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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 35
  6. 57
  7. 21

Jackpot£6,737,023

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 54 of 1,187 under them

← 2016-04-09All recent draws2016-04-16 →

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 15 17 19 35 57 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 13 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd99th
  • low77th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

138times
156times
174times
193times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-13

  • Lines in play≈ 7.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.4Mto 80k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 52.3%£55.5K
  • Match 415%£356.5K
  • Match 381%£1.9M
  • 1 other tier2.2%£52.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.17 by chance

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4times
5710times

Every number was expected about that many times after 53 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 (15, 17, 57) with the draw of 6 April 2016 — its closest relative in 53 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 44% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 April 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 27th 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

19 had not appeared for 11 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 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£6,737,023
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.0 by chance£52,770
  • Match 544≈ 54 by chance£1,262
  • Match 43,127≈ 3.6k by chance£114
  • Match 377,193≈ 82k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 767k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 767k 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 377,193£25.00
    Match 43,127£114
    Match 544£1,262
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£52,770
    Match 60£6,737,023