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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 30
  2. 33
  3. 37
  4. 43
  5. 55
  6. 56
  7. 46

Jackpot£14,643,856

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 238 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-01-13All recent draws2018-01-20 →

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 feed30 33 37 43 55 56 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

3025times
3312times
3732times
4321times
55

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 5.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.7Mto 54k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 53.0%£53.0K
  • Match 420%£340.7K
  • Match 375%£1.3M
  • 1 other tier2.9%£50.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.12 by chance

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27times
5625times

Every number was expected about that many times after 237 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 (33, 37, 55) with the draw of 30 December 2017 — its closest relative in 237 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

254

The numbers add up to 254 — the 97th 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

43 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 88% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£14,643,856
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.71 by chance£50,394
  • Match 527≈ 37 by chance£1,964
  • Match 42,090≈ 2.4k by chance£163
  • Match 352,028≈ 55k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 517k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 517k 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 352,028£25.00
    Match 42,090£163
    Match 527£1,964
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£50,394
    Match 60£14,643,856