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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 February 2022

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 33
  4. 37
  5. 47
  6. 52
  7. 20

Jackpot£11,812,605

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 667 of 1,193 under them

← 2022-02-23All recent draws2022-03-02 →

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 feed5 8 33 37 47 52 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

559times
882times
3361times
3777times
47

Prize breakdown · 2022-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£13.1Mto 148k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.32

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball24%£3.1M
  • Match 49.1%£1.2M
  • Match 364%£8.4M
  • 1 other tier3.0%£390K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.32 by chance

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72times
5290times

Every number was expected about that many times after 666 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 (5, 37, 52) with the draw of 12 September 2020 — its closest relative in 666 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2022): 33, 37 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

52 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 81% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£11,812,605
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 1.9 by chance£1,048,965
  • Match 583≈ 100 by chance£4,699
  • Match 46,102≈ 6.6k by chance£196
  • Match 3141,830≈ 150k by chance£59.00
  • 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 3141,830£59.00
    Match 46,102£196
    Match 583£4,699
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£1,048,965
    Match 60£11,812,605