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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 15
  3. 27
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 59
  7. 55

Jackpot£2,079,852

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 90 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-08-13All recent draws2016-08-20 →

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 feed4 15 27 36 37 59 + 5529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

47times
157times
278times
3610times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 6.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.0Mto 66k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 52.5%£50.0K
  • Match 416%£321.2K
  • Match 379%£1.6M
  • 1 other tier2.4%£47.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.14 by chance

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11times
5911times

Every number was expected about that many times after 89 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 (4, 27, 36) with the draw of 7 May 2016 — its closest relative in 89 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 48th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 36 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 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£2,079,852
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.87 by chance£47,496
  • Match 536≈ 45 by chance£1,388
  • Match 42,529≈ 3.0k by chance£127
  • Match 363,733≈ 68k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 633k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 633k 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 363,733£25.00
    Match 42,529£127
    Match 536£1,388
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£47,496
    Match 60£2,079,852