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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 17
  3. 31
  4. 41
  5. 50
  6. 57
  7. 5

Jackpot£35,133,888

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 52 of 1,189 under them

← 2016-04-02All recent draws2016-04-09 →

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 feed15 17 31 41 50 57 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd94th
  • low20th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

155times
173times
318times
4111times
50

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-06

  • Lines in play≈ 7.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£37.4Mto 74k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 694%£35.1M
  • Match 41.2%£432.0K
  • Match 34.7%£1.8M
  • 1 other tier0.2%£67.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.16 by chance

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6times
579times

Every number was expected about that many times after 51 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 (17, 41, 57) with the draw of 20 February 2016 — its closest relative in 51 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 April 2016): nothing 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

50 had not appeared for 20 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 79% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£35,133,888
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.96 by chanceno winners
  • Match 535≈ 50 by chance£1,914
  • Match 42,769≈ 3.3k by chance£156
  • Match 370,801≈ 75k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 704k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 704k 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 370,801£25.00
    Match 42,769£156
    Match 535£1,914
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 61£35,133,888