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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 August 2023

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 41
  4. 42
  5. 45
  6. 50
  7. 43

Jackpot£3,800,000

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 823 of 1,189 under them

← 2023-08-23All recent draws2023-08-30 →

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 feed12 13 41 42 45 50 + 4329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

1279times
1390times
4187times
4292times
45

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.9Mto 1.0M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball17%£1M
  • Match 343%£2.5M
  • Match 231%£1.8M
  • 2 other tiers8.7%£513.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.23 by chance

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88times
5082times

Every number was expected about that many times after 822 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 (13, 45, 50) with the draw of 19 October 2022 — its closest relative in 822 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 August 2023): 13 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

203

The numbers add up to 203 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 41–42. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 26 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 →
£3,800,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.4 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 528≈ 71 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,318≈ 4.7k by chance£140
  • Match 384,657≈ 106k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2922,124≈ 997k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 3,318 winners, 29% fewer than the 4.7k 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 2922,124£2.00
    Match 384,657£30.00
    Match 43,318£140
    Match 528£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 60£3,800,000