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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 50
  7. 12

Jackpot£10,509,160

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 266 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-04-21All recent draws2018-04-28 →

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 feed5 14 18 40 41 50 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

521times
1432times
1823times
4027times
41

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-25

  • Lines in play≈ 6.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2Mto 66k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 52.5%£49.5K
  • Match 416%£316.8K
  • Match 379%£1.6M
  • 1 other tier2.3%£47K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.14 by chance

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33times
5022times

Every number was expected about that many times after 265 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 (5, 40, 41) with the draw of 30 March 2016 — its closest relative in 265 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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 0.9× 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 →
£10,509,160
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.86 by chance£47,040
  • Match 535≈ 45 by chance£1,414
  • Match 42,576≈ 3.0k by chance£123
  • Match 363,694≈ 68k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 633k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 633k 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 363,694£25.00
    Match 42,576£123
    Match 535£1,414
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£47,040
    Match 60£10,509,160