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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 20
  3. 33
  4. 44
  5. 45
  6. 55
  7. 16

Jackpot£6,120,716

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 66 of 1,187 under them

← 2016-05-21All recent draws2016-05-28 →

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 feed6 20 33 44 45 55 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

62times
205times
333times
444times
45

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-25

  • Lines in play≈ 7.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.2Mto 72k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 52.5%£54.9K
  • Match 416%£353.7K
  • Match 379%£1.7M
  • 1 other tier2.4%£52.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance

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0times
557times

Every number was expected about that many times after 65 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 (20, 33, 55) with the draw of 2 April 2016 — its closest relative in 65 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2016): 6 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

203

The numbers add up to 203 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

55 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£6,120,716
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.94 by chance£52,131
  • Match 536≈ 49 by chance£1,524
  • Match 42,785≈ 3.2k by chance£127
  • Match 369,079≈ 73k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 686k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 686k 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 369,079£25.00
    Match 42,785£127
    Match 536£1,524
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£52,131
    Match 60£6,120,716