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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 21
  3. 25
  4. 30
  5. 56
  6. 59
  7. 5

Jackpot£18,418,082

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 270 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-05-05All recent draws2018-05-12 →

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 feed18 21 25 30 56 59 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1824times
2127times
2525times
3028times
56

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-09

  • Lines in play≈ 6.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2Mto 65k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 52.6%£52.1K
  • Match 417%£335.6K
  • Match 378%£1.6M
  • 1 other tier2.5%£49.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.14 by chance

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29times
5933times

Every number was expected about that many times after 269 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 4 of 6 numbers (21, 25, 56, 59) with the draw of 11 April 2018 — its closest relative in 269 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 12% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2018): 56 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

209

The numbers add up to 209 — the 76th 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

30 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 →
£18,418,082
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.85 by chance£49,508
  • Match 532≈ 44 by chance£1,628
  • Match 42,397≈ 2.9k by chance£140
  • Match 362,542≈ 66k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 622k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 622k 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 362,542£25.00
    Match 42,397£140
    Match 532£1,628
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£49,508
    Match 60£18,418,082