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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 21
  4. 28
  5. 56
  6. 57
  7. 14

Jackpot£5,544,411

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 652 of 1,189 under them

← 2022-01-01All recent draws2022-01-08 →

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 feed3 5 21 28 56 57 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

363times
557times
2156times
2863times
56

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 7.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£2.5Mto 72k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 52.6%£66.5K
  • Match 415%£374.9K
  • Match 382%£2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance£5,544,411
  2. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball

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68times
5762times

Every number was expected about that many times after 651 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 (3, 28, 57) with the draw of 29 December 2021 — its closest relative in 651 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2022): 56 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

170

The numbers add up to 170 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 56–57. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 17 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.94 by chance
no winners
  • Match 538≈ 49 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,678≈ 3.2k by chance£140
  • Match 369,218≈ 73k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 688k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 688k 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 369,218£30.00
    Match 42,678£140
    Match 538£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£5,544,411