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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 31
  4. 42
  5. 44
  6. 58
  7. 1

Jackpot£19,917,119

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 46 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-03-12All recent draws2016-03-19 →

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 feed13 14 31 42 44 58 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

136times
146times
315times
423times
44

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.6Mto 85k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 52.4%£62.2K
  • Match 416%£398.6K
  • Match 380%£2.0M
  • 1 other tier2.3%£59.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.18 by chance

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2times
585times

Every number was expected about that many times after 45 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 (31, 44, 58) with the draw of 26 December 2015 — its closest relative in 45 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 39% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 March 2016): 13 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

202

The numbers add up to 202 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 14 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 84% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£19,917,119
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.1 by chance£59,160
  • Match 536≈ 58 by chance£1,729
  • Match 43,090≈ 3.8k by chance£129
  • Match 381,630≈ 87k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 811k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 811k 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 381,630£25.00
    Match 43,090£129
    Match 536£1,729
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£59,160
    Match 60£19,917,119