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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 August 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 38
  5. 41
  6. 55
  7. 5

Jackpot£7,485,160

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 86 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-07-30All recent draws2016-08-06 →

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 feed16 17 22 38 41 55 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

163times
179times
228times
3811times
41

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-03

  • Lines in play≈ 6.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.1Mto 68k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 52.6%£53.2K
  • Match 417%£342.5K
  • Match 378%£1.6M
  • 1 other tier2.4%£50.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.15 by chance

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14times
5511times

Every number was expected about that many times after 85 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, 38, 55) with the draw of 11 June 2016 — its closest relative in 85 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 July 2016): 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

189

The numbers add up to 189 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

55 had not appeared for 15 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 0.7× 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 →
£7,485,160
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.88 by chance£50,544
  • Match 533≈ 46 by chance£1,612
  • Match 42,537≈ 3.0k by chance£135
  • Match 365,070≈ 69k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 647k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 647k 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 365,070£25.00
    Match 42,537£135
    Match 533£1,612
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£50,544
    Match 60£7,485,160