£655.5K
  • Match 326%£2.6M
  • 1 other tier1.0%£101.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.24 by chance

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7times
596times

Every number was expected about that many times after 38 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 (57, 59) with the draw of 13 January 2016 — its closest relative in 38 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2016): 59 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

211

The numbers add up to 211 — the 77th 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

35 had not appeared for 19 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£6,726,199
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.4 by chanceno winners
  • Match 560≈ 75 by chance£1,698
  • Match 44,149≈ 5.0k by chance£158
  • Match 3105,890≈ 112k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.1M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.1M 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 3105,890£25.00
    Match 44,149£158
    Match 560£1,698
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 61£6,726,199