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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 25 March 2017

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 39
  2. 48
  3. 52
  4. 53
  5. 54
  6. 58
  7. 28

Jackpot£3,566,205

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 153 of 1,189 under them

← 2017-03-22All recent draws2017-03-29 →

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 feed39 48 52 53 54 58 + 2829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

10oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 10 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd20th
  • low1th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

3918times
488times
5218times
5314times
54

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-25

  • Lines in play≈ 7.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.3Mto 72k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 53.6%£83.8K
  • Match 423%£538.5K
  • Match 373%£1.7M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance£3,566,205
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball

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21times
5819times

Every number was expected about that many times after 152 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 (48, 52, 54) with the draw of 28 December 2016 — its closest relative in 152 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 March 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

304

The numbers add up to 304 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 52–53, 53–54. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 23 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 92% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.94 by chance
no winners
  • Match 536≈ 49 by chance£2,328
  • Match 43,025≈ 3.2k by chance£178
  • Match 369,007≈ 73k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 686k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 686k 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 369,007£25.00
    Match 43,025£178
    Match 536£2,328
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£3,566,205