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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 30
  2. 31
  3. 37
  4. 45
  5. 49
  6. 56
  7. 51

Jackpot£8,576,335

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 692 of 1,193 under them

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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 feed30 31 37 45 49 56 + 5129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

3064times
3169times
3780times
4575times
49

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-25

  • Lines in play≈ 5.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£10.5Mto 55k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 682%£8.6M
  • Match 42.9%£301.3K
  • Match 315%£1.6M
  • 1 other tier0.4%£40.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.12 by chance

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70times
5675times

Every number was expected about that many times after 691 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 (30, 45, 49, 56) with the draw of 5 August 2017 — its closest relative in 691 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2022): 37 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

248

The numbers add up to 248 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 14 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 84% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£8,576,335
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.72 by chanceno winners
  • Match 523≈ 38 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,152≈ 2.5k by chance£140
  • Match 353,126≈ 56k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 528k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 528k 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 353,126£30.00
    Match 42,152£140
    Match 523£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 61£8,576,335