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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2023

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 35
  3. 49
  4. 52
  5. 53
  6. 58
  7. 29

Jackpot£4,034,109

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 769 of 1,193 under them

← 2023-02-15All recent draws2023-02-22 →

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 feed9 35 49 52 53 58 + 2929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

969times
3574times
4978times
52100times
53

Prize breakdown · 2023-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 7.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.6Mto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 98lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball54%£3M
  • Match 47.1%£395.2K
  • Match 338%£2.1M
  • 1 other tier1.4%£80.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance

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72times
5894times

Every number was expected about that many times after 768 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 (9, 49, 52, 53) with the draw of 19 September 2020 — its closest relative in 768 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

256

The numbers add up to 256 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 52–53. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 51 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 87% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£4,034,109
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.95 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 546≈ 49 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,823≈ 3.3k by chance£140
  • Match 369,924≈ 74k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 695k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 695k 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 369,924£30.00
    Match 42,823£140
    Match 546£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£1,000,000
    Match 60£4,034,109