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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2022

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 22
  3. 38
  4. 39
  5. 49
  6. 56
  7. 32

Jackpot£11,481,636

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 751 of 1,187 under them

← 2022-12-14All recent draws2022-12-21 →

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 feed15 22 38 39 49 56 + 3229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

1571times
2267times
3881times
3990times
49

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£10.8Mto 117k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball11%£1.2M
  • Match 410%£1.0M
  • Match 376%£8.2M
  • 1 other tier3.7%£399.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.25 by chance

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76times
5677times

Every number was expected about that many times after 750 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 (38, 39, 49, 56) with the draw of 12 December 2020 — its closest relative in 750 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 29% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2022): 39, 49 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

219

The numbers add up to 219 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

56 had not appeared for 16 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 85% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£11,481,636
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.5 by chance£1,172,298
  • Match 564≈ 79 by chance£6,236
  • Match 44,465≈ 5.2k by chance£230
  • Match 3112,218≈ 119k by chance£73.00
  • Match 20≈ 1.1M 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 1.1M 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 3112,218£73.00
    Match 44,465£230
    Match 564£6,236
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,172,298
    Match 60£11,481,636