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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2020

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 29
  3. 35
  4. 41
  5. 42
  6. 55
  7. 11

Jackpot£4,043,416

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 447 of 1,189 under them

← 2020-01-15All recent draws2020-01-22 →

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 feed14 29 35 41 42 55 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

1447times
2948times
3550times
4154times
42

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 9.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.3Mto 93k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball24%£1M
  • Match 412%£492.7K
  • Match 363%£2.7M
  • 1 other tier2.1%£87.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.20 by chance

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52times
5554times

Every number was expected about that many times after 446 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 (14, 35, 41, 42) with the draw of 23 March 2016 — its closest relative in 446 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2020): 55 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

216

The numbers add up to 216 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 25 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 85% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£4,043,416
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.2 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 550≈ 63 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,519≈ 4.2k by chance£140
  • Match 389,018≈ 94k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 885k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 885k 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 389,018£30.00
    Match 43,519£140
    Match 550£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 60£4,043,416