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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 34
  7. 13

Jackpot£13,680,714

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 562 of 1,189 under them

← 2021-02-20All recent draws2021-02-27 →

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 9 16 17 18 34 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

153times
950times
1656times
1752times
18

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£14.8Mto 148k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 97lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.32

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball15%£2.2M
  • Match 410%£1.4M
  • Match 372%£10.6M
  • 1 other tier3.6%£532.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.32 by chance

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55times
3458times

Every number was expected about that many times after 561 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 (1, 16, 18) with the draw of 13 January 2021 — its closest relative in 561 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2021): 16, 18 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 17–18. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 8 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£13,680,714
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 1.9 by chance£1,113,480
  • Match 588≈ 100 by chance£6,048
  • Match 46,521≈ 6.6k by chance£221
  • Match 3141,613≈ 150k by chance£75.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.4M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.4M 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 3141,613£75.00
    Match 46,521£221
    Match 588£6,048
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£1,113,480
    Match 60£13,680,714