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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 26
  3. 30
  4. 37
  5. 45
  6. 48
  7. 33

Jackpot£5,037,577

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 716 of 1,189 under them

← 2022-08-13All recent draws2022-08-20 →

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 feed20 26 30 37 45 48 + 3329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

2073times
2672times
3066times
3783times
45

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 5.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.1Mto 60k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball59%£3M
  • Match 46.3%£323.3K
  • Match 334%£1.7M
  • 1 other tier1.1%£54.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.13 by chance

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77times
4861times

Every number was expected about that many times after 715 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 (30, 37, 45) with the draw of 25 May 2022 — its closest relative in 715 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

206

The numbers add up to 206 — the 73th 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

30 had not appeared for 22 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,037,577
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.78 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 531≈ 41 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,309≈ 2.7k by chance£140
  • Match 357,392≈ 61k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 570k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 570k 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 357,392£30.00
    Match 42,309£140
    Match 531£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£1,000,000
    Match 60£5,037,577