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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 12 August 2017

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 27
  3. 49
  4. 52
  5. 55
  6. 56
  7. 17

Jackpot£14,402,436

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 193 of 1,189 under them

← 2017-08-09All recent draws2017-08-16 →

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 feed10 27 49 52 55 56 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread58th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

1023times
2719times
4919times
5224times
55

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-12

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£17.1Mto 85k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 684%£14.4M
  • Match 43.2%£540.8K
  • Match 312%£2.0M
  • 2 other tiers1.0%£164.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.18 by chance

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20times
5617times

Every number was expected about that many times after 192 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 (10, 55, 56) with the draw of 26 July 2017 — its closest relative in 192 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 August 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

249

The numbers add up to 249 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 55–56. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 10 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£14,402,436
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 1.1 by chance£26,670
  • Match 545≈ 58 by chance£1,871
  • Match 43,219≈ 3.8k by chance£168
  • Match 381,477≈ 86k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 810k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 810k 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 381,477£25.00
    Match 43,219£168
    Match 545£1,871
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£26,670
    Match 61£14,402,436