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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2016

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 18
  4. 32
  5. 40
  6. 54
  7. 8

Jackpot£15,287,600

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 125 of 1,187 under them

← 2016-12-14All recent draws2016-12-21 →

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 feed2 11 18 32 40 54 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

218times
1115times
189times
3210times
40

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£3.9Mto 132k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.29

Where the money went

  • Match 52.3%£90.0K
  • Match 415%£577.5K
  • Match 381%£3.2M
  • 1 other tier2.2%£85.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.29 by chance

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15times
5414times

Every number was expected about that many times after 124 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 (2, 32, 54) with the draw of 19 October 2016 — its closest relative in 124 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2016): 40 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 28th 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

18 had not appeared for 22 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 75% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£15,287,600
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 1.7 by chance£28,524
  • Match 565≈ 89 by chance£1,385
  • Match 45,156≈ 5.9k by chance£112
  • Match 3126,616≈ 134k 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 3126,616£25.00
    Match 45,156£112
    Match 565£1,385
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£28,524
    Match 60£15,287,600