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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 7 July 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 29
  4. 48
  5. 52
  6. 54
  7. 1

Jackpot£9,056,210

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 287 of 1,185 under them

← 2018-07-04All recent draws2018-07-11 →

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 feed17 18 29 48 52 54 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

1724times
1826times
2935times
4820times
52

Prize breakdown · 2018-07-07

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.7Mto 84k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 52.8%£75.4K
  • Match 418%£486.3K
  • Match 376%£2.0M
  • 1 other tier2.7%£71.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.18 by chance

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36times
5439times

Every number was expected about that many times after 286 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, 18, 54) with the draw of 23 September 2017 — its closest relative in 286 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 July 2018): 52 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

218

The numbers add up to 218 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 14 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 79% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£9,056,210
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.1 by chance£71,684
  • Match 534≈ 57 by chance£2,219
  • Match 42,947≈ 3.8k by chance£165
  • Match 381,149≈ 86k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 806k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 806k 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 381,149£25.00
    Match 42,947£165
    Match 534£2,219
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£71,684
    Match 60£9,056,210