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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 30
  5. 35
  6. 49
  7. 44

Jackpot£5,421,027

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 234 of 1,187 under them

← 2017-12-30All recent draws2018-01-06 →

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 feed11 19 20 30 35 49 + 4429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1127times
1925times
2027times
3024times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 8.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.5Mto 86k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 51.9%£46.8K
  • Match 412%£299.7K
  • Match 384%£2.1M
  • 1 other tier1.8%£44.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.19 by chance

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22times
4926times

Every number was expected about that many times after 233 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 (19, 20, 30) with the draw of 17 May 2017 — its closest relative in 233 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

164

The numbers add up to 164 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 15 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 68% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,421,027
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.1 by chance£44,503
  • Match 546≈ 58 by chance£1,018
  • Match 43,568≈ 3.9k by chance£84.00
  • Match 382,425≈ 87k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 819k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 819k 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 382,425£25.00
    Match 43,568£84.00
    Match 546£1,018
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£44,503
    Match 60£5,421,027