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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 February 2020

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 35
  3. 42
  4. 43
  5. 54
  6. 59
  7. 21

Jackpot£3,800,000

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 453 of 1,189 under them

← 2020-02-05All recent draws2020-02-12 →

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 feed8 35 42 43 54 59 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

857times
3551times
4256times
4346times
54

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-08

  • Lines in play≈ 7.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.8Mto 79k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 52.3%£63K
  • Match 415%£411.3K
  • Match 383%£2.3M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.17 by chance£3,800,000
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball

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58times
5948times

Every number was expected about that many times after 452 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 (35, 43, 54) with the draw of 25 May 2019 — its closest relative in 452 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 February 2020): 42, 43 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

241

The numbers add up to 241 — the 93th 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

8 had not appeared for 20 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 87% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 1.0 by chance
no winners
  • Match 536≈ 54 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,938≈ 3.6k by chance£140
  • Match 376,117≈ 81k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 756k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 756k 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 376,117£30.00
    Match 42,938£140
    Match 536£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£3,800,000