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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 35
  3. 44
  4. 51
  5. 54
  6. 55
  7. 45

Jackpot£6,530,267

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 256 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-03-17All recent draws2018-03-24 →

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 feed2 35 44 51 54 55 + 4529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

232times
3526times
4422times
5124times
54

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-21

  • Lines in play≈ 4.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.5Mto 45k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 53.2%£47.3K
  • Match 421%£305.4K
  • Match 373%£1.1M
  • 1 other tier3.1%£45K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.10 by chance

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35times
5530times

Every number was expected about that many times after 255 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 (2, 35, 55) with the draw of 24 February 2018 — its closest relative in 255 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

241

The numbers add up to 241 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 54–55. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

54 had not appeared for 29 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 →
£6,530,267
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.58 by chance£44,984
  • Match 531≈ 30 by chance£1,527
  • Match 41,735≈ 2.0k by chance£176
  • Match 343,038≈ 46k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 428k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 428k 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 343,038£25.00
    Match 41,735£176
    Match 531£1,527
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£44,984
    Match 60£6,530,267