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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 35
  4. 40
  5. 48
  6. 55
  7. 7

Jackpot£5,283,524

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 249 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-02-21All recent draws2018-02-28 →

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 feed2 11 35 40 48 55 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

231times
1129times
3525times
4025times
48

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£3.1Mto 103k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 52.5%£79.9K
  • Match 416%£514.8K
  • Match 379%£2.5M
  • 1 other tier2.4%£75.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.22 by chance

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15times
5528times

Every number was expected about that many times after 248 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 (11, 40, 55) with the draw of 10 January 2018 — its closest relative in 248 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2018): 35 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

191

The numbers add up to 191 — the 60th 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

11 had not appeared for 13 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 81% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,283,524
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.3 by chance£75,943
  • Match 557≈ 70 by chance£1,402
  • Match 43,900≈ 4.6k by chance£132
  • Match 398,619≈ 105k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 980k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 980k 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 398,619£25.00
    Match 43,900£132
    Match 557£1,402
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£75,943
    Match 60£5,283,524