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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 14
  3. 21
  4. 35
  5. 41
  6. 42
  7. 43

Jackpot£24,887,143

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 48 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-03-19All recent draws2016-03-26 →

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 feed7 14 21 35 41 42 + 4329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

72times
147times
216times
353times
41

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-23

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£3.4Mto 126k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 92lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 51.8%£61.2K
  • Match 412%£401.8K
  • Match 385%£2.9M
  • 1 other tier1.8%£60.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.26 by chance

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9times
424times

Every number was expected about that many times after 47 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 (14, 42) with the draw of 16 March 2016 — its closest relative in 47 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2016): 21 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 31th 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

7 had not appeared for 33 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 →
£24,887,143
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball6≈ 1.6 by chance£10,016
  • Match 54,082≈ 81 by chance£15.00
  • Match 47,879≈ 5.3k by chance£51.00
  • Match 3114,232≈ 121k 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 ≈12M 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 3114,232£25.00
    Match 47,879£51.00
    Match 54,082£15.00
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball6£10,016
    Match 60£24,887,143