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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 40
  6. 58
  7. 36

Jackpot£12,040,376

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 124 of 1,187 under them

← 2016-12-10All recent draws2016-12-17 →

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 feed3 7 8 9 40 58 + 3629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

312times
710times
814times
99times
40

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-14

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.9Mto 103k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 51.8%£52.8K
  • Match 412%£336.7K
  • Match 385%£2.5M
  • 1 other tier1.7%£50.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.22 by chance

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14times
5814times

Every number was expected about that many times after 123 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 (3, 8, 9) with the draw of 3 December 2016 — its closest relative in 123 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

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

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 8–9. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 7 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 50% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£12,040,376
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.3 by chance£50,166
  • Match 551≈ 70 by chance£1,035
  • Match 44,157≈ 4.6k by chance£81.00
  • Match 398,640≈ 105k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 980k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 980k 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 398,640£25.00
    Match 44,157£81.00
    Match 551£1,035
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£50,166
    Match 60£12,040,376