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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 7 April 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 52
  6. 55
  7. 13

Jackpot£9,561,853

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 261 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-04-04All recent draws2018-04-11 →

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 feed1 4 31 33 52 55 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

122times
424times
3126times
3316times
52

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-07

  • Lines in play≈ 8.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£12.3Mto 90k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 678%£9.6M
  • Match 44.2%£513.3K
  • Match 318%£2.2M
  • 1 other tier0.6%£79.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.20 by chance

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31times
5531times

Every number was expected about that many times after 260 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 (31, 52, 55) with the draw of 30 December 2015 — its closest relative in 260 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 April 2018): 1 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

176

The numbers add up to 176 — the 46th 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

4 had not appeared for 36 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 76% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£9,561,853
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.2 by chanceno winners
  • Match 554≈ 61 by chance£1,478
  • Match 43,188≈ 4.1k by chance£161
  • Match 386,964≈ 92k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 864k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 864k 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 386,964£25.00
    Match 43,188£161
    Match 554£1,478
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 61£9,561,853