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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 30 December 2017

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 33
  2. 37
  3. 42
  4. 47
  5. 55
  6. 58
  7. 34

Jackpot£3,472,243

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 233 of 1,187 under them

← 2017-12-27All recent draws2018-01-03 →

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 feed33 37 42 47 55 58 + 3429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd77th
  • low1th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

3311times
3731times
4225times
4726times
55

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-30

  • Lines in play≈ 8.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.9Mto 90k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 52.9%£83.5K
  • Match 419%£534.9K
  • Match 376%£2.2M
  • 1 other tier2.8%£79.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.20 by chance

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25times
5832times

Every number was expected about that many times after 232 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 4 of 6 numbers (33, 42, 55, 58) with the draw of 28 October 2017 — its closest relative in 232 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 10% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2017): 58 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

272

The numbers add up to 272 — the 99th 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

33 had not appeared for 18 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 →
£3,472,243
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 1.2 by chance£39,647
  • Match 564≈ 61 by chance£1,304
  • Match 43,664≈ 4.0k by chance£146
  • Match 386,388≈ 92k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 858k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 858k 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 386,388£25.00
    Match 43,664£146
    Match 564£1,304
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£39,647
    Match 60£3,472,243