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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 32
  5. 36
  6. 45
  7. 5

Jackpot£6,438,596

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 274 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-05-19All recent draws2018-05-26 →

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 15 17 32 36 45 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

125times
1524times
1722times
3223times
36

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 6.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2Mto 69k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 52.2%£45.2K
  • Match 414%£290.2K
  • Match 381%£1.6M
  • 1 other tier2.1%£43K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.15 by chance

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31times
4524times

Every number was expected about that many times after 273 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 (17, 32, 36) with the draw of 16 July 2016 — its closest relative in 273 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2018): 1, 36 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 20th 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

17 had not appeared for 52 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£6,438,596
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 0.89 by chance£21,479
  • Match 540≈ 46 by chance£1,130
  • Match 42,902≈ 3.1k by chance£100
  • Match 365,750≈ 70k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 653k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 653k 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 365,750£25.00
    Match 42,902£100
    Match 540£1,130
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£21,479
    Match 60£6,438,596