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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 40
  4. 41
  5. 44
  6. 46
  7. 54

Jackpot£12,803,486

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 738 of 1,189 under them

← 2022-10-29All recent draws2022-11-05 →

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 feed4 18 40 41 44 46 + 5429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 November 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd5th
  • low20th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

474times
1871times
4077times
4178times
44

Prize breakdown · 2022-11-02

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£18.6Mto 108k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 669%£12.8M
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball11%£2.0M
  • Match 317%£3.1M
  • 2 other tiers3.8%£705.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.24 by chance

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66times
4681times

Every number was expected about that many times after 737 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 (4, 40, 44) with the draw of 1 October 2022 — its closest relative in 737 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

193

The numbers add up to 193 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 25 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£12,803,486
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 1.4 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 556≈ 73 by chance£1,750
  • Match 44,341≈ 4.9k by chance£140
  • Match 3104,090≈ 110k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.0M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 1.0M 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 3104,090£30.00
    Match 44,341£140
    Match 556£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£1,000,000
    Match 61£12,803,486