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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 13 August 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 20
  3. 31
  4. 39
  5. 43
  6. 46
  7. 38

Jackpot£16,109,419

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 89 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-08-10All recent draws2016-08-17 →

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 feed12 20 31 39 43 46 + 3829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

1210times
209times
3111times
3912times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-13

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£20.1Mto 136k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.29

Where the money went

  • Match 680%£16.1M
  • Match 43.0%£605.1K
  • Match 316%£3.2M
  • 2 other tiers0.9%£183.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.29 by chance

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7times
4611times

Every number was expected about that many times after 88 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 2 of 6 numbers (20, 39) with the draw of 6 July 2016 — its closest relative in 88 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

191

The numbers add up to 191 — the 60th 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

12 had not appeared for 26 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 77% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£16,109,419
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.8 by chance£89,412
  • Match 567≈ 92 by chance£1,404
  • Match 45,655≈ 6.1k by chance£107
  • Match 3129,818≈ 138k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.3M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈13M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.3M 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 3129,818£25.00
    Match 45,655£107
    Match 567£1,404
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£89,412
    Match 61£16,109,419