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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 28
  3. 42
  4. 43
  5. 51
  6. 58
  7. 36

Jackpot£5,102,936

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 504 of 1,193 under them

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

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 feed1 28 42 43 51 58 + 3629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread98th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

146times
2839times
4261times
4350times
51

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-05

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.7Mto 48k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball64%£3M
  • Match 45.4%£251.6K
  • Match 330%£1.4M
  • 1 other tier1.1%£52.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.10 by chance

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49times
5863times

Every number was expected about that many times after 503 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 (28, 42, 43, 51) with the draw of 17 April 2019 — its closest relative in 503 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 21% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 August 2020): nothing 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

28 had not appeared for 29 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,102,936
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.63 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 530≈ 33 by chance£1,750
  • Match 41,797≈ 2.2k by chance£140
  • Match 346,404≈ 49k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 461k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 461k 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 346,404£30.00
    Match 41,797£140
    Match 530£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£1,000,000
    Match 60£5,102,936