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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 28
  4. 34
  5. 37
  6. 46
  7. 59

Jackpot£6,162,138

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 64 of 1,187 under them

← 2016-05-14All recent draws2016-05-21 →

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 feed1 3 28 34 37 46 + 5929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread54th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

16times
34times
284times
349times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£8.7Mto 86k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 97lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 671%£6.2M
  • Match 44.1%£352.6K
  • Match 324%£2.0M
  • 2 other tiers1.2%£107.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.18 by chance

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8times
467times

Every number was expected about that many times after 63 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 (3, 28, 34) with the draw of 9 December 2015 — its closest relative in 63 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 22th 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

28 had not appeared for 42 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£6,162,138
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 1.1 by chance£26,132
  • Match 552≈ 58 by chance£1,057
  • Match 43,833≈ 3.8k by chance£92.00
  • Match 381,726≈ 87k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 812k 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 812k 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 381,726£25.00
    Match 43,833£92.00
    Match 552£1,057
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£26,132
    Match 61£6,162,138