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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 February 2020

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 31
  3. 39
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 48
  7. 1

Jackpot£2,000,000

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 452 of 1,189 under them

← 2020-02-01All recent draws2020-02-08 →

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 feed20 31 39 42 43 48 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

2048times
3149times
3946times
4255times
43

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-05

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5Mto 57k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 640%£2M
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball20%£1M
  • Match 333%£1.6M
  • 2 other tiers7.6%£380.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.12 by chance

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45times
4833times

Every number was expected about that many times after 451 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 (20, 31, 39, 43) with the draw of 13 August 2016 — its closest relative in 451 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 February 2020): 42 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

223

The numbers add up to 223 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 38 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 84% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£2,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.74 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 535≈ 38 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,278≈ 2.5k by chance£140
  • Match 354,482≈ 58k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 541k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 541k 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 354,482£30.00
    Match 42,278£140
    Match 535£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 61£2,000,000