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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 July 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 29
  3. 30
  4. 37
  5. 46
  6. 59
  7. 23

Jackpot£2,093,346

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 82 of 1,189 under them

← 2016-07-16All recent draws2016-07-23 →

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 feed18 29 30 37 46 59 + 2329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

186times
298times
307times
379times
46

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-20

  • Lines in play≈ 5.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.7Mto 55k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 52.9%£49.2K
  • Match 419%£315.5K
  • Match 379%£1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.12 by chance£2,093,346
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball

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9times
598times

Every number was expected about that many times after 81 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 (30, 37, 46) with the draw of 17 October 2015 — its closest relative in 81 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 July 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

219

The numbers add up to 219 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

59 had not appeared for 25 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 →
0≈ 0.73 by chance
no winners
  • Match 522≈ 38 by chance£2,236
  • Match 41,972≈ 2.5k by chance£160
  • Match 353,467≈ 57k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 531k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 531k 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 353,467£25.00
    Match 41,972£160
    Match 522£2,236
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£2,093,346