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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 September 2023

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 59
  7. 50

Jackpot£7,441,399

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 829 of 1,189 under them

← 2023-09-13All recent draws2023-09-20 →

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 feed7 17 22 24 31 59 + 5029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 September 2023 — 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 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

780times
1780times
2280times
2478times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-09-16

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£16.3Mto 1.4M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.30

Where the money went

  • Match 646%£7.4M
  • Match 326%£4.3M
  • Match 215%£2.5M
  • 3 other tiers13%£2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.30 by chance

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85times
5987times

Every number was expected about that many times after 828 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 (7, 17, 31) with the draw of 19 August 2023 — its closest relative in 828 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 September 2023): 7, 31 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 31th 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

24 had not appeared for 10 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£7,441,399
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.8 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 594≈ 94 by chance£1,750
  • Match 46,709≈ 6.2k by chance£140
  • Match 3142,632≈ 142k by chance£30.00
  • Match 21,227,819≈ 1.3M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,227,819 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.3M an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,227,819£2.00
    Match 3142,632£30.00
    Match 46,709£140
    Match 594£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 61£7,441,399