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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 August 2017

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 25
  3. 34
  4. 41
  5. 42
  6. 52
  7. 58

Jackpot£8,348,251

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 197 of 1,189 under them

← 2017-08-23All recent draws2017-08-30 →

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 feed20 25 34 41 42 52 + 5829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

2018times
2519times
3424times
4127times
42

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 8.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.7Mto 88k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 53.0%£81.7K
  • Match 419%£525.2K
  • Match 378%£2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.19 by chance£8,348,251
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball

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20times
5226times

Every number was expected about that many times after 196 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 (34, 42, 52) with the draw of 22 April 2017 — its closest relative in 196 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 August 2017): 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

214

The numbers add up to 214 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 20 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 84% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 1.2 by chance
no winners
  • Match 544≈ 60 by chance£1,856
  • Match 43,222≈ 4.0k by chance£163
  • Match 384,763≈ 90k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 842k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 842k 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 384,763£25.00
    Match 43,222£163
    Match 544£1,856
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£8,348,251