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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 48
  6. 59
  7. 47

Jackpot£9,394,412

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 304 of 1,189 under them

← 2018-09-01All recent draws2018-09-08 →

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 feed12 18 22 23 48 59 + 4729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

1227times
1829times
2230times
2327times
48

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-05

  • Lines in play≈ 7.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.2Mto 76k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 52.2%£49.1K
  • Match 414%£315.8K
  • Match 382%£1.8M
  • 1 other tier2.1%£46.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance

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22times
5934times

Every number was expected about that many times after 303 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 (22, 48, 59) with the draw of 24 January 2018 — its closest relative in 303 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 September 2018): 22 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

59 had not appeared for 34 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 70% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£9,394,412
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.99 by chance£46,636
  • Match 531≈ 51 by chance£1,583
  • Match 42,770≈ 3.4k by chance£114
  • Match 372,784≈ 77k by chance£25.00
  • Match 20≈ 723k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 723k 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 372,784£25.00
    Match 42,770£114
    Match 531£1,583
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£46,636
    Match 60£9,394,412