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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 26
  4. 45
  5. 47
  6. 49
  7. 50

Jackpot£14,168,137

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 94 of 1,185 under them

← 2016-08-27All recent draws2016-09-03 →

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 feed15 16 26 45 47 49 + 5029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

159times
164times
2611times
452times
47

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 8.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.5Mto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 52.3%£58.5K
  • Match 415%£376.5K
  • Match 383%£2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.19 by chance£14,168,137

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9times
497times

Every number was expected about that many times after 93 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 (26, 49) with the draw of 9 March 2016 — its closest relative in 93 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

198

The numbers add up to 198 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 24 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 →
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.1 by chanceno winners
  • Match 552≈ 59 by chance£1,125
  • Match 43,423≈ 3.9k by chance£110
  • Match 383,432≈ 88k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 829k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 829k 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 383,432£25.00
    Match 43,423£110
    Match 552£1,125
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£14,168,137