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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 25
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 35
  6. 53
  7. 38

Jackpot£1,957,996

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 248 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-02-17All recent draws2018-02-24 →

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 feed14 25 29 30 35 53 + 3829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

1431times
2523times
2932times
3026times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-21

  • Lines in play≈ 6.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.8Mto 62k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 52.5%£46K
  • Match 416%£294.7K
  • Match 381%£1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.14 by chance£1,957,996
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball

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24times
5320times

Every number was expected about that many times after 247 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 (29, 35, 53) with the draw of 4 November 2017 — its closest relative in 247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2018): 53 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

186

The numbers add up to 186 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 71% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.81 by chance
no winners
  • Match 525≈ 42 by chance£1,840
  • Match 42,151≈ 2.8k by chance£137
  • Match 359,830≈ 63k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 595k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 595k 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 359,830£25.00
    Match 42,151£137
    Match 525£1,840
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£1,957,996