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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 June 2017

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 26
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 54
  7. 24

Jackpot£21,387,231

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 179 of 1,185 under them

← 2017-06-21All recent draws2017-06-28 →

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 16 26 39 42 54 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 June 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

417times
1621times
2617times
3921times
42

Prize breakdown · 2017-06-24

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£25.2Mto 127k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.28

Where the money went

  • Match 685%£21.4M
  • Match 42.3%£567.5K
  • Match 312%£3.1M
  • 2 other tiers0.7%£172.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.28 by chance

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19times
5425times

Every number was expected about that many times after 178 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 (39, 42, 54) with the draw of 6 August 2016 — its closest relative in 178 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 June 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 50th 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

26 had not appeared for 28 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 →
£21,387,231
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 1.7 by chance£28,064
  • Match 583≈ 86 by chance£1,067
  • Match 45,206≈ 5.7k by chance£109
  • Match 3122,110≈ 129k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.2M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.2M 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 3122,110£25.00
    Match 45,206£109
    Match 583£1,067
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£28,064
    Match 61£21,387,231